Principal Investigator
Sihong Wang
Assistant Professor
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
The University of Chicago
5640 South Ellis Avenue, ERC 385
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Phone: 773-834-2630
Email: sihongwang@uchicago.edu
EDUCATION:
2015-2018 Postdoc, Chemical Engineering Stanford University
2009-2014 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
2009-2014 Minor: Electrical Engineering
2005-2009 B.S., Materials Science and Engineering Tsinghua University
HONORS:
2023 ACS Polymeric Material Science and Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator Award
2023 Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM)
2022 NSF CAREER Award
2022 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics
2022 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
2022 Advanced Materials Rising Star Award
2021 iCANX Young Scientist Award
2021 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics
2021 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award
2020 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics
2020 MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35, Global List)
2017 Material Research Society Postdoc Travel Award
2014 Material Research Society Graduate Student Award
2014 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
2014 Certificate of Merit for the oral presentation at 247th ACS National Meeting
2013 Poster Competition Award in Southeast Regional Energy Symposium
2013 1st Place in the Poster Competition of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech
2012 Self-charging power cell selected as the Top 10 Breakthroughs in Physics Science for 2012 by Physics World
**Openings available for postdocs and graduate students. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Please send your CV to Prof. Wang.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Tianda Fu
Email: tiandafu@uchicago.edu
Ph.D.: Electrical and Computer Engr., UMass Amherst
Adviser: Prof. Jun Yao
Year joined the group: 2024
Dr. Songsong Li
Email: song2li@uchicago.edu
Ph.D.: Materials Sci. & Engr., UIUC
Adviser: Prof. Charles Schroeder
Year joined the group: 2021
Dr. Ruizhe Yang
Email: yangr@uchicago.edu
Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Adviser: Prof. Jun Liu
Year joined the group: 2023
Graduate Students
Yahao Dai
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: yahao@uchicago.edu
B.S.: Polymer Sci. & Engr., Zhejiang University
Year entered the group: 2018
Yang Li
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: yli93@uchicago.edu
M.S.: Mechanical Engineering, UCSD
Year entered the group: 2019
Cheng Zhang
(Co-advised with Prof. Juan de Pablo)
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: chengzhang4@uchicago.edu
B.S.: Polymer Sci. & Engr., Zhejiang University
Year entered the group: 2019
Sean Lee
(Co-advised with Prof. Stuart Rowan)
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
Email: seanl33@uchicago.edu
B.S.: Chemistry, University of Virginia
Year entered the group: 2020
Shinya Wai
(Co-advised with Prof. Matthew Tirrell)
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: slwai@uchicago.edu
B.S.: NanoEngineering, UCSD
Year entered the group: 2020
Naisong Shan
(Co-advised with Prof. Paul Nealey)
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: naisong@uchicago.edu
B.S.: Chemistry & Materials Sci. & Engr., UIUC
Year entered the group: 2021
Max Weires
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: mweires@uchicago.edu
B.S.: Nanoscale Engr., SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Year entered the group: 2022
Sean Sutyak
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: ssutyak@uchicago.edu
B.S.: Materials Sci. & Engr., UIUC
Year entered the group: 2022
Zhichang Liu
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: liuzhichang@uchicago.edu
B.S.: Chemistry, Nanjing University
Year entered the group: 2023
Zhiming Zhang
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: zhimingz@uchicago.edu
M.S.: Polymer Sci. & Engr., Zhejiang University
Year entered the group: 2023
Jin Wang
(Co-advised with Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell)
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: jinjinw629@uchicago.edu
M.S.: Materials Sci. & Engr., Northwestern University
Year entered the group: 2023
Ryan Yetishefsky
M.S. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: ryetishefsky@uchicago.edu
B.S.: Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago
Year entered the group: 2024
Junyi Yin
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: junyiyin@uchicago.edu
M.S.: Bioengineering, UCLA
Year entered the group: 2024
Ruojia Li
Ph.D. student in Molecular Engineering
Email: ruojiali@uchicago.edu
B.S. UW-Madison in Biochemistry and Chemistry
Year entered the group: 2024
Visiting Students
Xincheng Yao
Email: xinchengyao@uchicago.edu
M.S.: Electronic Science & Technology, Lanzhou University
Year entered the group: 2025
Undergraduate Students
Aidan Ziaja
Email: aziaja@uchicago.edu
Class: 2025
Major: Chemistry
Year entered the group: 2022
Sarah Jeans
Email: sjeans@uchicago.edu
Class: 2025
Major: Molecular Engineering and Astrophysics
Year entered the group: 2023
Glingna Wang
Email: glingnawang@uchicago.edu
Class: 2025
Major: Physics, Molecular Engineering, CS
Year entered the group: 2022
Ava Huszti
Email: huszti@uchicago.edu
Class: 2025
Major: Molecular Engineering
Year entered the group: 2023
Milo Sobel-Lewin
Email: msobellewin@uchicago.edu
Class: 2026
Major: Molecular Engineering
Year entered the group: 2024
Valerie Ha
Email: valerieha@uchicago.edu
Class: 2028
Major: Molecular Engineering and Neurosicence
Year entered the group: 2025