Yinan Chen 

Forth-year Graduate Student (since 08/2021)

B.S. Chemistry
Fudan University, Shanghai, China (2017–2021) 
Advisor: Prof. Mao Chen

Visiting Student 
Yale University, New Haven, CT (2019)
Advisor: Prof. Mingjiang Zhong

Research interests: carbon dioxide copolymerization; rational design of antiscalant via controlled radical polymerization

Email: yinan.chen_at_yale.edu

Zhongren Jiao 

Third-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 

Third-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 

Second-year Graduate Student (since 08/2023, co-advised with Prof. Menachem Elimelech)
NSERC Graduate Fellow

B. Eng. Chemical Engineering
McGill University, Montréal, Canada (2018–2023)

Email: victoria.meola_at_yale.edu

Yongqi Zhu

First-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

First-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