People

Principal Investigator

Qiuming Yu

Professor

Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Office: 356 Olin Hall

Email: qy10 [at] cornell [dot] edu

Phone: 607-255-7856

Graduate Students

Yuanze Xu

Research Interests:

Lead-free perovskite/ Perovskite quantum dots /Solar cell/ Fast spectroscopy

Education:

M.S. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 2020

B.S. Chemistry, Nanjing Tech University, 2018

Email: yx496 [at] cornell.edu

Shripathi Ramakrishnan

Research Interests:

My interests include optoelectronic properties, structure-property relationships, and photovoltaic applications of hybrid perovskites and organic semiconductors.

Education:

M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 2020

B.E. Chemical Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, 2017

Email: sr698 [at] cornell.edu

Xiaoyu Zhang

Research Interests:

My research interest is the chiral perovskites for direct detection of circularly polarized light. 

Education:

M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 2018

B.S. Chemical Engineering, East China of Science and Technology, 2016

Email: xz352 [at] cornell.edu

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

Taiyi Chen

Research Interests:

Optoelectronic materials and devices.

Education:

B.S. Material Science and Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2023.

Email: tc735 [at] cornell.edu

Bill Yin

Research Interests:

My research interests include the fundamental studies of semiconductor materials and the application of optoelectronic devices.

Education:

B.S. Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2023

Email: xy477[at] cornell.edu

Ningyuan Zhang

Research Interests:

Structure and performance improvement of perovskite solar cells.

Education:

B.S. Material Science and Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2023

Email: nz266 [at] cornell.edu

Baitao Chen

Research Interests:

I’m interested in the studies and applications of optoelectronic materials and devices.

Education:

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2023.

Email: bc587 [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

Undergraduate Students

Bria Reed

Education:

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Class of 2025)

Email: bkr39 [at] cornell.edu

Alumni

Graduate Students

  • 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
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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