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Principal Investigator
Yingchao Yang, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Missouri
416 S. 6th Street, Lafferre Hall E3414
Columbia, Missouri 65211
Email: yingchao.yang@missouri.edu
Phone: (573) 882-3396
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Xiahua Zhong
B.S. in Chemistry
Jilin Normal University, 2014
M.S. in Physics
Northeast Normal University, 2018
Ph.D. in Physics
Northeast Normal University, 2023
Dr. Jiajun He
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Jilin University, 2017
M.S. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia, 2018
Ph.D. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia, 2024
Ph.D. Students
Manish Neupane
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Tribhuvan University, 2015
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Toledo, 2020
Chen Zhang
B.E. in Electronic Information
Shandong Normal University, China, 2020
M.E. in Electronic Science and Technology
Shandong University, China, 2023
Undergraduate Students
Benjamin Gibson
Benjamin Gibson
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Missouri
Research Interest:
High-entropy materials for catalysis
Kristy Tran
Kristy Tran
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Missouri
Research Interest:
Carbonized MOFs for Catalysis
Alumni
Graduate Students
Olugbenga Ogunbiyi, M.S. Aug. 2022-May 2025
Min Wang, Ph.D. June 2018-July 2023; Current: Postdoc in Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Akhter Zia, Ph.D. Jan. 2021-May 2023; Current: Ph.D. student in University of Maine
Zoe Benedict, M.S. July 2021-Aug. 2023; Current: Ph.D. student in University of Colorado Boulder
Nuzhat Maisha, M.S. Jan. 2021-July 2023; Current: Ph.D. student in University of Virginia
Karrar Al-Quraishi, Ph.D. June 2018-July 2021; Current: Postdoc in School of Forest Resources at UMaine
Undergraduate Students
Katelynn Marquez, May 2025 – Jul. 2025
Miguel Najera, Jan. 2024 – Jul. 2025
Simon Brooks, Mar. 2022 – Dec. 2022
Meghan Boos, Jun. 2021 – Aug. 2022
Miao Hu, Jan. 2021 – Oct. 2021
Lara Chern, Jan. 2021 – Aug. 2021
William Stuart, Jan. 2019 – May 2019
Peter Neff, Sept. 2018 – May 2020
Ethan Poland, Sept. 2018 – May 2019
Cole Lemelin, Sept. 2018 – Dec. 2020
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