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Principal investigator

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

Jiaqi Wang, PhD
Ph.D., Nankai University

Starting in 12/1/2023

Yihong Tan, PhD
Ph.D., University of Science and Technology of China
Starting in 5/1/2024

Dewen Hou, PhD
Ph.D., Chongqing University
Starting in 04/08/2024

Lingzhe Fang, PhD

Ph.D., Northern Illinois University

Starting in 05/16/2024

PhD Candidates

Undergraduates

Alumni

Xingyi Lyu, PhD Candidate, Fall 2020

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

M.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Florida

Email: xlyu1@.niu.edu

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

Emanuel Naumann

MJ Harr

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

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