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CUNY Graduate Center and Queens College<\/p>\n

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Home<\/a>
\nResearch<\/a>
\nPeople<\/a>
\nInstruments<\/a>
\nPublications<\/a>
\nTeaching Materials<\/a>
\nPositions<\/a>
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2024. 03.<\/strong>
Congrats to Jessie (Wenjing) for receiving CUNY Dissertation Fellowship, each winning $25k for FY25.
2024. 02.<\/strong>
She Left Myanmar to Attend Community College and Found Her Passion as a Chemistry Ph.D. Student<\/a>
Two-time CUNY alumna May Myat Moe has published 11 articles and received several research awards.
2023. 03.<\/strong>
Jonathan and May were selected for the Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowship, each winning $25k for FY24.
2022. 08.<\/strong>
Liu Lab has partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory via Education Partnership Agreement (EPA).
2022. 03.<\/strong>
Jessie and Jonathan are both awarded CUNY Doctoral Student Research Grant DSRG17.
2021. 12.<\/strong>
Congrats to Wenjing on winning a CUNY ERI Catalyst Award.
2021. 08.<\/strong>
Our work on OG oxidation by May, Midas, and Liu is cover featured in ChemPlusChem
2021. 06.<\/strong>
May is selected for the Eastern Analytical Symposium Graduate Student Award!
2021. 03.<\/strong>
May is awarded CUNY Doctoral Student Research Grant DSRG16. Congrats!
2021. 03.<\/strong>
Jonathan received a CUNY ERI Catalyst Grant. Congrats!
2020. 05.<\/strong>
Wenjing received MS Graduate Honor!
2020. 02.<\/strong>
Congrats to Wenjing, recipient of George Axelrad Research Award!
2019. 10.<\/strong>
Yan graduated and started postdoc at Einstein. Congrats!
2019. 04.<\/strong>
Wenjing received Air Force Research Lab Summer Fellowship with Dr Liu.
2019.03.<\/strong>
Congrats to Yan Sun, the winner of CUNY Mina Rees Dissertation Fellowship!
2018. 05.<\/strong>
Wenjing received Trudy Rothman Chemistry Award!
2017.12.<\/strong>
Andy defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congrats!
2017.03.<\/strong>
Congrats to Andy, winner of the Mina Rees Dissertation Fellowship!
2017.02.<\/strong>
Congrats to Andy and Yan, the recipients of Doctoral Student Research Grants!
2015.04.<\/strong>
Fangwei successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis!
2015.03.<\/strong>
Congrats to Andy for receiving Doctoral Student Research Award!
2013.01.<\/strong>
Yigang defended his Ph.D. thesis!
2012.01.<\/strong>
Congrats to Fangwei and Yigang for receiving Doctoral Student Research Awards!
2011.04.<\/strong>
Yigang was awarded the Mina Rees Dissertation Fellowship!<\/p>\n

More news…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Visiting Scholars and Postdocs<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\" Dr. I-Hsien (Midas) Tsai
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Ph.D. Students<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"May Myat Moe, Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\"\"Jonathan Benny, Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant<\/p>\n

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\"\"Wenjing (Jessie) Zhou, Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Master’s Students<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Veronica Lee (Former Participant of the NIH Bridge Program)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Liang Feng<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Undergraduate Research Students<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\" Johnny Ceballos
(Part of Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program,
and NIH LGCC-QC Bridge Program)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\" Aysha Akter (Part of Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Postdoc
<\/b>Dr. Fangwei Liu (2015)
Dr. Wenjing Zhou (2025)

Ph.D. Graduate students
<\/b>Dr. Yigang Fang (08\/2007 – 01\/2013) Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Dr. Fangwei Liu (08\/2010 – 05\/2015) AstaTech
Dr. Wenchao Lu (08\/2013 – 06\/2018) Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Dr. Yan Sun (08\/2015 – 10\/2019) Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Dr. May Myat Moe (08\/2019 – 10\/2024) SUNY Buffalo (Chemistry)
Dr. Jonathan Benny (08\/2019 – 12\/2024 ) Fordham University (Chemistry)
Dr. Wenjing Zhou (08\/2020 – 04\/2025) Morningside University (Natural Sciences)<\/p>\n

Master’s Graduate Students
<\/strong>Liang Feng (St. John’s Master’s summer research student, 2025)
Varonica Lee (BS\/MS, 2024 – 2025)
Wenjing Zhou (2018 – 2020)
Wenjia Shen (2017 – 2018)
Bilal Karatas (2015 – 2016)
Rifat Emre (2013 – 2015)
Kazi N. Uddin (2012)
Yun Chen (2010 – 2012)
Shamim Ara (2009 – 2011)
Teresa Allen (2007 – 2009)
Fang He (2007 – 2009)
Parminderjeet Kaur (Fall 2008, rotating PhD)<\/b><\/p>\n

Undergraduate Research Students<\/strong>
Aliyah Ali (2025)
Johnny Ceballos (2024-2025, NIH LGCC-QC Bridge Program)
Varonica Lee (2023 – 2024)
Aysha Akter (2023 – 2024, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program)
Zachary P Katimbang (2023)
Lawrence Rillera (2022)
Yelena Isnora(2022, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program)
Ming Chan (2021)
Wenjing Zhou (2017 – 2018)
Kaman Lam (2017 – 2018)
Guo Chen (2016 – 2018)
Jendri Morocho (2016 – 2017)
Huayu (Halley) Teng (2014 – 2015)
Vincent Yin (2014 – 2015)
Georgina Castellano (2015)
Gregory Jeone (2014)
Mena Youssef (2012 – 2014)
Yaoling Zhu (2013)
Devindra Tilakdhari (fall 2012)
Leiguang Hong (2011 – 2012)
Sarad Bhandari (summer 2011)
Muneala Abdimutel (2010 – 2011)
Huixi Zhu (2010 – 2011)
Kallol Mitra (2009 – 2011)
William Pineros (2009 – 2010)
Andrew Bennett (2008 – 2011)
Alcides Martinez (2007)
Saleem Rasul (2007)
Kevin Tang (2007), now at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
lana Siskind (2007)<\/p>\n

High School Students<\/b>
Alan Zhang (2013)
Cindy Lin (2012 – 2014, Francis Lewis High School)
Justin Guo (2010-2011, Hunter High School)
Michael Cheng (2009-2010, Francis Lewis High School)
Louis Lamia (2009, Archishop Molloy High School)
Frank Gentile (2009, Archishop Molloy High School)
Nicholas Chan (2008, Archbishop Molloy High School), now at Columbia University<\/p>\n

We are recruiting Ph.D., Master’s, and undergraduate students who wish to conduct research in physical, analytical, and computational chemistry. Contact me\u00a0<\/a>if you are interested in joining us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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