Austin is a graduate student in CBE. He grew up in Montgomery, NJ and received his B.S. in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech. Austin likes to run, play ultimate frisbee, cook, and generally enjoy everything outdoorsy!

G3 Chemical and Biological Engineering

Dr Lin Lin is a postdoctoral research associate in ACEE who came from Tangshan, China. He received his B.S. in Applied Physics from University of Science and Technology of China and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison. In his spare time, Lin enjoys baking, playing with his cat, and browsing random pieces of knowledge from Wikipedia.

Dr. Zhuo Li is a postdoctoral research associate in ACEE. Zhuo was born and raised in Beijing, China. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Stony Brook University in 2023. His doctoral research focused on characterization of heterogeneity within lithium ion batteries using synchrotron X-ray diffraction techniques. In his spare time, Zhuo enjoys cooking, reading books, and hiking.

Austin is a first-year graduate student in CBE. He grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. In his free time, Austin enjoys hiking, reading, learning to cook, and playing the trombone.

G3- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

G2 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Topic: Sodium metal anodes

Simon is a first-year graduate student in MAE. He was born in Beijing, China and grew up in many places around the world (China, the Netherlands and Singapore). Simon received a B.S. in Engineering and B.A. in Astrophysics from Swarthmore College. In his spare time, Simon enjoys astrophotography, building model rockets, and participating in a local bowling league.

G2 - Mechanical Engineering

G1 Mechanical Engineering

Undergraduate: University of Michigan

Topic: Lithium metal manufacturing

Claudio Adrian Ruiz-Torres

Topic: Bipolar membranes and low-dimensional membranes

Post-doctoral fellow

Zhoujie is a first-year graduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Their research focuses on lithium and sodium metal batteries.

NSF GRFP (2026)