Members

Principle Investigator

Dr. Peijun Guo

B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

Email: peijun.guo@yale.edu

Postdoc

Jee Yung Park

B.E. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

Research interests: perovskites, lasing, polaritons

Email: jeeyung.park@yale.edu

Graduate Students

Conrad Kocoj

5th-year, PhD candidate (co-advised with Prof. Eric Altman; 2021/09-present)

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University

Research interests: conducting polymers, thermal transport, plasmonics

Email: conrad.kocoj@yale.edu

Devin (Du) Chen

4th-year, PhD candidate (2022/09-present)

B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering, SUSTech

Research interests: transient absorption microscopy, 2D perovskites, thermal transport

Email: devin.chen@yale.edu

Bowen Li

3rd-year, PhD pre-candidate (2023/06-present)

B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California

Research interests: terahertz spectroscopy, phase transitions

Email: bowen.li@yale.edu

Linqi Chen

3rd-year, PhD candidate (2023/09-present)

B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College of London

Research interests: mixed ionic-electronic conductors, in-situ measurements

Email: linqi.chen@yale.edu

 

Borui Li

1st-year, PhD pre-candidate (2025/09-present)

B.S. in Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Research interests: 

Email: borui.li@yale.edu

Undergraduate Students

Renee Wu

Sophomore, Pauli Murray college (2025/06-present)

Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Yale University

Research interests: time-resolved optical microscopy and imaging

Email: renee.wu.rsw45@yale.edu

High School Students

Visiting Students

Alumni

Hao Dong (1st-year rotation graduate student)

Özce Durak (1st-year rotation graduate student)

Alec Wallace (Yale EnvE undergraduate)

Xiaobin Wang (visiting graduate student from MSE of Zhejiang University)

Julia Joveneau (visiting graduate student from Applied Math Engineering, UCLouvain; 2022/07-2022/09)

Yuchen Lou (visiting undergraduate student from Physics, Fudan University; 2022/06-2022/09)

Joy Xu (high school minor from Hopkins School; 2022/06-2023/05)

Anthony Sharonov (high school student from Amity Regional High School; 2021/01-2022/03)

Isabel Shim (Yale ChemE undergraduate; 2022/02-2022/12)

Abrar Sheikh (Yale ChemE undergraduate; 2022/02-2023/02)

Linda Li (Yale ChemE undergraduate; 2021/02-2023/06)

Christopher Vera (high school minor from Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven; 2023/06-2023/08)

Yile Jiang (visiting undergraduate student from Tsinghua University; 2022/09-2022/12)

Joseph Bennett (Yale Chemistry undergraduate; 2022/06-2024/06)

Iris Wang (high school minor from The Harker School in San Jose; 2024/06-2024/08)

Christian Kwon (Yale Chemical Engineering undergraduate; 2024/06-2024/09)

Snigtha Mohanraj (high school minor from the Magnet School; 2024/01-2024/09)

Borui Li (visiting undergraduate from USTC; 2024/07-2024/12)

Yingying Ma (visiting undergraduate student from Shandong University; 2024/09-2025/03)

Bochao Xie (Yale Mechanical Engineering master student; 2024/09-2024/12)

Keona Schaller (visiting undergraduate student from CU Boulder; 2025/06-2025/08)

Dr. Yanyan Li (postdoctoral appointee; 2022/09-2025/08)

Dr. Shunran Li (PhD student; 2020/09-2025/09)