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Hometown: Tianchang, Anhui, China
Education: Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, Kent State University Hao spent his formative in a quaint village nestled in Anhui Province, China, where his childhood aspiration was to explore the outer world. He started his academic journey with a Bachelor of Science from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Then he embarked on a path of advanced study, earning Ph.D. from the prestigious Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University in Ohio. Before joining Aprahamian’s research group, Hao enriched his expertise through postdoctoral endeavors at both Kent State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Beyond academia, he enjoys outdoor activities, such as hiking, tennis, and visiting national parks, as well as indoor chores like massaging and sniffing domestic felines. |
Hometown: Jiangyin, China
Education: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Jilin University (2016) Qingkai comes from Jiangyin, China. He first worked in Sean Xian-An Zhang’s group as a master degree graduate student majored in organic chemistry. In 2013, he joined Prof. Wenjing Tian’s group and then got PhD with a major in polymer chemistry and physics from Jilin University. After graduation, he first worked as a postdoctoral research associate in Prof. Zhaochao Xu’s lab at DICP, Chinese Academy of Science for 3 years. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in Prof. Xiaocun Lu’s lab at Clarkson University for another 2 years. In the past 10 years, he has worked in four different research labs. His research works focused on stimuli-responsive molecular switches, mechanochemistry, fluorophores, and super-resolution single molecular location microscopy. Qingkai joined the Aprahamian Group in the summer of 2021. In his spare time, he enjoys playing ping pong, cooking delicious food, and traveling with his family. |