Principal investigator
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Postdoctoral Scholars
Tao Li, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Northern Illinois University
Scientist
Advanced Photon Source X‐Ray Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
B.Sc., East China University of Science and Technology, 2003
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2009
Postdoctoral, Argonne National Laboratory, 2010-2013
Email: tli4@niu.edu
Nguyễn Thị Diễm Hương, PhD
B.Sc., University of Science
Ph.D., Vietnam National University,
Email: hnguyen@niu.edu
Shiwen Wu, PhD
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
Starting in 2/1/2025
Yihong Tan, PhD
Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China
Starting in 5/1/2024
Xingyi Lyu, PhD
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Starting in 05/16/2025
Lingzhe Fang, PhD
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Starting in 05/16/2024
PhD Candidates
Undergraduates
Alumni
Lalita Rai, PhD Student, Fall 2023
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: z2015015@students.niu.edu
Md Jasim Uddin Sohel, PhD Student, Fall 2023
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Co-advised with Prof. Ralph Wheeler
Email: z2005348@students.niu.edu
Yuan Zhang, PhD Student, Spring 2024
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: z2019988@students.niu.edu
Jiyu Su PhD Student, Fall 2024
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering), Nanjing Tech University (2022)
Master of Science (Materials Science and Engineering), National University of Singapore (2023)
Email: Z2019906@students.niu.edu
Rena Gonzalez, PhD Student, Fall 2024
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: z1882964@students.niu.edu
Chenchen He, PhD Student, Spring 2025
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: z2051267@students.niu.edu
Khanh Nguyen, PhD Student, Spring 2025
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: z2049557@students.niu.edu
Zhuoxun Zhang, PhD Student, Spring 2025
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: Z2052180@students.niu.edu
MJ Harr
Emanuel Naumann
Postdocs:
Liguang Wang, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Synchrotron-based X-ray techniques
Lithium and beyond batteries
Email: wliguang@niu.edu
Current position: Professor at Zhejiang University
Kun Qian, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 2019
Research interests: designing and diagnosing interfaces in electrochemical systems by integrating electrochemical analysis and in-situ/operando characterizations based on synchrotron X-ray, Raman and Neutron.
Current position: Postdoc at UCSD
Jiaqi Wang, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Postdoc at Argonne National Lab
Dewen Hou, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Ph.Ds:
Erik Sarnello, PhD (NIU) (2017-2021)
Email: Z1837085@students.niu.edu
M.S Degree in Chemistry from Western Illinois University
Current position: Postdoc at Argonne National Lab
Haiping Xu, PhD (NIU) (2015-2020)
Email: haiping.xu@anl.gov
Current position: Professor at Harbin Technology
Xinyi Liu, PhD (2019-2023)
M.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Wuhan Institue of Technology
Email: z1874883@students.niu.edu
Current position: A123 Systems
Undergraduate student:
NSF-REU student Palen Bethany from Winona State University.
Dylan Barron
Livilla Glover
Rebekah Gonzalez
Andalwisye Horton
Emma Whitlock
Alexandra Henriquez
John Sailor
Rosy Mejia
Taylor Akins
James Holmes
Stephen Harcar
Jason Xu
Elaine Sun
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