Principle Investigator

Xi Chen
Associate Professor
CUNY Advanced Science Research Center
Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
Tel: +1 212-413-3386
Office G.332 CUNY ASRC
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Postdoctoral Researcher

Darjan Podbevsek
Co-Advised by Professor Raymond Tu
M.Eng., University of Ljubljana
Ph.D., University Lyon 1
Email: darjan.podbevsek@gmail.com
Vignesh Athiyarath
Co-advised by Prof. Rein Ulijn
MS-Ph.D., IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India,
BSc S., N. G. S. College, Pattambi, Kerala, India
Email: vathiyarath@gc.cuny.edu

Graduate Research Assistants

Seungri Kim
B.S., Sogang University
Email: skim018@citymail.cuny.edu
Gershon David Starr
Co-Advised by Professor Raymond Tu
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University
B.S., Bioengineering, Oregon State University
Email: gstarr000@citymail.cuny.edu
Elma Naranjo
Co-Advised by Professor Rein Ulijn
M.Eng., National University of Colombia
B.S., National University of Colombia
Email: enaranjoestepa@ccny.cuny.edu
Maheen Khan
B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Email: mkhan045@citymail.cuny.edu
Janel Rivera Cancel
Co-Advised by Professor Nicolas Giovambattista, Professor Gustavo Lopez, and Professor Rein Ulijn
B.S., Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Email: janelriveracancel@gmail.com
Nooshin Ayati
Co-Advised by Professor Raymond Tu
M.S., AmirKabir University of Tehran
B.S., Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Email: nayati000@citymail.cuny.edu
Shuo Fang
Visiting PhD student advised by Professor Ioana Voiculescu
B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology
Email: shuofang.cuny@gmail.com
Yuchen Zhang
M.S., New York University
B.S., Beijing University of Chemical Technology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Email: zyuchen000@citymail.cuny.edu
Chengyu Sun
M.S., China University of Petroleum
B.S., China University of Petroleum
Email: csun002@citymail.cuny.edu

Undergraduates

Gonca Kilavuz-Ecker
Mechanical Engineering 2025, The City College of New York
Email: gncklvz@gmail.com
Sheikh Alif
Chemical Engineering 2027, The City College of New York
Email: sheikhalif10@gmail.com
Jetë Fejzullahu
Biomedical Engineering 2026, The City College of New York
Email: jetefejzullahu@gmail.com
Josue Colon Dedos
Biomedical Sciences 2025, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Email: jcolondedos@pucpr.edu

Postdoctoral and Graduate Alumni

Yaewon Park
Now Assistant Professor at Yonsei University, Textile Research Lab
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Advanced Science Research Center/City University of New York
Ph.D. in Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University
M.S., Seoul National University
B.S., Seoul National University
Email: yaewon.park@yonsei.ac.kr
Roxana Piotrowska
Now Investor Relations Associate at LifeSci Advisors, LLC
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Advanced Science Research Center/City University of New York
B.S., University of Applied Sciences Aarhus
Email: rpiotrowska@gc.cuny.edu
Haozhen Wang
Now Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University
Ph.D. in Physics, Advanced Science Research Center/City University of New York
M.S., Columbia University
B.S., University of Science and Technology
Email: hwang5@gc.cuny.edu
Zhi-Lun Liu
Now Material Research Engineer at Macronix/IBM
Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
M.Eng., Cornell University
B.S., National Taiwan University
Email: Zhi-Lun.Liu@ibm.com
Yeojin Jung
Now Postdoctoral Researcher at Bristol Myers Squibb
M.S., Sejong University
B.S., Sejong University
Email: yjung000@citymail.cuny.edu
Fahmeed Sheehan
Co-Advised by Professor Rein Ulijn
B.A., Hunter College
Email: fsheehan@gradcenter.cuny.edu

Group Alumni

1. Ariel Wang
Now Principle process engineer at Applied Materials, NY
Former process engineer in Global Foundry, NY
Former R&D Engineer in TSMC, Taiwan
B.S., National Taiwan University, M.S., University of Michigan

2. Shendu Ma
B.S., University of Toronto, M.S., Columbia University

3. Cheng Ding
B.S., Tsinghua University, M.S., Stevens Institute of Technology

4. David Fredriksson
B.S., Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), M.S., Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

5. Yu Han
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, M.S., Rutgers University

6. Naomi Cameron
ChemE 2018, The City College of New York

7. Arzu Shahrin
Now Engineer at Department of Environmental Protection, NY
B.S., The City College of New York

8. Andrea Chan
Chemical Engineering 2022, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9. Avigayil Grajower
Mechanical Engineering 2021, The City College of New York

10. Mir Ahnaf Hussain
Current process engineer in Merck
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York

11. Orlando L. Castillo
B.S. in Physics, The City College of New York

12. Nisha Bisht
Biomedical Engineering 2021, The City College of New York

13. Zane M. Shatz
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York

14. Rahul K. Debnath
B.S. in Chemical Engineering 2020, The City College of New York

15. Daniella Hébert
Mechanical Engineering 2021, Stony Brook University

16. Abdullah Junayed
Chemistry 2020, Hunter College

17. Lili Wilson
Computer Science 2025, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

18. Pulkit Singla
Mathematics 2019, The City College of New York

19. Jacky Zhang
Now a Chemical engineering PhD candidate in University of Pennsylvania
Chemical Engineering 2020, The City College of New York

20. Jianpei Lao
Now a Chemical engineering PhD candidate in Georgia Institute of Technology
Chemical Engineering 2020, The City College of New York

21. Yujie Wei
Now at Pfizer, NY
Chemical Engineering 2021, The City College of New York

22. John Wallace
Class 2025, Princeton University
Packer Collegiate Institute High School 2021

23. William Freedman
Class 2025, Columbia University
Bronx High School of Science 2021

24. Ezra Kas
Mechanical Engineering 2022, The City College of New York

25. Eralda Memia
Chemical Engineering 2022, The City College of New York

26. Isabella Huang
Chemical Engineering 2024, Macaulay Honors College at The City College of New York

27. Nina He
Chemical Engineering 2023, The City College of New York

28. Tejaswini Sudhakar
Biomedical Engineering 2024, The City College of New York

29. Denny Martinez
Standard Chemistry 2025, The City College of New York

30. Helen Gao
Chemical Engineering 2026, Tufts University