Principal Investigator

Yamin Zhang (张亚敏)

Presidential Young Professorship

Assistant Professor

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
National University of Singapore
Email: ymzhang@nus.edu.sg

07/2023 – 01/2024: Research Associate, Northwestern University
02/2021 – 06/2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
08/2016 – 12/2020: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
09/2012 – 07/2016: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University; B.S., Finance (Double Major), Nankai University

She has authored over 30 papers in prestigious journals, including Nature, Science, Nature Biomedical Engineering, and PNAS.

She has earned multiple honors, including the AHA Early Faculty Independence Award (2023), the MIT ChemE Rising Stars (2022), Sigma Xi Best PhD Thesis Award (2021), and Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad (2021).

She serves on the Advisory Board of Cell Biomaterials and Early Career Advisory Board of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Chem & Bio Engineering.

Research Fellows

Longfei Chen (陈隆飞)

PhD, National University of Singapore (2024)
BEng(Honor), Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (2020)

Yaqian Liu (刘雅倩)

PhD, Zhejiang University (2025)
BEng, East China University of Science and Technology (2019)

Xuning Zhang (张许宁)

(joining soon)

PhD, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2024)
BEng, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2019)

PhD Students & Research Assistants

Bin Sun (孙彬)

BEng, Zhejiang University (2024)

Shilin Chen (陈世霖)

MSc, The University of Edinburgh (2024)
BEng, Shenzhen University (2022)

Yiming Zhao (赵一鸣)

MSc, National University of Singapore (2025)
BEng, China University of Petroleum (2023)

Cheng Zhang (章城)

MSc, Fudan University (2025)
BEng, Dalian University of Technology (2022)

Master’s student

Fangping Tang (汤方平)

Master of Science
BEng, Fuzhou University (2025)

Junjie Ge (葛俊杰)

Master of Science
BEng, East China University of Science and Technology (2025)

Zixuan Qin (秦紫萱)

Master of Science
BEng, East China University of Science and Technology (2025)

Yue Zheng (郑玥)

Master of Science
BEng, Technion, Israel institute of technology (2024)

Siying Li (李思颖)

Master of Science
BEng, Southwest Jiaotong University (2025) BEng, Oklahoma State University (2025)

Yufan Pu (蒲语凡)

Master of Science
BEng, Sichuan University (2025)

Tianyu Wu (吴天宇)

Master of Science
BEng, Sichuan University (2025)

Qiyuan Chen (陈其源)

Master of Philosophy
BEng, Fuzhou University (2025)

Wang Wang (王王)

Master of Philosophy
BSc, Northeast Forestry University (2025)

Jiajun Zhou (周佳俊)

Master of Philosophy
BAsc, University of Toronto (2025)

Yitong Xu (徐艺桐)

Master of Science
BSc, Hong Kong Baptist University (2025)

Exchange Students

Yuhan Gao (高钰涵)

BEng, East China University of Science and Technology (Present)

Jiong Xv (许炅)

BSE, Beijing University of Chemical and Technology (Present)

Feiyu Chai (柴飞羽)

BEng, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (Present)

Shitong Huang (黄诗彤)

BEng, Fuzhou University (Present)

Jingyi Chen (陈景怡)

BEng, Beijing University of Chemical Technology , China (Present)

Yijun Yin (殷翊君)

BEng, East China University of Science and Technology (Present)

Visiting Students

Guotao Xiang (向国涛)

PhD, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (Present)
MSc, University of Jinan (2021)
BSc, University of Jinan (2019)

Meng Zhang (张萌)

PhD, Tianjin University of Science and Technology (2022)
MSc & BSc, Tianjin University of Science and Technology (2020)

Yu Zhao (赵宇)

MSc, Nanjing Tech University (Present)
BSc, Nanjing Tech University (2024)

Yirun Wang (王艺润)

BS, Tianjin University (Present)

Dillon Tan (陈兆楷)

MEng, Imperial College London (Present)

Alumni

Jiayang Chen, Visiting BSc student, Current position: PhD, Nankai University

Yu Xin, Visiting PhD student, Current position: PhD, South China University of Technology

Bojie Zhao, Master’s student, Current position: Process engineer, Shanghai Morimatsu Lifescience Company

Xueying Tang, Master’s student, Current position: R&D Engineer, Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited

Yifei Kong, Master’s student, Current position: PhD, George Washington University

Yuxi Tang, Master’s student

Jiayi Zhang, Undergraduate student

Jingjing Lei, Research Fellow

Raman Thoya, BS, Johns Hopkins University

Fang Frank, BS, Cornell University

Yuting Kou, BS, Zhejiang University

Xiaoxue Xia, MEng, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Quentin Cialti, MEng, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA Lyon), France

2025 Group photo
2024 Group photo
June 2025: Prof. John Rogers (Northwestern University) visited us

Celebrating Lunar New Year 2025