2018 group picture at the Central Perk Café from the hit TV show Friends!
We are always interested in motivated visiting scholars, graduate students, and postdoctoral associates joining our group! If you are interested in becoming a member of the Nanoscale & Mesoscale Energy Materials Group, please contact Prof. Bryan M. Wong.
Group Leader
Prof. Bryan M. Wong, E-mail: bryan.wong (at) ucr.edu, Curriculum Vitae: [pdf]
Postdoctoral Associates/Visiting Researchers (as of February 2024)
Dr. Sohag Biswas, E-mail: sohagb (at) ucr.edu
Dr. Min Choi, E-mail: minc (at) ucr.edu
Dr. Wafa Maftuhin, E-mail: wafam (at) ucr.edu
Dr. Mahmut Okyay, E-mail: mahmuto (at) ucr.edu
Dr. Gabriel Phun, E-mail: gphun (at) ucr.edu
Dr. José M. Rodríguez-Borbón, E-mail: jrodr050 (at) ucr.edu
Dr. Kamal Sharkas, E-mail: kamals (at) ucr.edu
Dr. Qiang Xu, E-mail: qiangx (at) ucr.edu
Graduate Students (as of February 2024)
Mr. Yuan Chen, E-mail: ychen169 (at) ucr.edu
Mr. Simon Sandhofer, E-mail: ssand026 (at) ucr.edu
Mr. Xian Wang, E-mail: xwang056 (at) ucr.edu
Undergraduate Students (as of February 2024)
Mr. Olawale Olatunde, E-mail: oolat003 (at) ucr.edu
Mr. Muslim Rana, E-mail: mrana009 (at) ucr.edu
Mr. Hasan Usmani, E-mail: husma002 (at) ucr.edu
Our Group Mascot
Bob the squirrel, E-mail: usagi (at) alum.mit.edu, Website: Project Squirrel
Group Alumni
Mr. Zulfikhar A. Ali (graduate student during 2017-2022, Graduate Research Mentorship Program Awardee): data scientist at FICO
Ms. Sarah I. Allec (graduate student during 2015-2018 [do not re-hire], NASA MIRO Fields Fellowship Awardee, ACS Women Chemists Committee Travel Awardee, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardee): postdoctoral associate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ms. Lindsey Anderson (graduate student during 2015-2017): Saalex Solutions
Dr. Fredy W. Aquino (postdoctoral associate during 2016-2019 [do not re-hire]): software engineer at QSimulate
Ms. Gabrielle Arnold (undergraduate student during 2013-2014): majoring in chemistry at Drexel University
Ms. Sharmistha Bardhan (graduate student during 2018-2019 [do not re-hire]): software engineer at Modular Mining Systems
Ms. Rishika Betrabet (undergraduate student during 2015-2016): majoring in materials science at UC Riverside
Mr. Marc N. Cercy Groulx (graduate student during 2014-2015): attending graduate school at UC Riverside
Mr. Fenglong Chen (undergraduate student during 2013-2014): majoring in engineering at Drexel University
Ms. Xi Chen (graduate student during 2013-2014): attending graduate school at Drexel University
Ms. Angela Cheng (graduate student during 2010): attending graduate school at Stanford University
Mr. Cameron Chevalier (graduate student during 2020-2021 [do not re-hire]): dismissed from the Physics & Astronomy Ph.D. program at UC Riverside
Mr. Benjamin Cornejo (undergraduate student during 2014): majoring in chemical engineering at UC Riverside
Dr. Jie Deng (postdoctoral associate during 2012): postdoctoral associate at the University of Wisconsin Madison
Ms. Horrara Diógenes (visiting undergraduate student during 2015): majoring in chemical engineering at Wayne State University
Mr. Thomas T. Dong (undergraduate student during 2014): majoring in chemical engineering at UC Riverside
Dr. Michael E. Foster (postdoctoral associate during 2012-2014): consultant for Sandia National Laboratories
Mr. Yuanqi Gao (postdoctoral associate during 2020-2021): senior machine learning engineer at Lucid Motors
Mr. Earl Garcia (undergraduate student during 2015-2016): majoring in chemical engineering at UC Riverside
Ms. Yunduan Han (graduate student during 2017): software engineer at Unity Technologies SF
Dr. Kota Hanasaki (postdoctoral associate during 2020-2022): researcher at Kyoto University
Mr. Timothy H. Hsieh (graduate student during 2010): junior faculty member at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics
Mr. Niranjan V. Ilawe (graduate student during 2014-2018, Dissertation Year Program Awardee, Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology (CBD S&T) Student Travel Awardee): senior engineer at x10 Genomics
Mr. Ricardo Jenkins (graduate student during 2017-2018): International Chemical Company
Mr. Yash Kamothi (undergraduate student during 2014): majoring in computer engineering at UC Riverside
Mr. Anshuman Kumar (graduate student during 2017-2023, Dissertation Year Program Awardee):
Mr. Andy Kung (undergraduate student during 2010-2012): Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. Mustafa Kurban (postdoctoral associate during 2018-2019, TUBITAK Research Fellowship Awardee): associate professor at Ahi Evran University
Ms. Hyuna Kwon (graduate student during 2018-2023): postdoctoral associate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mr. James Kwon (undergraduate student during 2016): majoring in chemical engineering at UC Riverside
Dr. Jonathan W. Lee (postdoctoral associate during 2010-2012): postdoctoral associate at Sandia National Laboratories
Mr. Timothy J. Legere (undergraduate student during 2014): majoring in chemical engineering at UC Riverside
Dr. Chao Lian (postdoctoral associate during 2018-2019): research fellow at UT Austin
Mr. Andrew W. Long (graduate student during 2012): attending graduate school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mr. Michael Lurenana (graduate student during 2018-2020): project engineer at Agricultural Waste Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Nicholas Ly (undergraduate student during 2013-2014): majoring in chemical engineering at Drexel University
Dr. M. Belén Oviedo (postdoctoral associate during 2014-2016, ICAM Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee): assistant professor at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Ms. Sangavi Pari (graduate student during 2015-2017, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Scholarship Program Awardee): software engineer at Qualtrics
Ms. Shraddha Patel (REU student during 2015): majoring in entomology at UC Riverside
Ms. Alexandra E. Raeber (graduate student during 2013-2014): attending graduate school at the University of Chicago
Mr. Akber Raza (graduate student during 2018-2019): GPU software engineer at Qualcomm
Mr. Cesar Schadeck (visiting undergraduate student during 2015): majoring in chemical engineering at Ohio University
Mr. Ayah Seirafi (undergraduate student during 2019-2020): majoring in chemical engineering at UC Riverside
Mr. Eric Shang (undergraduate student during 2017): majoring in chemical engineering at UC Riverside
Dr. Ravindra Shinde (postdoctoral associate during 2019-2020): research scientist at the University of Twente
Mr. Yijing Sun (graduate student during 2017-2018): software engineer at Walmart
Ms. Mi Tran (undergraduate student during 2013-2014): majoring in biology at Drexel University
Ms. Adaugo Ukaegbu (undergraduate student during 2014): majoring in chemical engineering at UC Riverside
Ms. Crystal Xiao (undergraduate student during 2017): majoring in chemistry at UC San Diego
Ms. Lihua Xu (graduate student during 2016-2018 [do not re-hire], Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship Program Awardee): Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics
Mr. Mengyi Xu (undergraduate student during 2014): majoring in computer science at UC Riverside
Dr. Sharma S. R. K. C. Yamijala (postdoctoral associate during 2017-2020): assistant professor at IIT Madras
Mr. Steve D. Yang (graduate student during 2020-2023): data analyst at ATI, Inc.
Mr. Simon H. Ye (undergraduate student during 2010): attending graduate school at M.I.T.
Mr. Kuai (David) Yu (graduate student during 2018): Esri
Mr. Yue (Sarah) Zhu (graduate student during 2018): Hewlett Packard
Mr. Prithviraj Yuvaraj (graduate student during 2021-2022): attending graduate school at UC Riverside