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Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Davis
shenli.zhang@sjsu.edu (408)924-3243
Graduate students
Graduate students
Dikaios Wong
Dikaios Wong
Graduate student in Materials Engineering
dikaios.wong@sjsu.edu
Rishi Donapati
Rishi Donapati
Graduate student in Materials Engineering
2026 Zee Family Scholarship winner
rishi.donapati@sjsu.edu
Jesus Mendoza Gutierrez
Jesus Mendoza Gutierrez
Graduate student in Materials Engineering
jesus.mendoza-gutierrez@sjsu.edu
Liang-Chi Peng
Liang-Chi Peng
Graduate student in Materials Engineering
liangchi.peng@sjsu.edu
Umer Ali
Umer Ali
Graduate student in Materials Engineering
umer.ali@sjsu.edu
Jinfeng Wu
Jinfeng Wu
Graduate student in Materials Engineering
jinfeng.wu@sjsu.edu
Yifei Zhou
Yifei Zhou
Graduate student in Chemical Engineering
2026 Benzing fellowship awardee
yifei.zhou@sjsu.edu
Niharika Mallenahalli Prakash
Niharika Mallenahalli Prakash
Graduate student in Materials Engineering
niharika.mallenahalliprakash@sjsu.edu
Nikol Obradovic
Nikol Obradovic
Graduate student in Materials Engineering
nikol.obradovic@sjsu.edu
Undergraduate students
Undergraduate students
Sameer Ali
Sameer Ali
Undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering
McNair Scholar
2026 Benzing fellowship awardee
sameer.ali@sjsu.edu
River Breiz
River Breiz
Undergraduate student in Materials Engineering
2026 CME Promise Award winner
river.breiz@sjsu.edu
Jacob Bayer
Jacob Bayer
Undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering
jacob.bayer@sjsu.edu
Daniel Thompson
Daniel Thompson
Undergraduate student in Materials Engineering
daniel.thompson@sjsu.edu
Alumni
Alumni
Master Students
Master Students
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
2025 Fall-2026 Spring Project Engineering Success students: Anika Maral, River Briez, and Logan Thompson
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