Members

March 2023

From left to right:

Back row: Yan, Mingzhuo, Sina, Noor, Zach

Middle row: Oindrila, Mohammadreza, Alireza, Preston, Logan

Front row: Aditi, Selen, Sumeetha, Mann, Qingshan, Shengwei

See earlier group photos here.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Qingshan Wei (CV)

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Infectious Diseases Lead, Global One Health Academy
NC Plant Sciences Initiative
Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Cluster

Postdoc, Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, UCLA (2016)
Advisor: Aydogan Ozcan
Ph.D., Chemistry, Purdue University (2012)
Advisor: Alexander Wei
M.S., Polymer Materials and Engineering, Zhejiang University (2007)
Advisor: Jian Ji
B.S., Polymer Materials and Engineering, Zhejiang University (2005)

Research/Postdoctoral Scholar

Dr. Mingzhuo Li

Email: mli34@ncsu.edu

Ph.D., Agriculture, Anhui Agricultural University (2016)

Graduate Student

	Shengwei Zhang Email: szhang44@ncsu.edu B.S., Polymer Materials and Engineering, Zhejiang University (2016)
	Oindrila Hossain Email: ohossai@ncsu.edu M.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2019) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2017)
	Noor Mohammad Email: nmohamm3@ncsu.edu M.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2018) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2016)
	Zach Hetzler Email: zjhetzle@ncsu.edu M.S., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NC State (2020) B.S., Biology, NC State (2013)
	Sina Jamalzadegan Email: sjamalz@ncsu.edu M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston (2021) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2019)
	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)
	Alireza Velayati Email: avelaya@ncsu.edu B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2022)
	Selen Dalgan Email: asdalgan@ncsu.edu B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University (2022)
	Mohammadreza Zare (Co-advised by Michael Dickey) Email: mzare@ncsu.edu B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2022)
	Belinda Mativenga Email: bymative@ncsu.edu B.S., Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (2022)
	Mahsa Bagi Email: mbagi2@ncsu.edu M.S., Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (2021) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Kurdistan University (2018)

Undergraduate Student

	Jenna Kolbe Email: jrroger5@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering
	Ariana Gomez Email: agomez3@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering
	Ethan Pardieu Email: ejpardie@ncsu.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering
	John Vargas Email: jcvarga2@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering
	Aidan Sunris Email: acsunris@ncsu.edu Chemical Engineering

High School Student

Sam Nguyen

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Mary (Maddy) Bowers

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Clare Lee

Cary Academy

Alumni

Postdoc:

	Dr. Zheng Li (2018-2019) Current position: Faculty, Shengzhen University, China Postodc, NC State (2018-2019) Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2017) B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University (2012)
	Dr. Tao Yu (2018-2021) Current position: Ph.D., Chemistry, Nanjing University (2017) M.S., Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University (2012) B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University (2009)
	Dr. Giwon Lee (2020-2022) (Co-Advisor: Dr. Yong Zhu, MAE, NC State) Current position: Faculty, Kwangwoon University, Korea Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (2019) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University (2013)
	Dr. Yan Wang (2020-2023) (Co-Advisor: Dr. Frances Ligler, BME, NC State) Current position: Faculty, China Agricultural University, China Ph.D., Physics, Macquarie University (2019)

PhD Students:

Dr. Rajesh Paul (2017-2022)

Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU (2021)

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2013)

Lydia Skolrood (2020-2023)

B.S., Chemistry, University of North Georgia (2018)

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)

GEAR Program:

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)

KGSP Program:

Yazid Alamry, 2018
Saleh Qaryan, 2018

ACS Project SEED:

Joshua Greene, 2018 (Undergraduate, UNC-Chapel Hill, Biology)