Team

P.I. | Postdoctoral Researchers | Students | Alumni

Juner Zhu

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University

Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Center for Battery Sustainability 

Le Sun

Student Research Coordinator

Software Engineering Systems graduate student, Northeastern University

Email: sun.le1@northeastern.edu
Please contact Le if you are a student who is interested in joining our group for research training or projects to schedule a 1-on-1 meeting with the PI.

Wei Li

Research Scientist

Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, 2019-2022
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 2019
B.S., Hunan University, 2014

Wei has been working with Juner since 2020 on a variety of topics covering Li-ion battery safety, data-driven modeling, Scientific Machine Learning, and Li-metal anode. In our group, Wei assists Juner to oversee ALL the research projects and provides technical support to EVERYONE in our group!

Royal Ihuaenyi

Postdoctoral Associate

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2023
M.S.,  Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University, 2019
B.S., Kazan National Research Technical University, 2017

Royal leads multiple battery safety-related research projects in our group, specializing in state-of-safety, damage mechanics, polymer testing, and composite electrodes.  

Ruqing Fang

Postdoctoral Associate

Ph.D., Tsinghua University, 2023
B.S., Tsinghua University, 2018

As an expert in electro-chemo-mechanics, Ruqing expores the fundamental physics that governs the degradation and failure mechanisms of energy materials and systems. 

Yonglin Huang

Postdoctoral Associate

Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2024
M.S., Beihang University, 2019

B.Eng., Shandong University, 2016

Yonglin is working on theoretical and computational modeling to analyze electro-chemo-mechanical tests on Li-ion batteries.

Junning Jiao

Ph.D. Student

MEng, National University of Singapore, 2022
B.S., Dalian University of Technology, 2021

Junning is working on the electro-chemo-mechanics of lithium plating.  

Amin Kazem Ghamsari

Ph.D. Student

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Concentration in Materials), University of South Florida, 2023
B.Sc. in Mining Engineering, University of Tehran, 2020

Amin is working on data-driven methods for electro-chemo-mechanics, emphasizing fault diagnostics. 

Rongyue Lin 

Ph.D. Student (co-advised by Professor Ruobing Bai)

M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering & Scientific Computing, University of Pennsylvania, 2024
B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2022  

Rongyue is working on AI-assisted computational modeling of 'a galaxy of particles' in battery electrodes. Her thesis topic is the starting point of Juner's ambitious plan for 'modeling the universe.'

Xinran Shi

Ph.D. Student

BEng  in Automotive Engineering, Jilin University, 2024   

Xinran is working on the instability of layered granular materials induced by transport processes. Her thesis topic is the starting point of Juner's ambitious plan for 'modeling Planet Earth.'

Yong-Hwan Choi

Visiting scholar

Hyundai Motor Company

Yong-Hwan is working with us on battery safety modeling and management.

Graduate trainees who are temporarily in their co-ops 

Undergraduate trainees who are temporarily in their co-ops or have not been assigned to a project yet.

Alumni