Members

Current Members

Kaiying Wang

Ph.D. student (Spring 2019 – present)
Email: kaiying@wustl.edu



Education
B.E. Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China, 2009

Current Research Project
Thin film coating

Wei Su

Ph.D. student (Fall 2021 – present)
Email: s.weisu@wustl.edu



Education
B.E. Chemical Technology, Guangxi University, China, 2017
M.E. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Guangxi University, China, 2020

Current Research Project
Thin film coating, energy conversion, and storage

Ahmad Helaley

Ph.D. student (Fall 2021 – present)
Email: a.helaley@wustl.edu


Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2015
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, US, 2019




Current Research Project
Thin film coating, energy conversion, and storage

Hao Feng

Ph.D. student (Fall 2022 – present)
Email: feng.hao@wustl.edu


Education
B.E. Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China, 2019
M.E.Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China, 2022


Current Research Project
Thin film coating


Dr. Muhammad Kashif Khan

Research Associate (Fall 2024- present)
Email: khanmk@wustl.edu

Education
B.E.  Chemical Engineering, University of the Punjab, 2008
M. Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, 2015
Ph.D.   Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 2018


Current Research Project
Carbon Conversion and Utilization


Former Members

Visiting Scholar
Dr. Qingfa Wang (Associate Professor, Tianjin University; November 2015 – November 2016)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Lei Li (2023-2024)

Dr. Shoujie Ren (2017- 2019)

Dr. Xiaofeng Wang (2018)

Graduate Students

Baitang Jin (Spring 2018 – Spring 2022; Ph.D.)
Han Yu (Fall 2017 – Spring 2022; Ph.D.)
Xiao Fan (Fall 2018 – Fall 2021; Ph.D.)
Ye Jin (Fall 2017 – Fall 2020; Ph.D.)
Yan Gao (Spring 2016 – Fall 2020; Ph.D.)
Xiaofeng Wang (Fall 2014 – Spring 2018; Ph.D.)
Zeyu Shang (Fall 2012 – Fall 2017; Ph.D.)
Sai Abhishek Palaparty (Spring 2015 – Fall 2016; M.S.)
Rajankumar Patel (Spring 2012 – Spring 2016; Ph.D.)
Nikitaa Ashokan (Spring 2014 – Fall 2015; M.S.) (Co-advisor: Dr. Manashi Nath)
Siddharth Gopalakrishnan (Fall 2013 – Summer 2015; M.S.) (Co-advisor: Dr. Amitava Choudhury)
Akshay Pariti (Fall 2012 – Summer 2014; M.S.) (Co-advisor: Dr. Manashi Nath)

Professional Research Assistant

Brian Evanko (Spring 2012)

Undergraduate Students

Caleb Martonfi (Spring 2023)
Thomas Eck (Spring 2022)
Ashton Donley (Spring 2022)
James Kirtley (Spring 2020 – Spring 2021)
Gabriel Borgmeyer (Spring 2020 – Spring 2021)
Sara Robinson (Spring 2019 – Spring 2020)
Megan Brandt (Spring 2019 – Fall 2019)
Zihao Meng (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019)
Ye Jin (Fall 2016 – Spring 2017)
Alexander R. Capalupo (Summer 2016 – Fall 2017)
Folabomi A. Opakunle (Fall 2017)
Mathias Whitworth (Fall 2017)
Matthew A. Dorsey (OURE Student, Fall 2015)
Meyyammai Palaniappan (OURE Student, Fall 2015)
Michael A. Isom (Summer and Fall 2015)
Peter Puleo III (Spring and Fall 2014)
Jordan Johnson (Spring 2014)
Jennifer Drost (OURE Student, Fall 2012 and Spring 2013)
Luke Meyer (OURE Student, Fall 2012 and Spring 2013)

High School Students

Dell Zimmerman (Summer 2016)
Alyssa Roller (Summer 2016)
Anson Tong (Summer 2015)
Victoria Wu (Summer 2015)