The Cheng Group at NIU

Group Leader 

Yingwen Cheng, Ph.D. Postdoc., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 2013-2017 Ph.D., Duke University, 2013 B.S., B. Eng., Shandong University, 2008 Google Scholar; Curriculum Vitae

Graduate Students 

	Siyuan Gao Ph.D. candidate, Northern Illinois University, 2018-current Visiting Student, Argonne National Laboratory, 2019-current M.S. Pukyong National University, 2018 Google Scholar
	Olusola John Dahunsi M.S. Western Illinois University
	Bomin Li Ph.D. candidate, Northern Illinois University, 2019-current Visiting Student, Argonne National Laboratory, 2020-current M.S. East China University of Science and Technology Google Scholar
	Jacob Kaelin Ph.D. candidate, Northern Illinois University Visiting Student, Argonne National Laboratory, 2021-current B.S. Northern Illinois University
	Fan Xia Ph.D. student, Northern Illinois University, 2021-current Visiting Student, Argonne National Laboratory, 2022-current B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2020 Google Scholar
	Bowen An Ph.D. student M.S. University of California, Los Angeles
	Dhilip Kanna Ashok Kumar M.S. student

Undergraduate Students 

Stephen Harcar

Brendon Storms

Alumni

Postdoc Alumni

Dr. Ke Lu Current position: Professor at Anhui University Google Scholar

Graduate Student Alumni

	Sarat Alabidun Current position: PhD student, Imperial College London, UK M.S. Northern Illinois University, 2021
	Zhida Wang Current position: graduate student at Harbin Institute of Technology
	Hong Zhang current position: graduate student at Shanghai JiaoTong University
	Elijah Openiyi current position: graduate student at Purdue University

Undergraduate Alumni

1. Peter Johnson (Currently at Advocate Aurora Health)
2. Ziyi Liang (currently at University of Illinois at Chicago)
3. Jose Flores (NIU undergraduate, currently at Hydrox Laboratories)
4. Christopher Herbig (NIU Research Rookies)
5. Jacob Kaelin (NIU undergraduate, Jacob is staying with us for Ph.D. studies)
6. Karina Villarreal (NIU undergraduate)
7. Daniel Coliz (NIU undergraduate, currently R&D Stability Chemist at Sigan)
8. Colten Nickel (NIU undergraduate)
9. Robert J. Dick (undergradaute from Trine University, now at University of Texas at Austin)
10. Zain Sattar (Bartlett High School, now attending University of Illinois at Chicago)