Dr. Ning Han

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: n.han@utoronto.ca

Ning has received his Ph.D. from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 2023, under the supervision of Prof. Jan Fransaer. His Ph.D. research was in designing transition metal oxide catalysts for oxygen electrocatalysis. He joined Sargent Group in 2024 as a postdoc fellow with a research interest in AI-accelerated electrocatalytic materials discovery for renewable-fuel production.

Abbas obtained Ph.D. in computational physics from Jeonbuk National University in the Republic of South Korea, under the guidance of Professor Jae-Ryang Hahn. Subsequently, he undertook postdoctoral research at DGIST and the Korea University, Seoul campus, under supervision of Professor Stefan Ringe. His research endeavors focus on pioneering computational design methodologies tailored for sustainable energy conversion. Specifically, he specializes in the precise prediction of novel materials utilizing cutting-edge machine learning potentials. Furthermore, his work delves into the intricate realms of electronic structure and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) modeling using Density Functional Theory (DFT). Additionally, his deeply intrigued by investigating phase transitions in metallic glasses, employing advanced machine learning potentials.

Hyun Sik received his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Kijung Yong in August 2023 at POSTECH, South Korea. His prior research focused on developing novel photocatalysts for fuel production applications and studying charge transfer dynamics. He joined the group in Mar. 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow, co-advised by Prof. Sinton and Prof. Sargent. His current research focuses on the design of electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems for CO2 reduction.

Yiqing Chen received her Ph.D. degree in May 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Jun Song, from the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Her Ph.D. studies mainly focused on the computational design of two-dimensional materials for catalysis using density functional theory and machine learning. She joined the Sargent group at the University of Toronto as a postdoctoral fellow in June 2023 with research interests in computational electrochemistry.

Yoonjun received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea, under the supervision of Prof. Jong Hyeok Park. His Ph.D. work was on the interfacial crystal engineering on photoelectrochemical systems. He joined the group in January 2023 with a research interest in developing high-performance electrocatalysts for industrially feasible energy production.

Yang obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Liverpool in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Andy Cooper. Then he moved to Singapore as a Scientist in IMRE, A*STAR. His previous research focuses on photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis using the approach of high throughput. As an A3MD postdoctoral fellow in the Sargent group, he is now using high-throughput and automatic tools to accelerate the discovery of new electrocatalysts for renewable-fuel production.

Email: yuting.luo@utoronto.ca

Yuting Luo received her Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University, P. R. China in Jan. 2021, under supervision of Prof. Bilu Liu. Her Ph.D. research focused on two-dimensional materials for mechanism study and large-current-density water splitting. She joined Sargent group in Mar. 2021 as a postdoc fellow with a research interest in electrochemical CO2 reduction.

Yangning received her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in May 2021 from the University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Prof. Brian Korgel. Her previous research was focused on the synthesis and characterization of metal halide perovskite nanocrystals. She joined Sargent group as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2021, and her current research is on colloidal quantum dot photodetectors.

Pan Xia received her Ph.D. from University of California, Riverside under the supervision of Prof. Minglee Tang in 2019. Her research focused on the surface engineering of QD with the design& synthesis of ligands to achieve efficient energy/ charge transfer. She worked as a joint postdoc of Prof. Minglee Tang and Prof. Kaifeng Wu at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics on applying the pump-probe spectroscopy to investigate the fundamentals of QDs in 2020. She wants to combine her QD surface chemistry and photophysical background to understand the mechanism and design good performance of QD optoelectronic devices.

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: muhd.imran@utoronto.ca

Imran received his Ph.D. in Nanochemistry from Italian Institute of Technology in 2019, under the supervision of Prof. Liberato Manna. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the same institute till December 2021. His previous research primarily centered on the syntheses of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals and their post-synthetic structural, chemical, and surface transformations. He joined Sargent group as a postdoctoral fellow in 2021. His current research interests include the synthesis of colloidal quantum dots for light emission applications.