Principal Investigator

Zheng Chen (陈政), Ph.D

Associate Professor
Department of NanoEngineering

Bio
Assistant Professor, UC San Diego, 2016.6-2022.6
Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2016.6
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA, 2012.12
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2007.7

Awards
Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale, 2021
Emerging Investigator, Chemical Communication, 2020
Invited to US-China Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, 2019
NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2018
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2018
Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018
LG Chem BIC Award, 2017
Scialog Fellow in Advanced Energy Storage, 2017-2019

Mingqian Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at UC San Diego
Research: High energy batteries, batteries for grid storage
mil282@eng.ucsd.edu  

Wei Tang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at New Mexico State University
Research: Solid-state batteries
wet003@ucsd.edu  

Yuju Jeon, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Postdoc at Ulsan National Institue of Science and Technology
Research: Solid-state batteries
yujeon@ucsd.edu  

Ki Hwan Koh, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at Hanyang University
Research: High-energy cathodes, conversion materials
h1koh@ucsd.edu  

Anthony Mu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at Texas A&M University
Research: Metal-organic framework
aumu@ucsd.edu  

Jung-Pil Lee, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar

Postdoc at Georgia Tech
Full-time employee at LG Energy Solution
jplee0711@naver.com  

Wei Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Postdoc at Texas A&M University
Research: Battery recycling
wel098@ucsd.edu  

Feng Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at University of Science and Technology of China
Research: Solid-state batteries
fel002@ucsd.edu 

Wenqing Lu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at Paris Sciences et Lettres University
Research: Metal-organic frameworks, ion-organic materials
wel100@ucsd.edu  

Jiao Lin, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral scholar

Ph.D. at Beijing Institute of Technology
Research: Battery recycling
jil432@ucsd.edu  

Hongpeng Gao

Ph.D. Candidate

M.S. at Stanford University
Research: Battery recycling, fast-charging batteries
h1gao@ucsd.edu 

Xiaolu Yu

Ph.D. Candidate

M.E. at UC Berkeley
Research: Battery recycling
yxiaolu@eng.ucsd.edu 

Varun Gupta

Ph.D. Candidate

M.S. at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Research: Battery recycling
vagupta@ucsd.edu

Junlin Wu

Ph.D. Student

M.A. and M.E. at University of Virginia and Tsinghua University
Research: Solid-state batteries
juw039@ucsd.edu 

Dong Ju Lee

Ph.D. Student

B.S./M.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Solid-state batteries
dol004@ucsd.edu 

Maura Appleberry

Ph.D. Student

Technical Program Manager at Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
Research: Battery recycling
mappleberry@ucsd.edu 

Dapeng Xu

Ph.D. Student

M.S. at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Research: Solid-state batteries, sodium materials
dax003@ucsd.edu 

Lanshuang Zhang

Ph.D. Student

M.S. at University of Chinese Academy of Science
Research: Lithium-metal batteries, solid-state batteries
laz006@ucsd.edu 

Shyamli Dwivedi

Ph.D. Student

B.S. at Central University of Jharkhand, India
Research: Battery recycling
s1dwivedi@ucsd.edu 

Marta Vicencio

Ph.D. Student

M.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Solid-state batteries
mcvicenc@ucsd.edu 

Duc Tran

Ph.D. Student
Web Designer

B.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Battery recycling, high-energy cathodes
dht003@ucsd.edu 

Piyuan Liu

Masters Student

B.S. at UC San Diego
Research: Battery recycling
p2liu@ucsd.edu 

Luqi Zhang

Masters Student

Research: Battery recycling
luz011@ucsd.edu 

Madhav Vasudev

Masters Student

B. ASc. at University of Waterloo
Research: Solid-State Batteries
mvasudev@ucsd.edu 

Simon Danitz

Undergraduate Student

Research: Batteries for grid storage
sdanitz@ucsd.edu 

Jianting (Jane) Qin

Undergraduate Student

Research: Sodium materials
j4qin@ucsd.edu

Fourth Manaanuntakul

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling
nmanaanuntakul@ucsd.edu

Jordan Lee

Undergraduate Student

Research: Batteries for grid storage
jslee@ucsd.edu

Seamus McNulty

Undergraduate Student

Research: Batteries for grid storage, solid-state batteries
smcnulty@ucsd.edu

Namseo Kim

Undergraduate Student

Research: Metal-organic framework
namdawnkim@gmail.com

Sihyun Kim

Undergraduate Student

Research: Sodium-ion batteries
sik035@ucsd.edu

Greta Feague

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling
gfeague@ucsd.edu

Harrison Mach

Undergraduate Student

Research: Battery recycling
hamach@ucsd.edu

Alumni

Yu-Ting Chen

Ph.D. student
Battery Scientist, Ampcera Inc.

John Jaeun Holoubek

Ph.D. student
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University

Yijie Yin

Ph.D. student
Senior Scientist, SES AI Corp

Sujoy

M.S. student
Battery Research Associate, Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Kunpeng Yu

Undegraduate student
Ph.D. student, Yale University

Arthur Zhou

Undergraduate student
M.S. student, UC San Diego

Aishwarya Ravisankar

M.S. student
Graduate Technical Intern, Intel

Shatila Sarwar

Scientist, Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Tae Hee Kim

Postdoc
Scientist, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology

Guorui Cai

Postdoc
Postdoc, University of Maryland

Kangwoon Kim

M.S. student
Battery Materials Engineer, Tyfast

Sara Mohammadiasl

M.S. student
Cell Engineer, Tesla

Ali Nekouei

Undergraduate student
Process Engineer, Intel

Yung Ho Kahng

Visiting Professor
Chonnam National Unversity

Serena Low

Undergraduate student
UC San Diego

Satchit Rose

M.S. student
Module & Integration Yield Engineer, Intel

Darren H. S. Tan

Postdoc & Ph.D. student
CEO, Unigrid Battery

Qiaowan Chang

Ph.D. student
Postdoc in Columbia University

Panpan Xu

Postdoc
Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nano bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yoongyo Cho

Postdoc
Scientist, LG Energy Solution

Dawei Xia

M.S. student
Ph.D. student, Virginia Tech

Mingyu Yu

M.S. student
Ph.D. student, University of Delaware

Ki Hwan Koh

Visiting student
Postdoc, UC San Diego

Tae Hee Han

Visiting Scholar
Associate Professor, Hanyang University

Dongdong Wang

Visiting student
Shangdong University

Pranjal Bhaladhare

M.S. student
Battery Test Engineer, Apple

Ying Zhang

Visiting student
Zhengzhou University

Iva Robb

M.S. student
Laboratory Operations Specialist, Wildcat Discovery Technologies

Brandon Markey

Undergraduate student
Engineering Technician, Tesla

Yang Shi

Postdoc
Staff Materials Engineer, Tesla

Fei Ji

M.S. student
Ph.D. student, UC Riverside

Khyati Shah

M.S. student
Module & Integration Yield Engineer, Intel

Jie Fang

M.S. student
Research Associate, Beyond Meat

Shang Gao

M.S. student

Shegli Jiang

Undergraduate student
Ph.D. student, University of Wisconsin

Yoo J. Jung

Undergraduate student

Riley Pu

Undergraduate student
Ph.D. student, Stanford University

Ning Wang

Visiting scholar
Associate Professor, Hebei Normal University

Kun Wang

Visiting student

Huanqing Guan

Undergraduate student
Ph.D. student, Brown Univeristy

Alba Martínez

Undergraduate student
Polytechnic University of Catalonia

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