Hailong Chen
Associate Professor

Micro and Nano Engineering

Love Building, Room 329
hailong.chen at me.gatech.edu
T: 404.385.5598
F: 404.894.8496

Zhantao Liu
Postdoc (2023-)  

Zhantao works on developing novel cathode and solid electrolyte materials and designing neutron and synchrotron-based in situ characterization tools.

Jakub Pepas (2021 fall-)

BS in Materials Science at University of Florida

Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering

Jakub works on electrodeposition of metals and alloys, modeling of electrochemical processes, and synchrotron-based in situ characterizations.

Guangxing Zhang (2021 fall-)

BS in Chemistry at Tsinghua University

MS in Materials Science and Engineering at Peking University

Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering

Guangxing works on synthesis of novel catalytic nanoparticles and nanostructures, in situ characterization of wet chemistry synthesis, solid electrolytes, and cathode materials for Na-ion batteries.

Hui Min Tee (2024 spring-)

BS in Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech

Currently pursuing a MS degree in Chemical Engineering.

Hui Min works on development of high-energy cathode materials for Na-ion batteries.

Martin Jaramillo (2024 fall-)

Martin is pursuing a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering. His undergraduate research involve cathode materials for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries.

Group Alumni 

Yifan Ma 

Ph.D. student (2018-2024 May)

Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering

Yifan works Li-metal batteries, electrodeposition of metals and alloys and development of in situ XRD characterization tools based on synchrotron and lab X-ray sources.

Zihao Lin (2021 fall-2022 fall)

BS in Materials Science at Tsinghua University

Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering

Xiong Shan
Ph.D (2014-2020)

Shan worked on development of novel solid electrolytes for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries and recycling of end-of-life Li-ion batteries.

Current affiliation: Mckinsy & Co.

Madison Ives (2019 summer-2021 spring)

Undergraduate Researcher

BS degree at Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ga Tech.

Currently pursuing a MD degree

Shuan Ma (2019 spring-2020 fall)

Visiting Ph.D. student

BS. MS. and PhD from XJTU, China.

Jakub Pepas (2019 May-July)

NSF-REU, Undergraduate Researcher

pursuing BS in Materials Science at University of Florida

Jacqueline Baidoo (2016 summer-2018 fall)

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Ga Tech, 2019

Current affiliation:  Ph.D. student at MIT, Dept. of MSE

Lufeng Yang

Current affiliation: Institute of Physics, CAS

Postdoc (2018 spring-2019 fall)

Visiting Ph.d student (2016 Jan- 2017 fall)

Ph.D. from South China University of Technology

Xuetian Ma
Ph.d Student (2014 spring-2018 fall)

B.S. from Tsinghua University, School of Materials Science & Engineering, in 2012
M.S. from Cornell University, School of Materials Science & Engineering, in 2014

Ph.D. Georgia Tech in 2018 Dec.

Current affiliation: Mckinsy & Co.

Stefan Whittaker-Lee (2017 Sept-Dec)

Master student in Mechanical Engineering

B.S. graduate from Brown University

Haibo Rong

Visiting Ph.d student from SCUT (2017 Jan-2018 Jan)

Changhao Chen (2017 June-Sept)
Visiting Undergraduate Student from Tsinghua University

 Jon Payne (2015 fall-2017 spring)
Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. in Chemical Engineering （2017).

now at Exxon Mobile

Aijie Han (2015 spring-2017 spring)
Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. in Material Science and Engineering.

now at MSE phd program at Penn State U.

Jake Thiemann (2016 spring-, currently on leave)
Undergraduate Researcher

Pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

Zoe Holderness (2016 spring-,  currently on leave for GT exchange program in Spain)

Undergraduate Researcher

Pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

Yangyang Li (2016 fall-)

Undergraduate Researcher

double B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Now at Mechanical Engineering at MIT

William Disser (2016 fall- , currently on leave for GT exchange program in Australia)

Undergraduate Researcher

Pursuing a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

 Hai Wang

Visiting ph.d student (2015 Nov-2016 Oct)

Bo Nan

Summer Student (from SUSTC, China, 2016 summer)

Malte McDaniel

Visiting Master Student (thesis work, from KIT, Germany)

Joy Zhang  Undergraduate research assistant

Nabeel Chhatriwala  Undergraduate research assistant