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:
Perovskite Quantum Dots / Solar Cells /
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

Jesus M. Lopez Baltazar
Research Interests:
I am interested in applications of surface plasmon resonance based biosensors for cancer diagnosis.
Education:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2018
Email: jml575 [at] cornell.edu

Xiaoyu Zhang
Research Interests:
My research interest is on the fundamental studies of semiconductor materials, as well as the fundamental physics of charge generation, separation, and transport in optoelectronic devices.
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

Yujie Yin
Research Interests:
I am interested in the applications of biosensors for extracellular vesicles in drug delivery and medical diagnosis.
Education:
A.Sc. The University of British Columbia, 2019
Email: yy889 [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

Vaibhav Upadhayay
Research Interests:
My research interests include Protein-mRNA interactions so as to develop mRNA therapeutics with protein as a carrier.
Education:
B.Tech Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2020
Email: vu28 [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
Undergraduate Students

Leah Zhao
Education:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Class of 2024)
Email: lzz3 [at] cornell.edu

Grace Gentner
Education:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Class of 2024)
Email: grg72 [at] cornell.edu

Gavin Aksoy
Education:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Class of 2025)
Email: gea35 [at] cornell.edu

Anna Alphenaar
Education:
Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Class of 2025)
Email: ana49 [at] cornell.edu

Angel Liang
Education:
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Class of 2026)
Email: al799 [at] cornell.edu
Alumni
Graduate Students
- 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
- 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