Principal investigator
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Postdoctoral Scholars
Tao Li, Ph.D,
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Virginia Tech
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: tli25@vt.edu
Nguyễn Thị Diễm Hương, PhD
B.Sc., University of Science
Ph.D., Vietnam National University,
Email: hnguyen8@vt.edu
Lingzhe Fang, PhD
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
Starting in 05/16/2024
David Yang, PhD
Ph.D., University of Oxford
Starting in 10/16/2026
PhD Candidates
Undergraduates
Alumni
Lalita Rai, PhD Student, Fall 2023
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: z2015015@students.niu.edu
Yuan Zhang, PhD Student, Spring 2024
Department of Chemistry
Email: yuanz@vt.edu
Jiyu Su PhD Student, Fall 2024
Department of Chemistry
Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering), Nanjing Tech University (2022)
Master of Science (Materials Science and Engineering), National University of Singapore (2023)
Email: sujiyu@vt.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
Email: cche25@vt.edu
Khanh Nguyen, PhD Student, Spring 2025
Department of Chemistry
Email: khanhitb25@vt.edu
Zhuoxun Zhang, PhD Student, Spring 2025
Department of Chemistry
Email: zhuoxunz@vt.edu
Liwei Zhang, PhD student, Fall 2025
Department of Chemistry
Email: liwei@vt.edu
Han Nguyen
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech '28
Allison Nguyen
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech '28
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
Current position: Research Scientist at Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yihong Tan, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Shiwen Wu, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Scientist at University of Chicago
Xingyi Lyu, PhD
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
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
Lingzhe Fang, PhD (2019-2024)
Email: lfang@niu.edu
Current position: Post Doctoral Fellow at Northern Illinois University
Xingyi Lyu, PhD (2020-2025)
Email: xlyu1@niu.edu
Current position: Post Doctoral Fellow at Northern Illinois University
Undergraduate student:
NSF-REU student Palen Bethany from Winona State University.
Emanuel Naumann
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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