Jing Li Lab - Former Group Members

Undergraduate Student

Summer 2011 - Spring 2012

Undergraduate Student

2016 summer

Ph.D. Student

Visiting Scholar

Current Position: Associate Professor, Huaiyin Normal University

Undergraduate Student

Fall 2013 - Spring 2014

Postdoc

Current position: Postdoc associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Postdoc

Biedron, Aleksandra (2004 - 2005)

Undergraduate Student

M.S. Student

Undergraduate Student (2021 - 2023)

Megan began attending Rutgers University in 2019 majoring in Environmental Chemistry and is currently in her junior year. She joined Dr. Li’s group in Summer 2021 and works alongside her mentor, Xiuze Hei, studying crystal growth methods used to prepare non-toxic hybrid materials.

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Undergraduate Student (2021 - 2022)

Emily began at Rutgers University in 2020 and is now in her sophomore year, majoring in Environmental Chemistry. She joined Dr. Li's group in the fall of 2021, where she works with Xiuze Hei on research into crystal growth methods for non-toxic hybrid materials.

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Undergraduate Student

(04/2015 -- 11/2015)

Undergraduate Student

Summer 2014

Postdoc Associate (2016 - 2018)

Qiang Chen was born in Shandong, China, in 1987. He received his PhD degree in Nankai University in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Xian-He Bu. He then spent two years at Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)-Nankai University as a postdoctoral fellow before joining Dr. Jing Li’s group in 2016. His research interests include design and synthesis of new porous materials and their application in selective adsorption and fluorescence.

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Postdoc

M.S. Student

Undergraduate Student (2021 - 2022)

Shelby transferred to Rutgers University in 2021 to pursue studies in Chemical Engineering. She joined Dr. Li’s group in her junior year and is working with mentor Kun Zhu on developing inorganic-organic hybrid materials for various renewable energy-related applications.

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Ph.D. Student 

Ben was born right here in New Brunswick and has been a NJ resident for most of his life.  He did his undergraduate research here in the Li Group, the focus of which was finding MOFs to employ as heterogeneous catalysts.  Ben completed his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University in 2012, earning a B.A. in Chemistry.  He officially joined the Li group later that year after being accepted into the Ph.D. program and continues his quest of finding MOF catalysts for both carbon dioxide reduction and water splitting reactions.  He is currently in his fifth year.

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Undergraduate Student

Fall 2016

M.S. Student (2022 - Present)

Huyen graduated from University of Florida with a B.S in chemistry with cum laude rewards in 2017. She then worked in laboratories as an environmental specialist. She entered the master's degree program at Rutgers University and joined Dr. Jing Li’s group where she will be focusing on the synthesis and characterization of crystalline hybrid materials. 

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Exchange Ph.D. Student (2016 - 2017)

Peiyao is a PhD candidate from NanKai University (P.R. China) now. She joined Prof. Li’s group and worked as a joint PhD student from October, 2016. Her research interests are primarily in synthesis, characterization and luminescent properties of metal coordination polymers.

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Undergraduate Student

Spring 2010, Fall 2010

Undergraduate Student

Spring 2012

Exchange Undergraduate (Jilin University)

(09/2015 -- 12/2015)

Visiting Scholar

Current Position: Professor, South China University of Technology

Ph.D. Student (2013 - 2019)

Yang obtained his B. S. in Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China in 2013. He is now a forth year graduate student in Li Group. His research focuses on design and synthesis of Inorganic-organic hybrid semiconductors.

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M.S. Student

Undergraduate Student 

(2012 - 2014)

Undergraduate Student

Spring 2014 - Spring 2015

Ph.D. Student

Current enterprise: Sinopec

Undergraduate Student

(2014 - 2015)

Visiting Scholar

Fuzhou University

Ph. D. Student (2019 - 2024)

Guoyu obtained his B. Sc. from Jilin University in China in 2017 and then he joined Rutgers-New Brunswick as a master student in Medicinal Chemistry. He transferred to the Chemistry graduate program and joined Prof. Jing Li's group in 2018 spring. His research mainly focuses on design and synthesis of porous metal-organic frameworks.

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Ph.D. Student (2017 - Present)

Xiuze graduated from Wuhan University in China with a B.Sc. in Chemistry in 2017 before he entered Rutgers Chemistry Ph. D. program and joined Dr. Li’s group. He worked in a material lab for 3 years and focused on the nanostructured functional materials and their energy-related applications during his undergraduate. Now he is at his first year in the Ph.D. program with his research focusing on the design and synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrid materials as efficient phosphors.

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M.S. Student

M.S. Student (2017 - 2018)

Joel graduated from the University of Rochester with a bachelor's in physics in 2016, then started a master's program in physics education at Rutgers while preparing to apply for PhD programs. He joined Dr. Li's group in May 2017 and has since been working with Kun Zhu on the fabrication and characterization of photovoltaic and LED technologies containing novel hybrid organic-inorganic crystalline active layers.

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Postdoc Associate (2018 - 2020)

Falu Hu was born in Shandong, China, in 1990. He received his PhD degree in Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018 under the supervision of Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Maochun Hong. In 2018, he joined Prof. Jing Li's group as a postdoctoral fellow. His research interests include the design and synthesis of new porous materials and their application in selective adsorption and fluorescence. 

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Ph.D. Student

Current institute: Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University

Visiting Scholar (2018 - 2019)

Pengcheng Huang obtained his Ph. D. from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2014 and then worked at College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, China. Now, he is a visiting scholar in Prof. Li’ group. His main research interest is the development of noble-metal and coordination polymer nanoparticles-based fluorescent and colorimetric sensors for small molecules.

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Ph.D. Student

Current position: Professor, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure, Chinese Academy of Science

Postdoc Associate (2019 - 2020)

Xing Huang received his PhD degrees in organic chemistry in 2018 from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences under supervision of Prof. Daoben Zhu and Prof. Wei Xu. He joined Prof. Jing Li’s lab as a postdoctoral fellow in 2019. His studies focus on the design and synthesis of novel electrically conductive coordination polymers and inorganic-organic hybrids.

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Undergraduate Student

2010 - 2010

Postdoc Associate (2022 - 2024)

Sayed Ali Khan received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering in December 2017 from the University of Science and Technology of China. Dr. Khan was a postdoctoral researcher at Shenzhen University and Xiamen University, P.R. China during 2018 – 2021. He joined Rutgers University under the supervision of Prof. Jing Li as a visiting scholar in January 2022. His research focus is on the development of energy-efficient lighting technology.

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Ph.D. Student

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Current Position: Assistant Professor, Stockton University

Visiting Scholar

Current position: Professor, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure, Chinese Academy of Science

Ph.D. Student

Undergraduate Student

Fall 2015 - Summer 2016

Undergraduate Student

Fall 2015 - Spring 2017

Visiting Scholars (2019 - 2020)

Guangping Lei obtained his Ph. D. from Chongqing University in 2015 and then worked at School of Energy and Power Engineering, North University of China. Now, he is a visiting scholar in Prof. Li’ group. His main research interest is the design and synthesis of porous materials for gas mixture separation and energy storage.

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Undergraduate Student (2020 - 2021)

Evan entered Rutgers University-New Brunswick in 2019 majoring in Chemistry and Biology. He joined the Li Group in his freshman year in September 2019. He currently works with Ever Valesco in designing and synthesizing new metallic-organic frameworks (MOFs).

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Postdoc

M. S. Student (2020 - 2022)

Boxuan obtained his B.E degree of materials at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology in 2019. Then he came to Rutgers as a master student in chemistry and in 2020 he joined Dr. Jing Li’s group. He is interested in the synthesis of metal-organic-frameworks to capture and sense heavy metals.

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Postdoc

Current position: Senior Scientist, Rive Technology

Exchange Ph.D. Student (2018 - 2019)

Liangying Li is a Ph.D candidate in College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, China. Now, supported by the “Zhejiang University Doctoral Students Studying Abroad” program, she is a visiting student in Prof. Li’s group. Her current work mainly focuses on the design, preparation, characterization of microporous metal-organic frameworks for gas separation.

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Visiting Scholar (2016 - 2017)

Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter

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Exchange Ph.D. Student (2017 - 2018)

Yankai is an exchange Ph.D student at Dr. Jing Li's group in Rutgers-New Brunswick, whose domestic university in China is East China University of Science and Technology. His research interests are primarily in the design, synthesis, characterization of fluorescent porous organic polymers (POPs).

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M.S. Student

Visiting Scholar

Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Visiting Scholar

Ningbo Institute of Material Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

M.S. Student

M.S. Student

Exchange Undergraduate (Jilin University)

Fall 2013

Ph.D. Student 

Wei Liu received his B.Sc. from Nanjing University in China in 2010. He is currently in his fifth year as a graduate student in Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers. His research interests include the design and synthesis of Inorganic-organic hybrid semiconductors.

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Postdoc Associate (2018 - 2020)

Xiaoyuan got his PhD degree from East China University of Science and Technology in 2018. During his PhD, he has been a visiting student to Boston College (Prof. Frank Tsung group) and University of California, Berkely (Prof. Peidong Yang group). In 2018, he joined Prof. Jing Li group as a postdoctoc. His researches focus on the synthesis and application of metal-organic frameworks and covalent-organic frameworks.

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M.S. Student (2016 - 2019)

Yanyao graduated from Nankai University in China with a B. S. in Chemistry in 2016. He is now a first year graduate student in Li Group. His research focuses on design and synthesis of stable porous MOFs for adsorption related applications.

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Exchange Undergraduate (Jilin University)

(09/2015 -- 12/2015)

Undergraduate Student

Fall 2016

Postdoc

Undergraduate Student (2024)

Ludia is an undergraduate student at Rutgers, where she began attending in Fall 2022. She is majoring in Biological Sciences and minoring in Spanish. She is currently a Sophomore and joined Prof. Jing Li's group in the Spring of 2024 through project SUPER. She works with Feng Xie on his research focusing on the materials design of functionalized metal-organic frameworks.

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Ph.D. Student (2013 - 2019)

Bill is from Pittsburgh, PA and obtained his B.S. from American University in 2010.  Upon graduating, he worked as an analytical chemist at ImQuest BioSciences for three years before joining Rutgers in 2013.  His research currently focuses on developing chemical sensors based on Luminescent MOFs (LMOFs).

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Undergraduate Student

Summer 2013

Undergraduate Student

(2015 - 2016)

Undergraduate Student

Summer 2010

Undergraduate Student

Summer 2014 - Fall 2014

Undergraduate Student

Summer 2016 - Fall 2016

Undergraduate Student (2017 - 2020)

Yuki entered Rutgers University - New Brunswick as an undergraduate student in 2016 studying Chemistry and Sociology. He joined Prof. Jing Li's group in his sophomore year in the Fall 2017 semester and is currently working under Ever Valesco, his mentor. Currently, he is primarily working on the synthesis, characterization and processing of crystalline metal organic frameworks for sensing applications.

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Visiting Scholar

Current position: Professor, Mahatma Gandhi University

Postdoc

Research Associate (2002 - 2005)

Research Assistant Professor (2005 - 2006)

Current position: Manager of Technology, Colgate Palmolive Co

Undergraduate Student (2021 - 2022)

Akash began at Rutgers University in 2020 and is now in his junior year, majoring in Biological Sciences. He joined Dr. Li's group in the fall of 2021, where he works with Guoyu Zhang on research into crystal growth for Metal-Organic-Frameworks materials.

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Exchange Ph.D. Student

South China University of Technology

Undergraduate Student

Christine Perez

Ph.D. Student

Exchange Undergraduate (Jilin University)

Fall 2012

Visiting Scholar

Current Position: Associate Professor, Northeast Normal University

Exchange Ph.D. Student

South China University of Technology

Visiting Scholar (2017 - 2018)

Yanwei obtained his Ph. D. from Northwest University (China) in 2006. After two years postdoc work in the HongKong University of Science and Technology, he joined the faculty of South China University of Technology in 2008. Now, he is a visiting scholar in Prof. Li’ group. His main research interest is the development of porous metal-organic frameworks for heterogeneous catalysis.

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Undergraduate Student

Fall 2016 - Spring 2017

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Student (2013 - 2018) 

Nate was born and raised in Short Hills, NJ. He obtained his B.A. in Chemistry from Middlebury College in May 2013, where he worked on the determination of zero-field splitting parameters in transition metal complexes through MCD spectroscopy. Nate entered the Rutgers PhD program in the Fall of 2013 pursuing interests in materials and inorganic chemistry. Upon joining the Li Group, Nate’s research interests focus on the design and synthesis of porous metal-organic frameworks. He is currently in his forth year of the PhD program.

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Undergraduate Student

Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011

Undergraduate Student (2017 - 2019)

Christopher Sojdak began attending Rutgers-New Brunswick in 2015 and is a third year chemistry major. He joined Prof. Daniel Seidel's group in the 2016-2017 academic year, where his research focused on asymmetric catalysis. In the fall of 2017, he transferred to Prof. Jing Li’s group, where his research is currently focused on the design, synthesis, and characterization of inorganic-organic hybrid materials for use as lighting phosphors.

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Undergraduate Student (2023 - Present)

Sophia is an undergraduate student at Rutgers, where she began attending in 2022, majoring in Exercise Science. She is currently in her Sophomore year and joined Prof. Jing Li's group in Fall 2023. She works with Guoyu Zhang on his metal-organic framework synthesis and design research. 

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Undergraduate Student

2014 - 2015

Postdoc

Current position: Professor, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure, Chinese Academy of Science

Postdoc

Undergraduate Student (2020 - 2021)

Tithi is an NJIT transfer student currently pursuing a B.S in Chemical Engineering as a sophomore. She plans on attending Graduate School to further excel in her studies. She joined Dr. Jing Li's research during Fall 2018 at Rutgers and is currently working under her mentor, Xiuze Hei, on synthesizing inorganic-organic hybrid materials.

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Undergraduate Student

2015

Undergraduate Student

2010

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Student (2015 - 2021)

Ever obtained his B. Sc. from Rutgers-Newark in 2015 and then joined Prof. Jing Li group at Rutgers-New Brunswick as a graduate student. He is now at his second year in the Ph. D. program with his research focusing on the design and synthesis of multifunctional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for phosphors, catalysis, gas adsorption etc.

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Undergraduate Student

Fall 2016

Visiting Scholar

Current Position: Associate Professor, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

Ph.D. Student (2012 - 2018)

Hao received his B.Sc. from Wuhan University in China in 2012 before he came to United States and entered Rutgers Chemistry PhD program. He majored in Materials Chemistry for his undergraduate study and worked in a supramolecular research lab for 2 years. He is now in his fifth year in Dr. Jing Li's group. His research interest focuses on the syntheses and applications of porous solids (zeolites, MOFs, COFs, etc.) with an emphasis on metal-organic frameworks and their applications in molecular capture and separation. Hao has coauthored more than 30 research papers.

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Visiting Scholar (2017 - 2018)

Jing received the Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University in 2008 and then worked in Guangzhou University as an associate professor. Now she is a visiting scholar in Prof. Li’ group. Her research interests focus on the design, synthesis and property research of porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

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Exchange Ph.D. Student

Beijing University of Technology

Undergraduate Student (2016 - 2018)

Qining is a chemistry undergraduate student at Rutgers University. She joined Dr. Li’s group in the summer of 2016. She works with Hao on the design and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks for applications such as gas adsorptions and hydrocarbon separations.

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Exchange Undergraduate (Jilin University)

Fall 2014

Visiting Scholar

Current position: Professor, Tsinghua University

Postdoc

Current position: Postdoc associate, Université de Versailles-St-Quentin

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Visiting Scholar

Current Position: Professor, Northeast Normal University

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Student

Postdoc Associates (2017 - 2019)

Zhaofeng is an“Assistant Research Professor " at State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, since 2013. He graduated from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in China with a Dr. degree in Inorganic Chemistry in 2016. Supported by the CSC programme, in 2017, he joined Prof. Jing Li's group as a postdoctor. His research interests are primarily in the design, synthesis, characterization of MOF materials for different applications.

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Undergraduate Student (2023 - 2024)

Wura began at Rutgers University in 2022 majoring in Cell Biology and Neuroscience, and she is now in her sophomore year. She joined Dr. Li's group in the fall of 2023, where she works alongside Guoyu Zhang on research into Metal-Organic-Framework materials.

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Visiting Scholar

Current Position: Professor, South China University of Technology

Visiting Scholar

Current position: Associate professor, South China University of Technology

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 Postdoc Associate (2019 - 2021)

Shikai Xian received his Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering in Sept. 2015 from South China University of Technology. During  Oct. 2015~ Aug. 2019, he worked in Guangzhou Liby Enterprise Group as a senior R&D engineer. He joined Prof. Jing Li’s lab as a postdoctoral fellow in Nov. 2019. His research focuses on the synthesis of novel Metal-organic frameworks for gas adsorption  and separation.

Visiting Scholar 

Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Exchange Ph.D. Student (2018 - 2019)

Kai Xing is a currently Ph.D. student at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He joined Dr. Li’s group and worked as an exchange PhD student from October, 2018. His research interests focuses on preparation and luminescent sensing properties of functionalized MOFs.

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Postdoc

Current position: Assistant professor, Jiangsu Normal University

Exchange Ph.D. Student

South China University of Technology

Visiting Scholar

Changchun University of Science and Technology

Undergraduate Student (2018- 2019)

ShengTing Xu began attending Rutgers-New Brunswick in 2015 and is now a sensor majored in Chemistry. She joined Prof. Jing Li’s group in fall 2018, and her research is focusing on design and synthesis of stable porous MOFs for adsorption related application.

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Exchange Ph.D. Student (2019 - 2021)

Fan Yang is a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, China. She joined Prof. Li’s group and worked as a joint Ph.D. student from September 2019. Her research currently focuses on design, synthesis, Structure characterization and modification of MOFs and their applications in gas separation and chemical sensing.

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Undergraduate Student

Fall 2016 - Spring 2017

Exchange Ph.D. Student

University of Science and Technology of China

Undergraduate Student (2018- 2019)

Xinwei Ye began attending Rutgers-New Brunswick in 2015 and is now a senior in SAS majoring in Biological Sciences. She joined Prof. Jing Li's group in fall 2018, and her research is focusing on the design and synthesis of multifunctional metal-organic framworks (MOFs) for phosphors, catalysis, gas absorption etc.

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Exchange Ph.D. Student (2018 - 2020)

Huaqing Yin is a PhD candidate from NanKai University (P.R. China). She joined Prof. Li’s group and worked as a joint Ph.D student from October, 2018. Her research interests are primarily in fluorescent metal organic materials designing, building and sensing application.

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Visiting Scholar

Hainan University

Ph.D. Student (2018 - 2020)

Xiang Zeng graduated from Wuhan University in China with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2018 before she entered Rutgers Chemistry Ph.D. program and jointed Jing group at Rutgers. Her research currently focuses on design and synthesis advanced functional materials.

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Ph.D. Student

Current enterprise: Shell

M.S. Student

Postdoc

Ph.D. Student

Exchange Ph.D. Student

South China University of Technology

Postdoc

Current position: Professor, Nanjing University of Technology

Exchange Ph.D. Student

Jilin University

Ph.D. Student (2016 - Present)

Kun graduated from Tianjin University in China with a B.S in Chemical Engineering in 2014 and then joined Rutgers-New Brunswick as a master student in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. He transferred to the Chemistry graduate program and joined Prof. Jing Li's group in 2016. His research interests are primarily in the design, synthesis, characterization and device fabrication of crystalline inorganic-organic hybrid materials for different applications.

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