Members

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Fengqi You Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor Cornell Graduate Faculty of CBE, CS, SysEn, ECE, ORIE, CAM, CEE, MAE          Short CV | Biography | Google Scholar

	Akshay Ajagekar Research Scientist (Ph.D. in SysEn, Cornell) Research focus: Quantum computing for optimization and learning Google Scholar
	Abdulelah Alshehri Doctoral Candidate (M.S. in ChemE, Carnegie Mellon) Research focus: Deep learning for materials and molecular design Google Scholar
	Benjamin Decardi-Nelson Postdoctoral Associate & NSERC PDF (Ph.D. in Control, Alberta) Research focus: AI for sustainable food production Google Scholar
	Ralph Wang Doctoral Student (B.S. in CS, Cornell) Research focus: Quantum artificial intelligence Google Scholar
	Rishi Kaashyap Balaji M.S. Student Research focus: Energy systems and sustainability Google Scholar
	Xiang Zhao Doctoral Candidate (B.S. in ChemE, Tsinghua) Research focus: Microplastics and environmental sustainability Google Scholar
	Xueyu Tian Doctoral Candidate (M.S. in CBE, Cornell) Research focus: Sustainability analytics of perovskite PVs Google Scholar
	Fah Kumdokrub Doctoral Student (B.S. in ISyE, Wisconsin) Research focus: Circular economy and sustainability analytics Google Scholar
	Akash Ajagekar M.S. Student Research focus: Deep learning and sensing systems for CEA Google Scholar
	Nathan Preuss Doctoral Student & NSF GRF (B.S. in CS, Oklahoma) Research focus: Agri-food decarbonization & climate change mitigation Google Scholar
	Guoqing Hu Doctoral Student (B.S. in AE, Purdue) Research focus: AI for sustainable food production Google Scholar
	Apoorv Lal Doctoral Student (M.S. in CBE, Cornell) Research focus: Energy systems and climate mitigation of ICTs Google Scholar
	Wei-Han Chen Doctoral Student (M.S. in CBE, Cornell) Research focus: AI for controlled environment agriculture Google Scholar
	Tianqi Xiao Doctoral Student (M.S. in Control, ZJU) Research focus: AI and building systems decarbonization Google Scholar
	Roohi Menon Doctoral Student (M.S. in SysEn, Cornell) Research focus: Life cycle sustainability analytics of food systems Google Scholar
	Bingzheng Wang Doctoral Student (M.S. in Energy, ZJU) Research focus: Energy systems engineering and climate Google Scholar
	Yanqiu Tao Doctoral Candidate (M.S. in CBE, Cornell) Research focus: Sustainability analytics of remote/hybrid work Google Scholar
	Anye Shi Doctoral Student (M.S. in ECE, UCSD) Research focus: Machine learning for soft materials Google Scholar
	Vikram Raghavan M.S. Student  Research focus: Quantum computing Google Scholar
	Chao Shang Doctoral Student (B.S. in Physics, Wake Forest) Research focus: AI for science Google Scholar
	Shuangqi Li Postdoctoral Associate (co-advised w/ Prof. Gao; starting TTAP in 01/25) Research focus: AI for electrochemical energy storage systems Google Scholar
	Bu Zhao Postdoctoral Associate (co-advised w/ Dr. Richardson; starting TTAP in 09/24) Research focus: AI in water quality and microplastics pollution mitigation Google Scholar
	Noman Raza Sial Visiting Graduate Student Research focus: Energy systems and sustainability Google Scholar
	Guangyao Chen Postdoctoral Associate (Ph.D. in CS, PKU) Research focus: AI for materials informatics Google Scholar
	Sucy Zhang Visiting Doctoral Student (Energy, HK PolyU) Research focus: Energy systems and sustainability Google Scholar
	Zhipeng Yu Visiting Doctoral Student (EE, Tsinghua) Research focus: Energy systems engineering Google Scholar
	Zhilong Wang Postdoctoral Associate (Ph.D. in EE, SJTU) Research focus: AI for materials informatics Google Scholar
	Wenhao Yuan Doctoral Student (M.S. in MSE, NUS) Research focus: AI for materials informatics Google Scholar
	Jinsung Kim Doctoral Student (M.S. in EE, Inha Univ.) Research focus: AI for controlled environment agriculture Google Scholar
	Kai Horstmann Doctoral Student (B.S. in CS, Cornell) Research focus: AI for science Google Scholar
	Rahul Sheshanarayana M.S. Student (M.S. in CBE, Cornell) Research focus: AI for science Google Scholar

PEESE Alumni

Dajun Yue (Ph.D., 2011-2016): Senior Research Scientist, Amazon.com

Jian Gong (PhD, 2012-2017): Senior Analyst, Goldman Sachs

Karson Leperi (PhD, 2013-2018): Research Engineer, Intel

Jiyao Gao (PhD, 2013-2018): Director of Algorithm, Cardinal Operations

Daniel J Garcia (PhD, 2013-2018): Research Scientist, ExxonMobil

Chao Ning (PhD, 2015-2020): Assistant Professor (Automation), SJTU

Akshay Ajagekar (PhD, 2020-2024): Research Scientist, Cornell

Yunfei Chu (Postdoc, 2011-2014): Research Scientist, ExxonMobil

Berhane H. Gebreslassie (Postdoc, 2011-2012): Research Scientist, ExxonMobil

Chang He (Postdoc, 2013-2015): Associate Professor (ChemE), Sun Yat-sen Univ.

Chao Shang (Postdoc, 2016-2018): Associate Professor (Automation), Tsinghua Univ.

Inkyu Lee (Postdoc, 2018-2019): Associate Professor (ChemE), Pushan National Univ.

Daison Manuel Yancy (Postdoc, 2018-2020): Scientist, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Lu Sun (Postdoc, 2020-2021): Professor (Environ. Eng.), Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.

Chunbo Zhang (Postdoc, 2021-2022): Postdoc, University College London

Qianzhi Zhang (Postdoc, 2022-2023): Assistant Professor (ECE), University of Alabama

Shiyu Yang (Postdoc, 2021-2023): Assistant Professor (ECE), Oregon Institute of Technology

Bu Zhao (Postdoc, 2023-2024): Assistant Professor (CEE), University at Albany

Xin Sun (Postdoc, 2023-2024): Assistant Professor (Sustainability), University of Groningen

Shuangqi Li (Postdoc, 2023-2024): Assistant Professor (ECE), University of Leicester

Belinda Wang (M.S., 2011-2012): Research Scientist, Honeywell

Prasad Khatav (M.S., 2011-2012): Managing Director, SS Techno Limited

Wayne Ye (M.S., 2013-2015): Technical Assistant, ATCG Solutions

Jiwei Yao (M.S., 2018-2020): PhD Student, University of Utah

Raaj Bora (M.S., 2018-2020): Process Engineer, Jindal Films

Jiwei Yao (M.S., 2018-2020): PhD Student, University of Utah

Yanqiu Tao (M.S., 2018-2021): PhD Student

Jason Huang (M.S., 2020-2022): Data Scientist, GEICO

Shoudong Zhu (M.S., 2021-2023): Graduate Student, Cornell Tech

Tianhong Tan (M.S., 2021-2023): PhD Student

Jeet Dhoriyani (M.S., 2022-2024): Quantitative Analyst, SESCO Enterprises

Qiao Zhang (Visiting student, 2012-2013): Associate Professor (ChemE), Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.

Stefan Hubert (Visiting student, 2015-2015): Optimization Technology Expert, Bayer AG

José E. Santibañez-Aguilar (Visiting student, 2015): Assistant Professor (ChemE), Tecnológico de Monterrey

Hyun Young Heo (Visiting student, 2017-2017): PhD Student, KAIST

Carlo E. Torres-Ortega (Visiting student, 2016-2016): Development Engineer, Amminex Technology

Mingbo Yang (Visiting student, 2015-2017): Associate Professor (ChemE), Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.

Gwenny Thomassen (Visiting student, 2017-2017): Postdoc, Ghent University

Minghao Xu (Visiting student, 2018-2019): PhD Student, Tsinghua University

Musuizi Lei (Visiting student, 2018-2019): Engineering Planner, Academy of Urban Planning and Design

Vanessa Ferreira de Almeida (Visiting student, 2018-2019): R&D Engineer, IDENER

Haifeng Qiu (Visiting student, 2019-2020): PhD Student, Southeast University

Selene Cobo Gutierrez (Visiting student, 2019-2019): Research Scientist, ETH Zurich

Haider Niaz (Visiting student, 2021-2022): Research Associate, NREL

Haoran Li (Visiting student, 2023-2023): PhD Student, Tsinghua

Gabriele Furlan (Visiting student, 2023-2023): Energy Systems Engineer, sbp sonne

Cuiling Wang (Visiting student, 2023-2023): PhD Student, Tsinghua

Daniel Cristiu (Visiting student, 2023-2023): PhD Student, Università di Padova

Raul Conchello (Visiting student, 2023-2023): MS Student, ETH Zurich

Chengyu He (Visiting student, 2023-2024): PhD Student, Tsinghua