Principal Investigator
Prof. 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
Dr. Lin Li
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Email: lilin41015@gmail.com
Research Interests: Rechargeable batteries
Previous Degrees: Ph.D., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Sadia Baig
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
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
Dr. Liang Wang(Previously)
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
Dr. Dongliang Hou (Previously)
Email: dlhou@163.com
Project Title: Study of Organic Photodetectors
Previous Degree: MSc, Fudan University, China
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
Dr. Hamid Aliyan (Previously)
Email: aliyan@iaush.ac.ir
Previous Degree: PhD, Organic Chemistry, University of Isfahan, Iran
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
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
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
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
Dr. Chang Guo (Graduated)
Email: chang.guo.7@uwaterloo.ca
Dr. Mylène Le Borgne (Graduated)
Email: leborgnemylene@gmail.com
Dr. 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
Dr. Yinghui He (Graduated)
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
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
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)
BASc in Engineering – Chemical Engineering, Option in Management Sciences,
University of Waterloo, Canada
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
Zhifang Zhang
Email: zhifangzhang.zzf@gmail.
Project Title: Organic Photovoltaics
Start Year: 2017 (Fall)
Previous Degree: BASc in Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China
Chenyang Guo
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
Guanlin Wang
Email: guanlin.wang@uwaterloo.ca
Start Year: 2018 (Fall)
Previous Degree: BE in Nanomaterial and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
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
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
Jackson 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
Jancy 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
Han 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
Xiaocheng Zhou (Graduated)
Email: x292zhou@uwaterloo.ca, xczhou0912@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
December 2018
August 2017
April 2017
September 2014
August 2013
December 2012