- 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
Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Assistants
Yulong Huang
Position: Research Assistant Professor
Email:yhuang59@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Organic Conductor
Zheng Li
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: lzheng33@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Material Preparation
Meng-Lun Lee
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: menglunl@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Aerogel Insulation
Arpita Sarkar
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: arpitasarkar498@gmail.com
Research interests: Organic Electronics
Graduate Students
Massimigliano Di Luigi
Position: PhD Student
Email: massimig@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Aerogel Insulation
Saurabh Khuje
Position: PhD Student
Email: skhuje@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Printable Inks and Flexible Hybrid Electronics
Donald Petit
Position: PhD Student
Email: donaldpe@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Environmental Materials
Abdullah Islam
Position: Master Student
Email: aislam4@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Conductive Ink
Porus Sunil Jadhav
Position: Master Student
Email: porussun@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Insulation Materials
Saikiran Pasupathy
Position: Master Student
Email: pasupath@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Insulation Materials
Mohammed Arqam Khan
Position: Master Student
Email: mkhan44@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Material Preparation
Undergraduate Student
Matthew Murcott
Position: Undergraduate Student
Email: mrmurcot@buffalo.edu
Research interests: Printable Material Inks