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Group Members
Meet our awesome students and postdocs
Principle Investigator
Dave H. Tsai (he/him)
Assistant Professor of CBE
Email: htsai7@buffalo.edu
Bio
Postdoctorial Scholar
Jinyin Lyu (he/him)
Postdoc in CBE, SUNY-Buffalo (2026)
Advisor: Prof. Miao Yu
Ph.D. in Chemical Technology, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 2022.
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 2016.
Email: jinyinly@buffalo.edu
Research: Perovskite/MOC hybrid materials
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Graduate Students
Rongbo Ji (he/him)
Program: Ph.D. in CBE (G2)
M.S. in Chem. Eng., Columbia Univeristy (2023)
B.S in Chemistry, University of South California (2022)
Email: rongboji@buffalo.edu
Research: Hybrid Materials / Photovoltaics
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Mahdi Montazeri (he/him)
Program: Ph.D. in CBE (G2)
M.S. in Mater. Eng., Iran University of Science and Technology, 2024
B.S. in Mater. and Metall. Eng., Iran University of Science and Technology, 2021
Email: mahdimon@buffalo.edu
Research: Hybrid Materials / Chiral semiconductors
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Jiahui Chen (she/her)
Program: Ph.D. in CBE (G1)
M.S. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 2024
B.E. in Polymer Materials and Engineering, Hang Zhou Normal University, 2021
Email: jchen843@buffalo.edu
Research: MOF/ Photocatalysis
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Alysson Bermudez (she/her)
Program: Ph.D. in Chemistry (G4) (Co-advise with Prof. Aga)
B.S. in Chemistry, University at Buffalo, 2021
Email: alyssonb@buffalo.edu
Research: MOF/ COF for rare earth element capture
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Undergraduate Students
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Melisa Toromani (she/her)
Program: B.S. in CBE (expected 2027)
Email: melisato@buffalo.edu
Research: Conducting MOF
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Visiting Scholars
Bohan Huang (he/him)
Program: B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University (expected 2027)
Email: bohanhua@buffalo.edu
Research: COFs/Rare Earth Separation
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