Wenjie Zang
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Materials Science Program
Email: wzang@ur.rochester.edu
Work Experiences:
Assistant Professor: University of Rochester (10/2024 - now)
Postdoc: University of California, Irvine (2021-2024), National University of Singapore (2020-2021)
Education:
Ph.D.: National University of Singapore (2017-2020)
M.Sc.: Tianjin University (2014-2017)
B.Sc.: Chang'an University (2010-2014)
Selected Awards:
Top 2% Scientist List, Stanford University / Elsevier (2022 & 2023)
Microanalysis Society Post Doc Award (2023)
Qinglin Du
Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, joined the group in 08/2025
B.Eng.: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Research interests: Electrocatalysts, Energy conversion
Email: qdu4@ur.rochester.edu
Hanxiao Wang
Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering, joined the group in 08/2025
M.Eng.: University of Pittsburgh
B.Eng.: Xi'an Jiaotong University
Research interests: 4D-STEM, Heterogeneous catalysts, Machine learning
Email: hwang170@ur.rochester.edu
Darren Chen
Senior in Mechanical Engineering, joined the group in 08/2025
Research interests: Machine learning, Single atom catalysts
Chikai Cao
Junior in Mechanical Engineering, joined the group in 09/2025
Research interests: Electrocatalysts
Luffy the Cat
Moral Support Officer, joined the group in 10/2024
Research interests: Bird watching, Insect catching, Testing furniture for napping quality