Lab Members
PI Dr. Hao Chen
 | Research Interest: | mass spectrometry, electrochemistry, proteomics, organic chemistry, environmental science |
PhD students
 | Joel Praneeth Joel from Sports Spine and Pain Treatment Center is a part-time PhD student in analytical chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from Manipal University and MS from Cleveland State University. | ||
 | Mengyuan Xiao Mengyuan is a PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS and Master degree from NJIT. | ||
 | Andrew Schladebeck Andrew Schladebeck from Johnson&Johnson is a part-time PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from La Salle University. | ||
 | Qing Ye Qing Ye from PTC Therapeutics is a part-time PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. She obtained her BS from Guangdong Pharmaceutical University and Master degree from NJIT. | ||
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 | Jinyuan Jay Zhang Jinyuan Zhang from Incyte is a part-time is a PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from Nanjing Forestry University and Master degree from NJIT. | ||
 | Yongqing Yang Yongqing Yang is a PhD student in Chemistry at NJIT. He obtained his BS from Anhui University of Technology and Master degree from Tongji University. | ||
Undergrad Students: Hannia Sivestre, Timothy Tham, Andrew Zhou, Rebecca Koenemund
High School Students: Michelle Zheng, Grace Yu, Claire Shi, Ana Zhang, Wesley Yang
Prospective graduate students: Please feel free to contact Dr. Chen (hao.chen.2@njit.edu) if you are interested in conducting master or PhD study in this group.
Alumni
Joanne Chiu --2026 PhD, current position: PureTrace Labs
Munggie Baatar --2026 Fullbright Visiting Scholar, current position: Professor at National University of Mongolia
Md Tanim-Al Hassan ---2025 PhD, current position: Eurofins
Huifang "Bella" Yao---2025 PhD, current position: Merck Co.
Yongling Ai--2023 PhD, Current position: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Juan Suárez--2022 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Qi Wang--2022 PhD, current position: Merck Co.
Pengyi (Perry) Zhao--2021 PhD, current position: AstraZeneca
Victor Ryzhov--2021 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at North Illinois University.
Yuming Zhou-2019 Visting Professor, current position: Professor at East China Technology University, China
Brian Hivick – 2018 Master, OH
Yuexiang Zhang--2018 Master, current position: NYU in Shanghai
Chengyuan Liu--2017 Visiting Ph.D. student, current position: Associate Professor at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Hetong Qi – 2016 Postdoc, current position: Associate Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University
Si Cheng – 2017 PhD, current position: Waters, California
Yi Cai – 2017 PhD, current position: WuXi AppTec, China
Qiuhua Wu – 2016 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Agriculture University of Hebei, China
Zhi Li – 2016 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Agriculture University of Hebei, China
Najah K. Almowalad--2016 Master, current position: Saudi Arabia
Qiuling Zheng – 2013 MS & 2016 PhD, current position: Associate Professor at China Pharmaceutical University
Mei Lu – 2015 PhD, current position: Functional Consultant at o9 Solutions, Inc., Texas
Jun Wang - 2015 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Jiangsu Police Institute, China
Pengyuan Liu – 2015 PhD, current position: Assistant Professor at UMass Lowell, MA
He Xiao – 2016 MS, current position: Monsanto, St. Louis
Kehua Xu - 2010 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Shandong Normal University
Effie Weldy – 2013 MS, current position: Columbus, OH
Yun Zhang – 2012 PhD, current position: Millipore Sigma MA
Zhixin Miao – 2012 PhD, current position: Millipore Sigma, TX
Yan Liu - 2011 Visiting Scholar, current position: Scientist at Shanghai Institute of Petroleum Research
Paul D'Aloise – 2011 Master, current position: Scientist at Aegis Science Corporation in Nashville, TN
Z. Roy. Yuan – current position: Shanghai Science and Technology Exchange Center
Ping Li - 2011 Visiting Professor, current position: Professor at Shandong Normal University
Jiwen Li -2008 Visiting Scholar, current position: Principle Scientist at Shanghai Institute of Petroleum Research
F. Frank Feng - 2007 Visiting Scholar, current position: Shanghai Qida Chemical and Technology, Company (Founder)
Undergraduate Researchers:
Jennifer Colla, Jocelyn K. Vivona, Aleksis Niinisto, Rebecca McAllister, Daniel Wehrung, Caroline Krieger, Matthew Reedy, Daniel Williams, Amanda Forni, Carly Locsey, Brian Friel, Bryan Tysl, Lee Greenawald, Chloe Wolff, Sabrina Cramer, He Xiao, Jennifer Hoffmann, Sarah Santish, Olivia Thomas, Brian Swords, Taylor Ross, Daniel Adams, Fenyao Li, Xiyang Li, Justin Dechillis, Anastasia Svoyatsky, Matthew Dill, Aaron Berlin, David Hu, Sara Christy, Wenhua Zhang, Brian Hivick, Sierra Helmet, Lindsie Shaffer, Brooklynn Gonzalez, Weijia Li, Kayla Steen, Joseph Paterson, Mariam Habek, Yasmine Ghattas, Aseel Shehadeh, Patrick Moore, Noreen Kamel, Yasmine M. Mohamed, Portia Shaheed, Kristen Abraham, Saniya Saxena, Tariq Alnsour, Rashmi Venkatarama, Devansh Sheth (University of New Heaven), Ridaa Alam, Jenely Amaya, Julia Carroll, Gigi Chen (Haverford College), Maanasi Kondai, Sriya Jidugu, Anushka Dixit, Bhavya DeshaboinaJuana, Perez-Sanchez, Quentin Young, Anjani Agarwal
High School Researchers:
Edward Wang (current position: John Hopkins University), Tracy Liu (current position: Wellesley College), Charles Yu (current position: Princeton University), Jeffrey Xu (current position: Princeton University), Arjun Sharma (UPenn), Gracelynne Hao (Harvard University), Ken Zou (UC Berkeley), Aayan Kapoor (New York University), Jerry Liu (Boston College)