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
Dr. Lihong Zhao
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
lzhao26@central.uh.edu
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
lzhao26@central.uh.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Alae Eddine Lakraychi
Ph.D. Materials Science 2017
University of Picardy Jules Verne (UPJV), France
alakrayc@central.uh.edu
Ph.D. Materials Science 2017
University of Picardy Jules Verne (UPJV), France
alakrayc@central.uh.edu
Graduate Student
Leo Jiang
Organic Batteries, Class of 2025
Organic Batteries, Class of 2025
Wen Ren
Battery Electrolyte, Class of 2026
Battery Electrolyte, Class of 2026
Jie Zheng
Battery Electrolyte, Class of 2026
Battery Electrolyte, Class of 2026
Ifeanyi Emmanuel Udom
Organic Battery, Class of 2027
Organic Battery, Class of 2027
Mai Le
AI/ML for Energy Applications, Class of 2027
AI/ML for Energy Applications, Class of 2027
Undergraduate Student
Alumni
| Benjamin Emley | Ph.D. student | 2017-2022 | Battery Technical Specialist, Ford Motor |
| Ye Zhang | Ph.D. student | 2016-2022 | Senior Scientist, LiBeyond |
| Karun K. Rao | Ph.D. student | 2016-2020 | Senior Scientist, Schrödinger |
| Hao Fang | Ph.D. student | 2015-2019 | Staff Engineer, Factorial Energy |
| Hui Dong | Ph.D. student | 2015-2019 | Senior Engineer, Rivian Motors |
| Saman Gheytani | Ph.D. student | 2013-2017 | Additive Manufacturing Program Manger, Lam Research |
| Yan Jing | Ph.D. student | 2013-2017 | Presidential Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore |
| 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 |
| Yanliang Liang | Research Assistant Professor | 2018-2022 | CTO, LiBeyond LLC |
| Meng Shang | Postdoc | 2020 | |
| Jibo Zhang | Postdoc | 2018-2020 | Postdoc, Harvard |
| 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 |
| Matthew Andersen | Undergraduate | 2021 | |
| Robert Sipowicz | Undergraduate | 2020 | |
| 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 |
Group Pictures
August 2019 (Front) Xinpeng, Hongzhi, Jibo, Aki, Yan, Dieu, Zhaoyang, Spring, Xiaoxia’s son, Xiaoxia; (Back) Hui, Robert, Ye, Xiaojun, Ben, Fang, Yanliang 
August 2018 (Front) Chang, Haotian, Zijing, Yan Yao, Yi, Mike; (Back)Ye, Hui, Bing, Yang, Yuxiang, Ben, Fang, Yanliang 
August 2017 (Front) Yan Jing, Pu, Yan Yao, Saman, (Back) Yanliang, Hui, Ye, Xiaowei, Fang, Karun
August 2015 (Front) Yan Yao, Xiaoqing, Shiyang, Yifei, Kenny, Swami, Jun, Saman; (Back) Yanliang, Hui, Hao, Kayshewa, Yaoguang, Ben, Rui, Yan Jing 
March 2015 (left to right): Saman, Sam, Yifei, Yan Jing, Shiyang, Qiang, Dandan, Yanliang, Qinyou, Yaoguang, Kenny, Yufeng, Yan Yao 
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