Principal Investigator
Qiuming Yu
Professor
Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director
Graduate Programs in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office: 356 Olin Hall
Email: qy10 [at] cornell [dot] edu
Phone: 607-255-7856
Graduate Students
Yi (Bella) Xin
Research Interests:
My research interest is on extracellular vesicles, which have great potential as biomarkers and therapeutic targets on cancer.
Education:
B.S. Nanjing University, 2021
Email: yx452 [at] cornell.edu
Adewale Babatunde
Research Interests:
My research interest entails fundamental study and application of optoelectronic materials and devices.
Education:
B.Sc. University of Lagos, 2019.
Email: ajb473 [at] cornell.edu
Chenwei Zhu
Research Interests:
Perovskites materials and solar cells.
Education:
B.S. Polymer Materials and Engineering, Huaqiao University, 2024.
Email: cz555 [at] cornell.edu
Xiaozhou Zheng
Research Interests:
Perovskite quantum dots and optoelectronic materials.
Education:
B.S. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2024.
Email: xz882 [at] cornell.edu
Letian (Richard) Li
Research Interests:
Chiral perovskites photodetectors and LEDs.
Education:
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University, 2024.
Email: ll2227 [at] cornell.edu
Yu Zhang
Research Interests:
Perovskite solar cells.
Education:
B.S. Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Saint Francis University. 2023.
Email: yz2984 [at] cornell.edu
Romsha Singh
Research Interests:
Organic solar cells.
Education:
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, 2021.
Email: rs2688 [at] cornell.edu
Zicheng Han
Research Interests:
Perovskite photodetector.
Education:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2025.
Email: zh539 [at] cornell.edu
Chenyang Xia
Research Interests:
Perovskite LEDs.
Education:
B.S. Applied Physics, Nanjing University, 2025.
Email: cx269 [at] cornell.edu
Undergraduate Students
Eva Yang
Education:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Class of 2028)
Email: ey282 [at] cornell.edu
Alumni
Graduate Students
- Shripathi Ramakrishnan – PhD October 2025
- Xiaoyu Zhang – PhD July 2025
- Ningyuan Zhang – MS July 2025
- Baitao Chen – MS July 2025
- Taiyi Chen – MS June 2025 (QCells, Atlanta, GA)
- Xinyu (Bill) Yin – MS May 2025
- Yuanze Xu – PhD November 2024 (Lam Research, Fremont, CA)
- Jesus M. Lopez Baltazar – PhD July 2024 (Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Yujie Yin – MS June 2024
- Yvonne Yee – MS August 2022 (PhD, Northeastern University)
- Henry Harwood – MEng May 2022 (Intel, OR)
- Erjin Zheng – PhD June 2020 (Maxim Integrated, San Jose, CA)
- Gabriella Tosado – PhD June 2020 (Rocky Mountain Institute, Bozeman, MT)
- Zizhao Xu – MS June 2020 (Beijing, China)
- Yaqoub Albrikan – MS June 2020 (Kuwait)
- Zonglun Li – MS June 2020 (PhD University of Rochester)
- Monica R. Esopi – PhD August 2019 (GlobalFoundries, Malta, NY)
- Emerson (Shin-Ya) Chen – MS 2019 (PhD University of Washington)
- Hao Dong – MS June 2019 (PhD Lehigh University)
- Zhiyin Niu – MS June 2019 (PhD University of Houston)
- Suyash Bhagwat – MS March 2019 (Intel, Chandler, AZ)
- Daniel D. Galvan – PhD August 2018 (Greater Rocky Mountain Stone, Belgrade, MT)
- Yi-Yu Lin – MS June 2018 (Maxim Integrated, Beaverton, OR)
- Xiaoyu Zhang – MS June 2018 (NanoPhotonica Inc., Gainesville, FL)
- Vidit Parekh -MS December 2017 (Intel, Portland, OR)
- Mohammed M Aldighaithir – MS December 2016
- Julie E Blanchfield – MS June 2016 (US Coast Guard)
- Fang Sun – PhD November 2016 (Dental School, University of Washington, Seattle, WA)
- Leize Zhu – PhD October 2015 (Cambrios Advanced Materials Corp. Sunnyvale, CA)
- Beau Richardson – PhD August 2015 (Intel, Portland, OR)
- Yu-han Hou -MS August 2015 (Shanghai, China)
- Kevin Fu – MS August 2015
- Yao Xu – MS June 2015 (ChemE Design Institute in Wuhan, China)
- Xinpei Li – MS June 2015 (Kroger, Seattle, WA)
- Yina An – MS June 2013 (ChemE Design Institute in Chengdu, China)
- Xuezhen Wang – MS June 2013 (PhD, University of Waterloo)
- John Bae – MS March 2012 (Los Alamos National Lab)
Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Scholars
- Magdalena Čapková – Visiting PhD Student 6/2024 – 9/2024 (Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
- Donghoon Song – Postdoc 2021-2023 (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Ibrahim Dursun – Postdoc 2021-2023 (Corning, NY)
- Hao Li – Postdoc 2020-2022 (Samsung, TX)
- Markéta Bocková – Postdoc 2021-2022 (Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
- Kaiqiang Wang – Visiting PhD student 2019-2020 (South China University of Technology)
- Ping Wu – Visiting scholar 2016-2017 (Nanjing Normal University)
- Beau Richardson – Postdoc 2015-2016
- Beiying Zhou – Visiting PhD student 2015-2016 (Donghua University)
- Chao Hou – Visiting PhD student 2015-2016 (University of Science and Technology of China)
- Yongheng Zhu – Visiting PhD student 2012-2013 (Shanghai University)
- Yan Deng – Visiting scholar 2012-2013 (Tsinghua University)
- Daqian Wang – Visiting PhD student 2011-2012 (Tsinghua University)
- Jiajie Xu – Visiting PhD student 2009-2011 (East China University of Science and Technology)
Undergraduate Students
- Bria Reed 1/2024 – 5/2025
- Anna Alphenaar 1/2023 – 5/2024
- Gavin Aksoy 1/2023 – 12/2023
- Angel Liang 8/2023 – 12/2023
- Leah Zhao 6/2021 – 12/2023
- Grace Gentner 5/2022 – 8/2022
- Yoon Shin 5/21 – 5/22 (PhD Northeastern University)
- Tony Lou Xu 5/21 – 12/21
- Carmen Atkins 6/19 – 8/19 Summer REU from Pierce College, Lakewood, WA
- Yue Zhao 9/19 – 3/20 (PhD University of Minnesota)
- Zijun Liu 9/19 – 12/19
- Abdulaziz Almulaifi 9/19 – 12/19
- Shukun Zhong 6/18 – 6/20 (PhD Notre Dame University)
- Wenxin Cao 6/18 – 6/20 (PhD Tokyo University)
- Aayush Mitra 1/18 – 6/18 (Micron Technology, Boise, ID)
- Aidan Jackson 9/17 – 12/18 (MS UC Berkeley)
- Chen Cai 9/17 – 6/18 (PhD Virginia Tech)
- E-Lin Liu 3/17 – 6/18 (Intel, Chandler, AZ)
- Henry Armas-Amaya 1/18 – 9/18 from North Seattle Community College
- Dat Nguyen 9/16 – 12/17
- Kevin Garcia 6/19 – 8/19 Summer CEI-ALVA program
- Brian Yuh 6/14 – 9/16 (PhD University of Minnesota)
- Max Calcagno 9/15 – 9/16
- Haoyang Li 6/15 – 12/15
- Graham Henry 6/15 – 9/15
- Hannah Morgan 9/14 – 4/15
- Jason Smith 9/14 – 4/15
- Erika Green 9/14 – 4/15
- Yajie Zhu 6/14 – 4/15
- Yongmin Jo 4/14-12/14
- Mohammed Aldighaithir 1/15-6/15
- Nan Zhou 6/14-6/15
- Abdulrahman Mohammed Almutairi 4/14-6/15
- Ahmed Alamer 4/14-6/15
- Stephan Schoen 6/14-9/14 from Lake Side High School (Cornell University)
- Viet Vu 6/13-9/13
- Cameron Gilman 6/13-9/13
- Tianxing Wang 6/13-9/13
- Van Quch 4/12-9/12
- Steve Bonilla 6/10-6/12 (PhD Stanford University)
- Matthew Idso 6/10-6/12 (PhD UC Santa Barbara)
- Margaret Elizabeth Liu 9/11-6/12
- Darby McShain 9/11-6/12
- Laurel Rognstad 6/11-8/11 NSF NNIN REU from Tennessee Tech U
- Sarah Bonebright 6/11-8/11 UW CoE SRC REU
- Stephanie Hare 6/11-8/11 UW CoE SRC REU
- Roger Jordan 6/11-8/11 NSF NNIN REU from Texas A&M
- Tinnock Lam 9/09-6/10
- Jessica Tanumihardja 9/09-6/10