Zhongren Jiao 

Fifth-year Graduate Student (since 08/2022, co-advised with Prof. Menachem Elimelech)

B.S. Material Chemistry
The University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (2018–2022)
Advisor: Prof. Tongwen Xu

Visiting Student 
The University of Edinburgh, UK (2021)
Advisor: Prof. Neil McKeown

Research interests: antiscalant polymers, ion selective membranes

Email: zhongren.jiao_at_yale.edu

Jiawei He 

Fifth-year Graduate Student (since 08/2022)

B.S. Material Chemistry
Peking University, Beijing, China (2018–2022)
Advisor: Prof. Zuqiang Bian

Research interests: polymer upcycling, compatibilizer design&synthesis, light-controlled polymerization, stereocontrolled polymerization

Email: jiawei.he_at_yale.edu

Victoria Meola 

Fourth-year Graduate Student (since 08/2023, co-advised with Prof. Menachem Elimelech)
NSERC Graduate Fellow, Stella M. Hammond Planetary Solutions Fellow

B. Eng. Chemical Engineering
McGill University, Montréal, Canada (2018–2023)
Advisors: Profs. Nathalie Tufenkji, Pierre-Luc Girard-Lauriault, and Milan Maric

Email: victoria.meola_at_yale.edu

Yongqi Zhu

Third-year Graduate Student (since 08/2024)

B.S. Chemical Biology
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2020–2024)
Advisor: Prof. Yen Wei
 
Visiting Student 
University of Chicago, IL (2023)
Advisor: Prof. Guangbin Dong
 
Research interests: stereocontrolled living radical polymerization, organic synthesis, organometallics 
 

Email: yongqi.zhu_at_yale.edu

Duanyang Wu

Third-year Graduate Student (since 08/2024)

B.S. Chemistry
Nankai University, Tianjin, China (2020–2024) 
Advisor: Prof. Mingjiang Zhong
 
Visiting Student 
Yale University, New Haven, CT (2023–2024)
Advisor: Prof. Mingjiang Zhong
 
Research interests: 2D novel polymeric materials, biomedical polymeric materials
 

Email: duanyang.wu_at_yale.edu

Alexandra Dumas

Third-year MD PhD Student (since 08/2024, co-advised with Prof. Mark Saltzman)

B.S. Engineering
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2020–2024) 
Advisor: Prof. Riccardo Gottardi
 
Research interests: bottlebrush polymers, novel immunotherapies
 

Email: alex.dumas_at_yale.edu

Yifan Sun

First-year Graduate Student (since 09/2026)

B.S. Chemistry
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China (2022–2026)
Advisor: Prof. Qingzheng Yang
 
Visiting Student 
Yale University, New Haven, CT (2025–2026)
Advisor: Prof. Mingjiang Zhong
 
Research interests: stereocontrolled living radical polymerization, light-controlled polymerization
 

Email: yifan.sun_at_yale.edu