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
![]() | Bomin Li Ph.D. candidate, Northern Illinois University, 2019-currentVisiting Student, Argonne National Laboratory, 2020-current M.S. East China University of Science and Technology Google Scholar |
![]() | Jacob Kaelin Ph.D. candidate, Northern Illinois UniversityVisiting Student, Argonne National Laboratory, 2021-current B.S. Northern Illinois University |
![]() | Fan Xia Ph.D. student, Northern Illinois University, 2021-currentVisiting Student, Argonne National Laboratory, 2022-current B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2020 Google Scholar |
![]() | Bowen An Ph.D. studentM.S. University of California, Los Angeles |
![]() | Dhilip Kanna Ashok Kumar M.S. student |
Undergraduate Students
Stephen Harcar
Brendon Storms
Alumni
Postdoc Alumni
![]() | Dr. Ke LuCurrent position: Professor at Anhui University |
Graduate Student Alumni
![]() | Dr. Olusola John Dahunsi 2nd PhD from the Cheng group (2019-2023) Current Position: Scientist at EOS Energy Storage in New Jersey Google Scholar; Linkedin |
![]() | Dr. Siyuan Gao 1st PhD from the Cheng group (2018-2023) Current Position: Research Chemist at Microvast in Florida Google Scholar; Linkedin |
![]() | Sarat Alabidun 1st MS from the Cheng Group (2019-2021)Current position: PhD student, Imperial College London, UK |
![]() | Dr. Zhida Wang Visiting graduate student in the Cheng group (2019-2021)Current position: graduate student at Harbin Institute of Technology |
![]() | Dr. Hong Zhang Visiting graduate student in the Cheng group (2020-2021)Current position: Postdoc at Anhui University |
![]() | Elijah Openiyi current position: graduate student at Purdue University |
Undergraduate Alumni
- Peter Johnson (Currently at Advocate Aurora Health)
- Ziyi Liang (currently at University of Illinois at Chicago)
- Jose Flores (NIU undergraduate, currently at Hydrox Laboratories)
- Christopher Herbig (NIU Research Rookies)
- Jacob Kaelin (NIU undergraduate, Jacob is staying with us for Ph.D. studies)
- Karina Villarreal (NIU undergraduate)
- Daniel Coliz (NIU undergraduate, currently R&D Stability Chemist at Sigan)
- Colten Nickel (NIU undergraduate)
- Robert J. Dick (undergradaute from Trine University, now at University of Texas at Austin)
- Zain Sattar (Bartlett High School, now attending University of Illinois at Chicago)