People

Principle Investigator

 

Yimo Han, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
yh76@rice.edu

 

Dr. Han is an assistant professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering. She received her B.S. in Physics from Tsinghua University and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell. Her research focused on electron microscopy and the characterization of nanomaterials. After graduating from Cornell University, she joined the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University to expand her knowledge on cryo-EM, as well as develop ways to utilize nanomaterials in biological characterization. Dr. Han started her own lab in the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University in July 2020.


Postdoctoral Fellows

 

Xinyan Li
Postdoctoral researcher
lxy@rice.edu
RAMI Postdoc Fellow

 

 

Ang Tao
Postdoctoral researcher
at215@rice.edu


Ph.D. Students

 

Daewon Kim
Ph.D. student (Materials Science)
dk56@rice.edu

 

 

Adan Mireles
Ph.D. student (Applied Physics)
ajm25@rice.edu
GEM Fellow

 

 

Kaiwen Yang
Ph.D. student (Chemistry)
ky51@rice.edu

 

 

Kevin Juarez
Ph.D. student (Bioscience)
kj30@rice.edu

 

 

Xu Qi
Ph.D. student (Materials Science)
xq16@rice.edu


Master’s Students


Undergraduate Students

 

Alex Corrin
Mechanical Engineering
ac168@rice.edu

 

 

Cristiana De Sousa
Mechanical Engineering
cd70@rice.edu

 

 

Richard Bosch
Electrical and Computer Engineering
rb150@rice.edu


Visiting Students


Alumni (PhD and Postdocs)

 

Dr. Michael Cao
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020-2022
Now: Data Scientist at Enterprise Products

 

 

Chuqiao Shi
Ph.D. (Materials Science), 2020-2024
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024-2025
Now: Postdoc researcher at University of Southern California

 

 

Bongki Shin
Ph.D. student (Materials Science), 2020-2025
Now: Postdoc researcher at Brown University

 

 

Chi Hun Choi
Ph.D. student (Materials Science), 2021-2025
Now:

 

 

Sara Abouelniaj
Ph.D. student (Materials Science), 2021-2025
HAMPB Fellow & Lilie Fellow
Now:

 


Alumni (Others)

Maryam Amiri MS student (Chemistry), 2024/5-2025/5. Now: Ph.D. at Rice

Xianhao Lin Visiting student (undergrad, 2024 summer), Nanjing University

Ting Zhang Visiting student (undergrad, 2024 summer), Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Stephen Marcon Undergraduate student, 2024

Zhuoxuan Li Master’s student (Materials Science)

Zitong Wang Visiting student (high school, 2024 summer)

Zhi (Carrie) Yang Visiting student (PhD), Now: TEM engineer at Micro Technology

Galio Guo Undergraduate student, Now: Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley

Harrison Huang Undergraduate student, 2023

Yubing Chang Master’s student, 2023

Likang Ding Master’s student, 2023

Sena Ahadzie Undergraduate student

Selin L Sayiner Undergraduate student, sls17@rice.edu, Now:  Ph.D. at Rice

Tymofii (Tim) Pieshkov MS student, tsp1@rice.edu, Now: Ph.D. at Rice

Zhicheng Yao Master’s student, zy39@rice.edu

Ruojie Wang Master’s student, Now: Global Foundries

Shaocheng Shen Master’s student, Now: Ph.D. at Mississippi State University

Kelin Chen Master’s student