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Electrochemistry
Meet The Yang ("Young") Group
We are located at the G63, S.T. Olin Lab, next to the chemistry stockroom. Come and visit us!
PhD Students
Wenqi Li
Education:
MS in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
BS in Chemistry, Stony Brook University
Interests:
Nanocatalysts; Operando TEM/STEM
Contact:
Zora (Zhijing) Zhang
Co-advised by Prof. Erik Thiede
Education:
BS in Materials and Nanoscience, University of Waterloo, Canada
BS in Nanomaterials and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University
Interests:
Operando EC-STEM; Batteries; Machine Learning and Simulation
Contact:
Rafael Guzman-Soriano
Education:
BS in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Interests:
Fundamental Electrocatalytic Kinetics; PCET Mechanisms
*Hobby: Playing American handball and hanging with my cats!
Contact:
Jiahong Jiang
Education:
BS in Chemistry, Xiamen University, China
Interests:
Single-crystal Electrochemistry; Operando/In-situ vibrational spectroscopy
Contact:
Post-doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars
Dr. ValentÃn Briega Martos
Education:
PhD in Electrochemistry
University of Alicante, Spain
Expertise:
Single-crystal electrochemistry and electrocatalysis.
*Hobby: running, playing basketball and reading novels and manga
Contact:
Dr. Shikai Liu
Education:
PhD in Material Science and Engineering
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Expertise:
Operando TEM; Electrocatalysis
Contact:
Dr. Sungin Kim
Sejong Science Fellowship
Education:
PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering
Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Expertise:
Operando EC-STEM; Batteries
Contact:
Dr. Juhyung Choi
National Research Fellowship of Korea (NRF)
Education:
PhD in Transdisciplinary Studies Program in Nano Science and Technology
Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Expertise:
Electrocatalysis; Electrochemical oxidation/reduction reactions; Operando spectroelectrochemical techniques
Contact:
Undergraduates
Himani Mishra
Hunter R. Rawlings Cornell Presidential Research Scholar
Education:
Cornell Engineering majoring in Engineering Physics and minoring in Sustainable Energy Systems (Class of 2027).
Interests:
Direct air carbon capture and conversion of carbon dioxide into zero-emission energy sources
Contact:
Anja Minty
Education:
Cornell A.B. in Chemistry (May 2027)
Minoring in German Studies
Interests:
Electrochemistry; Electrocatalysis.
*Hobby: playing violin and piano and baking
Contact:
Haichuan Zhang
Education:
BS in Physical Chemistry (June 2025)
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Interests:
Operando/In-situ methods; First Principle simulation in electrochemistry mechanism exploration
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