Principal Investigator

Dr. Yan Yao
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Principal Investigator of Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston
University of Houston
yyao4@uh.edu
Research Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Material physics and chemistry
Nankai University, 2012
Energy storage and conversion materials
yliang7@central.uh.edu

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
lzhao26@central.uh.edu


Ph.D. Materials Science 2017
University of Picardy Jules Verne (UPJV), France
alakrayc@central.uh.edu

M.S. Business
University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Optimization of porosity in solid oxide fuel cell electrode structures
bjemley@UH.edu



M.S. in Materials Science and NanoEngineering 2019
Rice University
zchen48@central.uh.edu


B.S. Electrical Engineering
University of Houston, Class 2021

B.S. Electrical Engineering
University of Houston, Class 2022
Alumni
Karun K. Rao | Ph.D. student | 2016-2020 | Postdoc, Stanford University |
Hao Fang | Ph.D. student | 2015-2019 | Research Scientist,Factorial Energy |
Hui Dong | Ph.D. student | 2015-2019 | Battery Engineer, Albemarle Inc. |
Saman Gheytani | Ph.D. student | 2013-2017 | Product Development Engineer, Lam Research |
Yan Jing | Ph.D. student | 2013-2017 | Postdoc, Harvard |
Yifei Li | Ph.D. student | 2012-2016 | Nio Inc., China |
Kuan Yi Lee | M.S. student | 2015-2017 | Angstron Materials, USA |
Shiyang Zhao | M.S student | 2013-2015 | Envision Energy, Houston |
Jibo Zhang | Postdoc | 2018-2020 | |
Yi Shi | Postdoc | 2017-2018 | Professor, Sun Yat-sen University |
Xiaowei Chi | Postdoc | 2016-2018 | Professor, Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Science |
Qing Ji | Postdoc | 2016 | Professor, Moutai University, China |
Pu Hu | Postdoc | 2016-2017 | Professor, Wuhan Institute of Technology |
Wenwen Deng | Postdoc | 2016-2017 | Profesor, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China |
Swaminathan Venkatesan | Postdoc | 2015-2016 | MKS Instruments, USA |
Qingyou An | Postdoc | 2014-2105 | Professor, Wuhan University of Technology, China |
Hyun Deog Yoo | Postdoc | 2013-2015 | Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Pusan National University, South Korea |
Zelang Jian | Postdoc | 2013-2014 | Professor, Wuhan Institute of Technology, China |
Xiaojun Wang | Visiting Postdoc | 2019-2020 | Researcher, Nanjing University, China |
Hongzhi Zheng | Visiting Postdoc | 2019-2020 | Researcher, Nanjing University, China |
Xinpeng Han | Visiting Student | 2019-2020 | Tianjin University, China |
Yang Chen | Visiting Student | 2018-2019 | Postdoc, Fudan University, China |
Rui Guo | Visiting Student | 2016 | Florida International University |
Xiangyue Meng | Visiting Student | 2014-2015 | Associate Professor, Beijing University of Chemical Technology |
Xiaoxue Zhang | Visiting Student | 2014 | Toyo Engineering Corporation, Japan |
Xiaoxia Wang | Visiting Scholar | 2019-2020 | Professor, Qingdao University, China |
Qiang Ru | Visiting Scholar | 2014-2015 | Professor, South China Normal University, China |
Yufeng Zhao | Visiting Scholar | 2014-2015 | Professor, Lanzhou University of Technology, China |
Zhixuan Meng | Visting Scholar | 2014 | Optimum Nano, China |
Audrey Wang | Undergraduate | 2019 | ABB |
Yu Xing | Undergraduate | 2018 | Carnegie Mellon University |
Stephanie Roohi | Undergraduate | 2017 | HX5 LLC |
Troy A. Pena | Undergraduate | 2017 | University of Houston |
Steve Guzman | Undergraduate | 2016 | University of Houston |
Raymond McCoy | Undergraduate | 2016 | Houston Community College |
Juyoung Kim | Undergraduate | 2015 | University of St. Thomas |
Lateefat Alab | Undergraduate | 2015 | Google Cloud |
Sarah Sieman | Undergraduate | 2015 | Rice |
Kayshewa Chamupathi | Undergraduate | 2017 | ExxonMobil |
Harrison Graham | Undergraduate | 2014 | CAID Industries Inc, USA |
Matthew Patton | Undergraduate | 2014 | University of Houston |
David Pineda | Undergraduate | 2013 | Aurora Technical Sevices, LLC, Houston |
Joseph Whitehouse | Undergraduate | 2013 | NXP Semiconductors,Austin,TX |
August 2017 (Front) Yan Jing, Pu, Yan Yao, Saman, (Back) Yanliang, Hui, Ye, Xiaowei, Fang, Karun
July 2014 (left to right): Sam, Yanliang, Zhixuan, Saman, Yan Yao, Yan Jing, Shiyang, Yufeng, Xiaoxue, Zelang, Yifei
May 2014 (left to right): Yanliang, Jeff, Yan Yao, Yifei, Sam, Zhixuan, Xiaoxue, Yan Jing, Shiyang, Saman, Zelang, Yufeng
Jun. 2013 (left to right): Jin Yan, Yifei Li, Len Liang, Jamie Bassett, Kyle Affeldt, Tiffany Au, David Pineda, Yan Yao
Jan. 2013 (left to right): Jin Yan, Jing Shuai, Yan Yao, Yifei Li, Len Liang