Members
February 2026
From left to right:
Back row: Sina, Reza
Middle row: Jin, Aditi, Belinda, Zhen, Selen
Front row: Yiyang, Qingshan, Mahsa
See earlier group photos here.
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Principal Investigator
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Dr. Qingshan Wei (CV)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Postdoc, Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, UCLA (2016) |
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Research/Postdoctoral Scholars
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Dr. Jin Xu (Co-advised by Prof. Yong Zhu)
Email: jxu58@ncsu.edu Ph.D., Mechanical, Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) (2023) |
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PhD Students
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Aditi Dey Poonam Email: adeypoo@ncsu.edu M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Hong Kong (2022) B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Hong Kong (2019) |
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Selen Dalgan Email: asdalgan@ncsu.edu B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University (2022)
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Mohammadreza Zare (Co-advised by Prof. Michael Dickey) Email: mzare@ncsu.edu B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2022)
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Belinda Mativenga
Email: bymative@ncsu.edu B.S., Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (2022)
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Mahsa Bagi
Email: mbagi2@ncsu.edu M.S., Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (2021) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Kurdistan University (2018) |
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Yiyang Shen (Co-advised by Prof. Yong Zhu)
Email: yshen35@ncsu.edu M.S., Material Science, University of Southern California (2023) |
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Zhen Li
Email: zli95@ncsu.edu M.S., Physics, North Carolina State University (2025) |
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MS Students
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Sirapat Danderm
Email: sdander@ncsu.edu B.S., Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (2024) |
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Neelambika Srinivasrao Chirumamilla
Email: nchirum@ncsu.edu B.T., Chemical Engineering, Padmabhooshan Vasantraodada Patil Institute of Technology, India (2023) |
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Undergraduate Students
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| Anastasiia Steksova
Email: adstekso@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering Goodnight Scholar |
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| Emerson Murray
Email: egmurra3@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering |
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Sunida Siphanthone
Email: ssiphan@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering |
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Amelia Allen
Email: apallen2@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering
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Kason Parrish
Email: kmparri3@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering |
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Kayla Medora
Email: krmedora@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering |
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High School Students
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| Aayush Trivedi
Panther Creek High School
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Alumni
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Postdoc:
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Dr. Zheng Li (2018-2019)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Shenzhen University, China Postdoc, NC State (2018-2019) |
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Dr. Tao Yu (2018-2021)
Current position: SMIC, Shanghai, China Ph.D., Chemistry, Nanjing University (2017) |
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Dr. Giwon Lee (2020-2022)
(Co-Advisor: Dr. Yong Zhu, MAE, NC State) Current position: Assistant Professor, Kwangwoon University, Korea Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (2019) |
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Dr. Yan Wang (2020-2023)
(Co-Advisor: Dr. Frances Ligler, BME, NC State) Current position: Associate Professor, China Agricultural University, China Ph.D., Physics, Macquarie University (2019)
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Dr. Mingzhuo Li (2022-2025)
Ph.D., Agriculture, Anhui Agricultural University (2016) |
PhD Students:
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Rajesh Paul (2016-2022)
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU (2021) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2013) Current position: Senior Scientist, Phosphorex |
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Lydia Skolrood (2020-2023)
B.S., Chemistry, University of North Georgia (2018) Current position: Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (SMIF), Duke University
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Shengwei Zhang (2017-2024)
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU (2024) B.S., Polymer Materials and Engineering, Zhejiang University (2016) |
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Oindrila Hossain (2019-2024)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU (2024) M.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2019) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2017) |
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Noor Mohammad (2019-2024)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU (2024) M.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2018) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2016) |
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Zach Hetzler (2020-2024)
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU (2024) M.S., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NC State (2020) B.S., Biology, NC State (2013) |
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Sina Jamalzadegan (2021-2025)
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU (2025) M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston (2021) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2019) |
MS Students:
Noah Lott, 2021-2023
Monica Harshad Rathod, 2021-2022
Shrinivas Siddhivinayak Katkam, 2021-2022
Sree Harshita Valli Koduri, 2021-2022
Undergraduate:
Delaney Fields, ChE, 2022
Sashank Sabbineni, ChE, 2021
Sierra Gnecco, ChE, 2021
Emily Ostermann, ChE, 2018-2022 (Ph.D. student, Princeton)
Jacob Brightmeyer, ChE, 2017-2020
William Marx, ChE, 2018-2020 (M.S. student, NC State)
Amy Halbing, Biological Science, 2017-2019
Zhiming Dai, Computer Engineering, 2019
Zach Schwartz, ChE, 2018-2019
James Caleb Nitka, ChE, 2018
Sandy Trinh, ChE, 2018
Carmin Ball, ChE, 2017-2018
Amy Williams, ChE, 2018
Jake Oros, ChE, 2018
Justine Happel, BME, 2018
Taleb Ba Tis, MSE, 2017-2018 (Ph.D. student, CU Boulder)
Matthew Traenkle, BME, 2018
Jessica Jones, ChE, 2018
Robert Ellwanger, EE, 2017-2018
Alexandra Bryant-Boose, ChE, 2017-2018
Michael Iasiello, BME, 2017-2018
Alyssa Williams, ChE, 2017-2018 (Humacyte)
Zach Watkins, BME, 2017-2018
Jennifer Arkin, BME, 2017-2018 (M.S. student, Georgia Tech)
Stephanie Few, BME, 2017 (Sysmex)
Nicole Spencer, BME, 2017
Davis Hudson, BAE, 2017
High School Students:
Tracy Huang, Green Hope High School, Cary, 2022
Razvan Matei, NC School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), 2019-2020
Visiting Student:
Xinyuan Chang, Tianjin Univ, 2018 (Ph.D. student, Washington University in St. Louis, ChE)
Yuming Yang, NTU, 2019
Jingyuan Fan, ZJU, 2019
Tian Qin, Jilin Univ, 2018
Xin Zhao, BIT, 2018 (University of Southern California, Computer Science)
Jiaqi Wu, Jilin Univ, 2017
Wanru Li, Jilin Univ, 2017 (Ph.D. student, Purdue, Chem)
Ying Tan, ZJU, 2017 (Ph.D. student, Purdue, ChE)
Yazid Alamry, 2018
Saleh Qaryan, 2018
Joshua Greene, 2018 (Undergraduate, UNC-Chapel Hill, Biology)
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