Student
Meijun Zeng
Graduation: August 2023 (PhD)
Ruolin Wang
Graduation: August 2023 (MS)
Yueqing Wang
Graduation: December 2022 (MS)
Yang Liao
Graduation: April 2020 (PhD)
Tianjiao Qu
Graduation: July 2019 (MS)
Zening Wang
Graduation: May 2018 (MS)
Current position: PhD student, UC riverside, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Ning Li
Graduation: May 2018 (PhD)
Current position: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
Shu-ching Yang
Graduation: May 2017 (MS)
Current position: TBA
Shuting Zhang
Graduation: July 2014 (MS)
Current position: Postgraduate Intern, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO
Dr. Qiang Yang
Graduation: December 2013 (PhD)
Current position: Assistant professor, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Chaoqun Mei
Graduation: December 2013 (MS)
Current position: Ph.D. student, Clinical Investigation Program, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
Dr. Brock Lundberg
Graduation: December 2012 (PhD)
Current position: Vice President of Technology, Fiberstar Inc, River Falls, WI
Dr. Li Shuai
Graduation: June 2012 (Ph.D)
Current position: Professor, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fujian, China
Lis Nimani
Graduation: August 2012 (MS)
Current position: Process Engineer, Novozymes, Milwaukee, WI
Dongsheng Zhang
Graduation: May 2010 (MS)
Current position: Ph.D. student, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
Da-Eun Kim
Graduation: May 2010 (MS)
Current position: Research Engineer, Bioscience Research Center, CJ CheilJedang, Korea
Syrym Abylgaziyev
Graduation: January 2010 (MS)
Current position: Lecturer of Microbiology, Almaty Technological University, Kazakhstan
Postdoc Research Associate
Dr. Zheng Li
Period: Postdoc (Aug 2018 – Jan 2021)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Dr. Ning Li
Period: Postdoc (June 2018 – May 2019)
Current position: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
Dr. Shirishkumar M. Harde
Period: Postdoc (October 2014 – May 2016)
Current position: TBA
Dr. Chang Guen Yoo
Period: Postdoc (July 2012 – August 2015)
Current position: Assistant Professor at SUNY ESF
Dr. Sasikumar Elumalai
Period: Postdoc (January 2010 – February 2012)
Current position: Assistant Scientist, Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering, UW-Madison, Madison, WI
Visiting Scholar & Student
Dr. Weiqi Wei
Period: Visiting Scholar (Nov 2022 – Nov 2023)
Current position: Associate Professor, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
Dr. Lan Chen (Visiting PhD student)
Period: Visiting student (Jan 2020 – Aug 2021)
Dr. Hanqi Gu
Period: Visiting Scholar (Nov 2018 – Nov 2020)
Current position: Professor, Hebei Normal University for Nationalities, Chengde, China
Dr. Xixin Duan
Period: Visiting Scholar (Oct 2019 – Oct 2020)
Current position: Associate Professor, Beihua University, Jilin, China
Dr. Haiqiang Shi
Period: Visiting Scholar (Sept 2019 – Sept 2020)
Current position: Professor, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China
Dr. Haitang Liu
Period: Visiting Scholar (Sept 2018 – Aug 2019)
Current position: Associate Professor, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
Dr. Tao Wu (Visiting PhD student)
Period: Visiting student (Oct 2018 – Sept 2019)
Dr. Dafeng Zheng
Period: Visiting Scholar (December 2017 – January 2019)
Current position: Professor, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Lirong Tang
Period: Visiting Scholar (December 2017 – December 2018)
Current position: Associate Professor, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
Dr. Cuihua Dong
Period: Visiting Scholar (November 2017 – November 2018)
Current position: Professor, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
Dr. Linhuo Gan
Period: Visiting Scholar (September 2017 – September 2018)
Current position: Associate Professor, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, China
Yulu Wang (Visiting PhD student)
Period: Visiting student (September, 2017 – September, 2018)
Current position: PhD student, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Dr. Yuliang Li
Period: Visiting Scholar (November 2016 – November 2017)
Current position: Professor, Changan University, Xi’an, Shanxi, China
Dr. Jing Hu
Period: Visiting Scholar (November 2016 – November 2017)
Current position: Scientist, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, Shanxi, China
Dr. Xuliang Lin
Period: Visiting PhD Student (September 2015 – September 2017)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Xueqin Zhang
Period: Visiting PhD Student (September 2016 – September 2017)
Current position: Associate Professor, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Hongdan Zhang
Period: Visiting PhD Student (August 2014 – August 2015)
Current position: Associate Professor, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Zongquan Li
Period: Visiting Professor (November 2015 – November 2016)
Current position: Professor, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
Dr. Xiaohui Yang
Period: Visiting scholar (April 2015 – April 2016)
Current position: Associate researcher,
Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products CAF, Nanjing, China
Dr. Gaojin Lyu
Period: Postdoc scholar (July 2014 – January 2016)
Current position: Professor, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
Dr. Jian Zhao
Period: Visiting Professor (August 2014 – August 2015)
Current position: Professor, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Dr. Zhiqiang Pang
Period: Visiting Professor (March 2014 – March 2015)
Current position: Professor, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China
Dr. Yongming Fan
Period: Visiting Professor (August 2012 – September 2014)
Current position: Professor, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
Dr. Pongsak Noparat
Period: Visiting PhD Student (May 2012 – February 2013)
Current position: Professor, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand
Dr. Lumin Liu
Period: Visiting Scientist (September 2011 ~ February 2012)
Current position: Technical Director, KDN Biotech Group, Qingdao, China
Dr. Zhiqiang Li
Period: Visiting Scholar (July 2011 – January 2012)
Current position: Research Scientist, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, China
Dr. Haisong Wang
Period: Visiting Professor (July 2010 – March 2011)
Current position: Professor, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China
Dr. Xinming Li
Period: Visiting Professor (2010)
Current position: Professor, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Xiaolin Luo
Period: Visiting PhD Student (August 2009 ~– December 2010)
Current position: Associate Professor, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fujian, China
Undergraduate students
Xiaoyi Wang
Period: Summer research intern (May 2013 – August 2013)
Xingtai Li
Period: Undergraduate research intern (January 2013 – August 2013)
Jane Alexander
Period: Summer research intern (May 2014 – August 2014)
Tim Oshin
Period: Summer research intern (May 2014 ~– August 2014)
Joseph Kraft
Period: Independent study (September 2014 – December 2014)
Summer research intern (June,2015~August,2015)
Melanie Swannell
Period: Independent study (June 2014 – December 2015)
Cassandra Brzycki
Period: Independent study (January 2015 – May 2015)
Maxwell Horne
Summer research intern (June 2015 – August 2015)