People
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Wei Xiong
Kent Wilson Faculty Scholar
w2xiong@ucsd.edu
858-534-0270
Office
Tata Hall 1207, UCSD La Jolla, CA 92093
Lab
Pac Hall, B114 and Tata Hall, B300| CV
POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS
Dr. Tianlin Liu
til073@ucsd.edu
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 2018
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2023
Hobbies: Reading, playing video games, and work out
Dr. Chun-Chieh Yu
chy059@ucsd.edu
BS, in Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, 2014
MS, in Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, 2018
PhD, in Physical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, 2023
Hobbies: Comics
Dr. Francesco Verdelli
fverdelli@ucsd.edu
B.S. in Physics, Università degli studi di Trento, Trento, 2016
M.S. in Applied Physics, University of Twente, Enschede, 2019
PhD in Physics, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, 2024
Hobbies: Sports, games, traveling, playing ukulele, and complaining
Dr. Juseok Choi
juc127@ucsd.edu
B.S. In Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, 2013
M.S. In Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul, 2015
Ph.D. In Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2025
Hobbies: Hiking
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Garret Wiesehan
gwieseha@ucsd.edu
B.S. in Molecular Synthesis, University of California San Diego, 2020
Hobbies: Rock climbing, surfing, and fishing
Harsh H Bhakta
hhbhakta@ucsd.edu
A.S. in Biology, Tulsa Community College, 2017.
B.S. in Chemistry (Math Minor), The University of Oklahoma, Norman, 2020.
Hobbies: Problem solving, wondering about the fundamentals of the universe and society.
Yuancheng Jing
yyjing@ucsd.edu
B.S. in Chemistry, Jilin University, China, 2019
M.S. in Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, 2021
Hobbies: Soccer
Guoxin Yin
gyin@ucsd.edu
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, 2020
Hobbies: Piano and guitar
Alyssa Cavazos
alcavazos@ucsd.edu
B.A. in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2022
Hobbies: Weightlifting, Cooking, and taking care of my plants
Fangao Zhang
faz001@ucsd.edu
B. Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, China 2020
Hobbies: Traveling, basketball, driving
Tyler Goodman
tgoodman@ucsd.edu
B.A. in Physics, Columbia University, 2020
Hobbies: Jazz clarinet, Biking
Jianyu Ren
jir009@ucsd.edu
B.S. in Chemistry, Lanzhou University, China 2017
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Canada 2020
Hobbies: Travel photography and computer modeling
Tianyu Sheng
tsheng@ucsd.edu
B.S. in Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China, 2023
Hobbies: Movies, reading and badminton