jiachenl@northwestern.edu
Dr. Hyun Seung Jung
hyunseung.jung@northwestern.edu
Hyun Seung Jung obtained B.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), under the supervision of Prof. Jong Wook Bae. Hyun Seung joined the Sargent group as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2023. He designed various metal oxide, zeolite, and metal-organic framework (MOF) catalysts for gas-phase thermal catalysis, including CO/CO2 hydrogenation, dimethyl ether carbonylation, and methyl acetate (MA) hydrogenation for indirect ethanol production using fixed-bed and fluidized-bed reactors. His current research topics in the Sargent group include the development of catalysts for the electrochemical process, electrified CO2 capture, and the combination of thermal-electrocatalysis systems to maximize process efficiency.
Dr. Hyeongwoo Ban
hyeongwoo.ban@northwestern.edu
Hyeongwoo Ban (author name is “Hyeongwoo Woo Ban”) received his Ph.D. degree in Feb. 2021, from the Department of Material and Science Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) under the supervision of Prof. Jae Sung Son. He joined the Sargent group as a postdoctoral fellow in March 2022. His current research focus is primarily on the synthesis of III-V colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) in the infrared region and the surface engineering of CQDs for CQD-based optoelectronic device applications.
Dr. Huajie Ze
zehuajie@northwestern.edu
Dr. Connor McCormick
connor.mccormick@northwestern.edu
Connor McCormick received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Pennsylvania State University under the direction of Raymond E. Schaak. His research focused on developing robust syntheses to target complex heterostructured metal chalcogenide nanoparticles. He joined the Sargent lab in 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow associated with the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN). He serves in a collaborative effort between the Mirkin and Sargent labs, focused on the combinatorial discovery of new electrocatalysts.
Dr. Bei Zhou
Bei Zhou obtained the Ph.D. degree from Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Matthias Beller in June 2023. Her Ph.D. studies focused on heterogeneous catalysis for organic synthesis for hydrogenation, amination, hydrodeoxygenation and alkylation reactions. She joined the Sargent group at Northwestern University as a postdoc fellow in October 2023, with research interests in electrocatalytic CO2 capture and conversion.
Dr. Weiyan Ni
Weiyan received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 2021. His doctoral work, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Xile Hu, studied hydrogen oxidation electrocatalysts for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells. He joined the Sargent group in 2022 with Postdoc Mobility fellowship from Swiss National Science Foundation. His current research is focused on electrocatalytic transformation of small molecules.
Dr. Bosi Peng
bosipeng@northwestern.edu
Dr. Hao Chen
Dr. Hao Chen
Hao Chen received his Ph.D. degree in Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & The School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University in 2020, under the supervision of Prof. Zhijun Ning. From 2019 to 2020, he joined the Sargent group (UofT) as a visiting Ph.D. student with research interests in perovskite solar cells. Then he joined the Sargent Group as a post-doctoral scholar in April 2021 (2021-2023, in UofT, from August 2023 to present, in NU) with research interests in single and multi-junction perovskite solar cells.
Dr. Zeyan Liu
Zeyan Liu received the Ph.D. degree in 2022 from University of California, Los Angeles under the supervision of Prof. Yu Huang, with research interests focusing on the design of novel catalysts for electrochemical reaction and PEM fuel cell. He joined the Sargent group as a postdoctoral fellow in July 2023, and his current research is on electrocatalytic carbon reduction and electrified carbon capture and release.
