PEOPLE
Principle Investigator
Yuecheng “Peter” Zhou, Ph.D. [CV] [Google Scholar]
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (affiliate)
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. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
Education & Training
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2025
Koney (Eungkon) Kim
Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
Education & Training
M.S. Chemistry, Imperial College London, 2024
Ziming Wang
Ph.D. Candidat, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Education & Training
M.S. Materials and Chemical Engineering, USTC, 2023
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
Senior, Neural Engineering
Alexandra Kuhlman-Schneider
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Senior, Materials Science and Engineering
Carolyn Zhang
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Freshman, Neural Engineering
Gabrielle Gennuso
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Senior, Materials Science and Engineering
Yifei Hu
Undergraduate Researcher
Education & Training
Junior, Chemistry
Alumni
Francis Hong
Master’s Student (2024-2026)
Oliver Cha
Undergraduate Student (2024-2026)
Current Position
Research and Development at Ozinga Bros., Inc
Michelle Ru
Undergraduate Student (2025-2026)
Current Position
Software Engineer at JP Morgan Chase
Baker Shi
Undergraduate Researcher (2025-2026)
Current Position
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Group photo
Group dinner at Texas Road House (February 2026)
Group archery (November 2025)
Group lunch at Black Dog Smoke & Ale House (December 2024)
