Principal Investigator
Dr. Shenqiang Ren received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Maryland, College Park in 2009, after which he worked as a postdoc research fellow at MIT. Shenqiang is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and RENEW Institute, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (UB). He received 2015 National Science Foundation – CAREER Award, 2014 Army Research Office – Young Investigator Award, 2014 RSC Emerging Investigator – Journal of Material Chemistry, 2013 NSF EPSCOR First Award, 2013 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2012 KU New Faculty General Research Fund, 2009 China’s National Award for Outstanding Graduate Students Abroad, 2009 Dean’s Doctoral Research Award (First Prize) and Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award at University of Maryland, College Park. His research group – Renewable and Emerging Materials and Devices – focuses on materials-by-design, self-assembly, and emerging materials for energy-critical applications. He is North American editor of J. Exp. Nanoscience, and editorial panel member of Scientific Report.
Current Members
Yulong Huang
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:1110hyl@163.com
Research interests: Organic Conductor
Lu An
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: lan15villanova@gmail.com
Research interests: Nanoparticle Synthesis
Yong Hu
Position: PhD Student
Email: yhu38@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Organic Electronics
Ruizhe Yang
Position: PhD Student
Email: ruizheya@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Insulating Materials
Quinn Keenan
Position: Master’s Student
Email: quinnkee@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Renewable Energy
Amith Rongala
Position: Master’s Student
Email: amithron@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Chemical Sensors
Donald Petit
Position: Master’s Student
Email: donaldpe@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Environmental Materials
Zefan Shao
Position: Master’s Student
Email: zefansha@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Material Preparation
Jieyu Wang
Position: Master’s Student
Email: jieyuwan@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Copper nanowire
Aditya Chivate
Position: Master’s Student
Email: adityatu@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Material Preparation and Additive Manufacturing
Saurabh Khuje
Position: Master’s Student
Email: skhuje@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Additive Manufacturing
Zheng Li
Position: Visiting Student
Email: zli84@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Material Preparation
Titiksha Singh
Position: Undergraduate Student
Email: titiksha@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Rare earth and actinide materials
Alumni
Feng Hu, Jingming Zhang, Binbo Chai, Yingshi Guan, Zhuolei Zhang, Qilin Dai, Beibei Xu, Maogang Gong, Yu Xie, Wei Qin, Namhoon Lee, Wei Zhang, Alec Kirkeminde, Wenxiu Gao, Ketan Patel, Phil Gingrich, Dan Jasion, Jess lohrman