Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University

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

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!

Battery Engineer

M.S. in Software Engineering Systems, Northeastern University, 2025

Le is working on developing Battery management system and assisting lab project management.

Email: le.sun@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.

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.  

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.  

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.'

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.'

Ph.D. Student

B.S.  in Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, 2025 

Ph.D. Student 

M.Eng. in Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing University, 2024
B.Eng. in Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing University, 2021

Undergraduate Student

Noah is performing experimental research on batteries.

Undergraduate Student, PEAK Summit Award 

Nathan is a chemical engineering undergraduate student at Northeastern University. His work studies the electrolyte wettability of electrode surfaces using imaging techniques.