Members

Principal Investigator


yuning_liProf. Yuning Li
Professor
Dept. Chem. Eng. and
Waterloo Inst. Nanotech (WIN)
University of Waterloo
Office: QNC 5614
Email: yuning.li@uwaterloo.ca
Curriculum vitae (CV)

Research Associate/Postdoctoral

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Dr. Lin Li

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Email: lilin41015@gmail.com

Research Interests: Rechargeable batteries

Previous Degrees: Ph.D., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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Dr. Keqiang He
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Email: kqhe1989@163.com
Research Interests: Organic Electronics, Materials Chemistry
Previous Degrees:
Ph.D., Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy
of Science, China
B.S., Sun Yat-Sen University, China

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Dr. Zhong Ma

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Email: z82ma@uwaterloo.ca

Research Interests: Sodium-ion batteries, Lithium-sulfur batteries

Previous Degrees: Ph.D., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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Dr. Marwa Abd-Ellah
NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow
Email: m5abdell@uwaterloo.ca
Research Interests: Material Science, Printed Electronics
Previous Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Dr. Arthur D Hendsbee
NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow
Email: arthur.hendsbee@uwaterloo.ca
Research Interests: Organic Electronics, Materials Chemistry
Previous Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
B.Sc. (Hons, Chemistry), St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Visiting Scholar/Graduate Student

Yaoyao Li
Visitin graduate Phd student from Beijing Jiaotong University
Research Interests: Perovskite solar cells and tandem solar cells

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Dr. Guan Xi
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Email: gxi@uwaterloo.ca
Research Interests: solid electrolytes for lithium-sulfur batteries
Previous Degrees: Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Dr. Reza Mohammadi
E-mail: mr6moham@uwaterloo.ca
Research interests: Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for perovskite
and dye-sensitized solar cell applications
Prevous Degree:
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Position in Iran: Associate Professor, Sharif University of Technology

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Dr. Xu Li
E-mail: lixu8928753@163.com
Period of visiting: Dec. 3rd, 2018~Apr. 24th, 2019
Research interests: Design and synthesis of organic materials for photovoltaic devices
Previous degree: Ph.D., Organic chemistry, Zhengzhou University, China
Position in China: Assistant researcher, Institute of Chemistry Co. Ltd. Henan Academy of Sciences

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Haitao Liu
E-mail: 1534694372@qq.com
Period of visiting: Dec. 3rd, 2018~Apr. 24th, 2019
Research interests: Design and synthesis of organic materials for photovoltaic devices
Previous degree: MSc in Physical chemistry, Southwest University, China
Position in china: Assistant researcher, Institute of Chemistry Col. Ltd. Henan Academy of sciences.

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Yejung Choi (Clara)
Email: yejung.choi@snu.ac.kr
Period of visiting: Oct. 2018~Mar. 2019
Research Project:
Efficient harvesting of solar energy: Plasmon enhanced upconversion for organic photovoltaics
Previous Degree: Currently in Ph.D program at Seoul National University

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IRSIP Scholar (International research support initiative program from govt. of Pakistan)
Email: sadia.baig@uwaterloo.ca
Period of visiting: Oct. 2018~Apr. 2019
Research Project:
Synthesis and Characterization of Charge Transport Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
Previous Degree:
Ph.D: Continued from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan

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Fengmei Li (Femi)
Email: femi900206@gmail.com
Period of visiting: Nov. 2018~Apr. 2019
Research interests: Lithium-Sulfur Batteries used Carbon Cathode Material
Previous Degree: Currently in Ph.D program of Materialogy, Donghua University, China

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E-mail: wangliang1211@126.com
Period of visiting: Dec. 2017~Dec. 2018
Research interests: Design and synthesis of organic materials for photovoltaic devices
Previous degrees:
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Central China Normal University, China
Position in China: Associate professor, Jianghan University

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Dr. Dongliang Hou (Previously)
Email: dlhou@163.com
Project Title: Study of Organic Photodetectors
Previous Degree: MSc, Fudan University, China

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Longlong Yan (Previously)
Email: llyan@outlook.com
Project Title: Cathode materials for LiSBs; Porous carbon materials; Conductive polymers
Previous Degree: MSc, Sun Yat-sen University, China

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Dr. Hamid Aliyan (Previously)
Email: aliyan@iaush.ac.ir
Previous Degree: PhD, Organic Chemistry, University of Isfahan, Iran

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Dr. Razieh Fazaeli (Previously)
Email: fazaeli@iaush.ac.ir
Previous Degree: PhD, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Isfahan, Iran

Shaoyun Chen (Sun Yat-sen University, China) (2012-2013)

Doctoral Program

Name: Zhe Huang

Current program: Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology), PhD, 2020 Fall

Email: zhe.huang@uwaterloo.ca ; yellowzhe@hotmail.com

Research project: Lithium-ion Batteries, Lithium-sulfur Batteries

Previous degrees:

M.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China

B.Eng. in Materials Chemistry, Wuhan University of Technology, China

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Jenner Ngai
Email: jenner.ngai@uwaterloo.ca
Research Interests:
Design and Synthesis of Organic Electronic Materials, Organic Photovoltaics (OPV), Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFET),
OFET-based chemical sensors, Chemiresistive Sensors, Organic Phototransistors (OPT)
Start Year: 2017 (Winter)
Previous Degrees:
M.Phil (Chemistry), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
BSc (Chemistry), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Xiguang Gao
Email: njugxg@gmail.com
Research Interests:
Exploring novel and robust binders for electrochemical energy conversion and storage applications
Start Year: 2017 (Spring)
Previous Degrees: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Nanjing University, China
M.Sc. in Chemistry – Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Canada

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Pankaj Kumar
Email: p46kumar@uwaterloo.ca
Research Project: Device performance optimization of organic electronic devices
Start Year: 2018 (Fall)
Previous Degree:
Masters in Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

changguoDr. Chang Guo (Graduated)
Email: chang.guo.7@uwaterloo.ca

myleneDr. Mylène Le Borgne (Graduated)
Email: leborgnemylene@gmail.com

jessequinnDr. Jesse Quinn (Graduated)
Email: me@jessequinn.info
Website: http://jessequinn.info
Project Title: Nature-Inspired Polymeric Semiconductors for Organic Thin Film Transistor Based Sensors
Start Year : 2013 (Fall)
Previous Degree: MSc in Molecular Science, Ryerson University, Canada

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Email: heyinghui1004@gmail.com
Project Title: n-Type Polymeric Semiconductors for Solar Cells
Start Year: 2013 (Fall)
Previous Degree: MSc in Material Science, Rochester University, USA.

Dr. Bin Sun (Graduated)
Email: b29sun@uwaterloo.ca

Dr. Yiyi Yang (Graduated)
Email: y14yang@uwaterloo.ca

Master’s Program

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Name: Merlan Nurzhanov

Current program: MASc Chemical Engineering

Email: mnurzhan@uwaterloo.ca

Research project: fabrication of organic solar cells using polymers

Previous degrees: Bachelors in Chemical Engineering at UNIST

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Name: Daniel Afzal

Current program: Chemical Engineering (MASc)

Email: d2afzal@uwaterloo.ca

Research project: Organic thin-film transistor-based organic sensors

Previous degrees Chemistry, Honours (BSc)

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Name: Haoyu Fu
Current program: MASc in Chemical Engineering
Research project: polymer semiconductors for organic solar cells and organic thin film transistors.
Previous degrees:BSc in Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Canada

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Yunsheng(Belle) Jiang
Start Year: 2019 (Fall)
Previous Degrees:

BASc in Engineering – Chemical Engineering, Option in Management Sciences,

University of Waterloo, Canada

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John Polena
Email: jpolena@uwaterloo.ca
Research Interests:
Design and Synthesis of Polymeric Material for Organic Electronic Devices
Start Year: 2019 (Fall)
Previous Degrees:

BASc in Engineering – Nanotechnology Engineering, Option in Management Sciences,

University of Waterloo, Canada

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Zhaoyi Yin
Start year: 2019 Fall
Previous Degrees:
BE in Nanomaterials and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
BSc in Materials and Nanosciences, University of Waterloo, Canada

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Zhifang Zhang
Email: zhifangzhang.zzf@gmail.com
Project Title: Organic Photovoltaics
Start Year: 2017 (Fall)
Previous Degree: BASc in Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China

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Email: chenyang.guo@uwaterloo.ca, guochenyang816@hotmail.com
Research Project: Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Start Year: 2018 (Fall)
Previous Degree: BE in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Henan University of Technology, China

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Email: guanlin.wang@uwaterloo.ca
Start Year: 2018 (Fall)
Previous Degree: BE in Nanomaterial and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

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Wuqi Li
Email: w324li@uwaterloo.ca
Start Year: 2018 (Fall)
Previous Degrees:
BE in Nanomaterials and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
BSc in Materials and Nanosciences, University of Waterloo, Canada

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Yi Yuan
Email: yi.yuan@edu.uwaterloo.ca
Start Year: 2018 (Winter)
Previous Degrees:
BE in Nanomaterials and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
BSc in Materials and Nanosciences, University of Waterloo, Canada

jacksonellardJackson Ellard (Graduated)
Email: jbellard@uwaterloo.ca
Project Title: IDTO blends for the conversion of ambipolar transistors to p-type transistors
Start Year: 2015 (Winter)
Previous Degree: BASc in Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada

jancyzhuJancy Zhu (Graduated)
Email: zhujancy@gmail.com
Project Title: Organic Thin Film Transistor for Chemical Sensing
Start Year: 2016 (Fall)
Previous Degree: BSc in Environmental Science, Beijing Normal University, China

hanmengHan Meng (Graduated)
Email: meng0208han@gmail.com
Project Title: Organic Photovoltaics
Start Year: 2016 (Fall)
Previous Degree: BASc in Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, China

xcXiaocheng Zhou (Graduated)
Email: x292zhou@uwaterloo.caxczhou0912@gmail.com
Project Title: Organic Photovoltaics
Start Year: 2016 (Fall)
Previous Degree: BASc in Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, China

Leanne Murphy (Graduated)
Zhuangqing Yan (Graduated)
Amani Alsam (Graduated)


Undergraduate Co-operative Education and Internship (Past and Present)

Daniel Cho, Riley Dahmer, Michael Pan, Basil Khan, Varun Singh, Gavin Guo, Shamim Imtiaz, Ben George, Marcus Diemand, Edward Jin, Shahil Chhiba, Michael Shon, Jane Gu, Adrian Chan, Zameer Bharwani, Lewis Ko, Jonathan Rasmussen, Wassim Kapadia, Daid A. Khan, Fezza Haider, Haritosh Patel, Silvia Lee, Jane Wang, Luke Wiersma, Adrianus Sukuramsyah, Geoffrey Siow, Ninweh Jeorje, Farihah Wahid-Pedro,Hasan Ahmed, Haig Altounian, Mohamed Ayman El-Naggar, George Chang

Former Members

Dr. Jonathan Yuen (Former Post-doc)

Dr. Wei Hong (Former Post-doc)

Dr. Yunfeng Deng (Former Post-doc)

Aiswarya Ragothaman (Research Assistant)

Group Photos

July 2019

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December 2018
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August 2017
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