PEOPLE
Principle Investigator
Yuecheng “Peter” Zhou, Ph.D. [CV] [Google Scholar]
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Bioengineering (affiliate)
Materials Research Laboratory (affiliate)
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology (affiliate)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Education & Training
Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry and Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute (with Bianxiao Cui), Stanford University, 2024
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering (with Charles M. Schroeder), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2019
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, High Honors, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2014
Email: zhou62<at>illinois.edu
Graduate Students
Xuchen Ren
Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
Education & Training
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2024
Jitong Ren
Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Education & Training
B.E. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2022
Zixin Zhang
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Education & Training
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2025
Koney (Eungkon) Kim
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Education & Training
M.S. Chemistry, Imperial College London, 2024
Ziming Wang
Ph.D. Student, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Education & Training
M.S. Materials and Chemical Engineering, USTC, 2023
Francis Hong
Master’s Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Education & Training
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, 2019
Joie (Chiao-Yin) Hsu
Master’s Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Education & Training
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 2026
Undergraduate Students
Colin O’Donnell
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Junior, Neural Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Oliver Cha
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Senior, Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michelle Ru
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Senior, Computer Science and Chemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Alexandra Kuhlman-Schneider
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Junior, Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Baker Shi
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Senior, Chemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Carolyn Zhang
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Freshman, Neural Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Group photo
Group lunch at Black Dog Smoke & Ale House (December 2024)
Group archery (November 2025)
