Meet the Team
We are strongly committed to collectively creating an inclusive, welcoming, supportive, and collaborative group culture. We believe a diversity of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual identity and orientation, ability, etc. helps us to effectively solve new and complex problems.
Yayuan Liu
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Assistant Professor
Russell Croft Faculty Scholar
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
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Postdoc: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019-2021
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2019
B.S. Nanyang Technological University, 2014
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Awards: Sloan Research Fellowship (2026)
NSF CAREER Award (2023)
Beckman Young Investigator Award (2023)
Innovators Under 35 Global List (2023)
Packard Fellowship (2023)
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Jasmine Tran
Ph.D. Student (co-advised
by Dr. Betenbaugh)
B.S. Miami University, 2023
Undergraduate researchers
Lavanya Gupta
Yeonwoo Kim
Join Us!
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The Liu Group is actively seeking creative, dedicated, and enthusiastic scientists and engineers! Prospective researchers should have a strong interest in electrochemistry, organic chemistry, materials synthesis & processing, chemical separations, and/or advanced materials characterizations. For most inquiries, Yayuan can be reached at yayuanliu {at} jhu {dot} edu.
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Prospective graduate students should apply directly to the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at JHU. You can email Yayuan with a CV and a brief summary of your research experience and interests when applying.
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Admitted graduate students from relevant JHU graduate programs are welcome to join our group! Contact Yayuan by e-mail to arrange a meeting.
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Postdoctoral candidates should contact Yayuan by e-mail with a CV, a 1-page summary of research experience and interests, and contact information of at least 2 references.
(openings available immediately)
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Undergraduate Students should contact Yayuan by e-mail with a resume (1 page) and a brief statement of interest (<500 words). Need help with a resume? Explore resources at MIT Communication Lab.
Alumni
Postdocs
Xing Li (2022-2024), current position: Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong
M.S. Students
James Clarke (2022), current position: KeyLogic, Life Cycle Analyst
Jerry Zhang (2022)
Yu Xu (2022-2023), current position: Process Engineer, Radisurf
Hongang Du (2022-2023), current position: PhD candidate, JHU
Soumit Roy (2022-2023), current position: Process Engineer, TSMC (Arizona)
Adam Watson (2023-2024), current position: QuantumScape
Tae Jeong (TJ) Kim (2022-2024), current position: TSMC (Arizona)
Kai-Jui Pan (2024-2025), current position: Automation Engineer @ XtalPi Inc.
Undergraduate Students
Cherease Lamm (class of 2022)
Alexandra Mo (class of 2023)
John Liu (class of 2023)
Albert Augustino Anthony (class of 2024, Nanyang Technological University, CN Yang Scholar)
Jihan Zhang (Peking University), current position: PhD candidate at UC Berkeley
Junyang Meng (University of Science and Technology of China)
Tiara Safaei (class of 2024), current position: PhD candidate at Princeton
Krish Jayarapu (class of 2025) Elenora Streb Muly UG research award, Sarah K. Doshna
Research Award, current position: program manager @ DOD
Megan Lim
Isaac Okewole (REU, Howard University)
Erik Genet (REU, Grinnell College)