Meet Our Team

We are a multi-disciplinary laboratory committed to advanced materials discovery

Principal Investigator

Dr. Kai He

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Arizona State University
Office: 285 Sirrine Hall
Lab: Advanced Materials Research Lab #20
Mail: 161 Sirrine Hall, 515 Calhoun Drive, Clemson, SC 29634-0971

Group Members

Dr. Jiang Cui

Postdoc Fellow

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2018)
Research Interests: energy storage materials, in situ TEM, first-principles calculation

Hongkui Zheng

Ph.D. Student

M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine (2019)
Research Interests: energy storage materials, in situ TEM

Xiner Lu

Ph.D. Student

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (2019)
Research Interests: catalysts, in situ TEM

Samuel Beckley

M.S. Student

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University (2021)
Research Interests: energy materials

Leo Beck

Undergrad Student

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering,  Clemson University  (2019-)
Research Interests: TEM image processing

Alumni

Dr. Sungkyu Kim, Postdoc Fellow (2016-2018). Current Position: Assistant Professor, Sejong University, Korea

Ms. Shelly Phillips, UG Student (2018-2019), MSE UG Research. Current Position: Clemson

Mr. Andrew Butterfield, UG Student (2018-2019), MSE UG Research. Current Position: Clemson

Ms. Taylor Bigger, UG Student (2019-2020), MSE UG Research. Current Position: Clemson

Mr. Zilong Zhang, Visiting PhD Student (2019-2020). Current Position: Hunan University

Mr. Zongyue Chai, MS Student (2018-2020). Current Position: China

Join Us!

We have openings for motivated PhD students, undergrads and postdocs with background in Electron Microscopy, Functional Materials, and Sustainable Energy. Interested candidates can send your CV to Prof. He.

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