Lab Members

PI: Dr. Hao  Chen

PhD students

Joel Praneeth

Joel from Sports Spine and Pain Treatment Center is a part-time PhD student in analytical chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from Manipal University and MS from Cleveland State University.

 Joanne Chiu

Joanne Chiu from ACCU Reference Medical Lab is a part-time PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. Joanne got her bachelor degree from China Medical University and her master from Pace University. 

 

Huifang Bella Yao

Bella from Merck & Co.  is a part-time PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. Bella obtained her BS degree from Guangzhou University and Master degree from Tennessee Technology University.

Md Tanim-Al-Hassan

Tanim is a PhD student in chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his master degree from University of Idaho and bachelor degree from University of Dhaka.

Mengyuan Xiao

Mengyuan is a PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS and Master degree from NJIT.

Andrew Schladebeck

Andrew Schladebeck from Johnson&Johnson is a part-time PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from La Salle University.

Qing Ye

Qing Ye from PTC Therapeutics is a part-time PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. She obtained her BS from Guangdong Pharmaceutical University and Master degree from NJIT.

Timothy Yaroshuk

Timothy Yaroshuk is a PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from University of British Columbia and Master degree from University of New Haven.

Jinyuan Jay Zhang
Jinyuan Zhang from Incyte is a part-time is a PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from Nanjing Forestry University and Master degree from NJIT.

Yongqing Yang
Yongqing Yang is a PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from Anhui University of Technology and Master degree from Tongji University.

Xuemei Chen

Xuemei Chen is a PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. She obtained her BS from Wuhan Institute of Technology and Master degree from Tongji University.

Undergrad Researchers

Ridaa Alam

Maanasi Kondai

Sriya Jidugu

Anushka Dixit

Bhavya Deshaboina
 

High School Students:  Ken Zhou, Arjun Sharma, Gracelynne Hao


Prospective graudate students: Please feel free to contact Dr. Chen (hao.chen.2@njit.edu) if you are interested in conducting master or PhD study in this group.

Alumni

Yongling Ai--2023 PhD, will join Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Jan. 2024.

Juan Suárez--2022 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Universidad de Málaga, Spain

Qi Wang--2022 PhD, current position: Merck Co.

Pengyi (Perry) Zhao--2021 PhD, current position: AstraZeneca

Victor Ryzhov--2021 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at North Illinois University.

Yuming Zhou-2019 Visting Professor, current position: Professor at East China Technology University, China

Brian Hivick – 2018 Master, OH

Yuexiang Zhang--2018 Master, current position: NYU in Shanghai

Chengyuan Liu--2017 Visiting Ph.D. student, current position: Associate Professor at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Hetong Qi – 2016 Postdoc, current position: Associate Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University

Si Cheng – 2017 PhD, current position: Waters, California

Yi Cai – 2017 PhD, current position: WuXi AppTec, China

Qiuhua Wu – 2016 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Agriculture University of Hebei, China

Zhi Li – 2016 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Agriculture University of Hebei, China

Najah K. Almowalad--2016 Master,  current position: Saudi Arabia

Qiuling Zheng – 2013 MS & 2016 PhD, current position: Associate Professor at China Pharmaceutical University

Mei Lu – 2015 PhD, current position: Functional Consultant at o9 Solutions, Inc., Texas

Jun Wang - 2015 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Jiangsu Police Institute, China

Pengyuan Liu – 2015 PhD, current position: Assistant Professor at UMass Lowell, MA

He Xiao – 2016 MS, current position: Monsanto, St. Louis

Kehua Xu - 2010 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Shandong Normal University

Effie Weldy – 2013 MS, current position: Columbus, OH

Yun Zhang – 2012 PhD, current position: Millipore Sigma MA

Zhixin Miao – 2012 PhD, current position: Millipore Sigma, TX

Yan Liu - 2011 Visiting Scholar, current position: Scientist at Shanghai Institute of Petroleum Research

Paul D'Aloise – 2011 Master, current position: Scientist at Aegis Science Corporation in Nashville, TN

Z. Roy. Yuan – current position: Shanghai Science and Technology Exchange Center

Ping Li - 2011 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Shandong Normal University

Jiwen Li -2008 Visiting Scholar, current position: Principle Scientist at Shanghai Institute of Petroleum Research

F. Frank Feng - 2007 Visiting Scholar, current position: Shanghai Qida Chemical and Technology, Company (Founder)

Undergraduate Researchers:
Jennifer Colla, Jocelyn K. Vivona, Aleksis Niinisto, Rebecca McAllister, Daniel Wehrung, Caroline Krieger, Matthew Reedy, Daniel Williams, Amanda Forni, Carly Locsey, Brian Friel, Bryan Tysl, Lee Greenawald, Chloe Wolff, Sabrina Cramer, He Xiao, Jennifer Hoffmann, Sarah Santish, Olivia Thomas, Brian Swords, Taylor Ross, Daniel Adams, Fenyao Li, Xiyang Li, Justin Dechillis, Anastasia Svoyatsky, Matthew Dill, Aaron Berlin, David Hu, Sara Christy, Wenhua Zhang, Brian Hivick, Sierra Helmet, Lindsie Shaffer, Brooklynn Gonzalez, Weijia Li,  Kayla Steen, Joseph Paterson, Mariam Habek, Yasmine Ghattas, Aseel Shehadeh, Patrick Moore, Noreen Kamel, Yasmine M. Mohamed, Portia Shaheed, Kristen Abraham, Saniya Saxena, Tariq Alnsour, Rashmi Venkatarama, Devansh Sheth (University of New Heaven), Jenely Amaya, Julia Carroll, Gigi Chen (Haverford College)

 

High School Researchers:

Edward Wang (current position: John Hopkins University), Tracy Liu (current position: Wellesley College), Charles Yu (current position: Princeton University), Jeffrey Xu (Current position: Princeton University)