Principal Investigator
Jian (Ken) Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School Chemistry & Materials Science, RIT, 01/2023 - Present
Affiliated Faculty, Chem. Eng. Department, RIT, 07/2023 - Present
Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University (2021 - 2023)
Postdoc Fellow, Northwestern University (2016 - 2021)
Advisors: Joe Hupp and Omar Farha
Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry - Binghamton University - SUNY (2011-2015)
Advisor: Wayne E. Jones, Jr.
Contact Information: Brown Hall 1127, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY, 14623
Email: kjlsch@rit.edu; Office: 585-475-5075
Current Members
ALUMNI
Aidan Parrinello
B.S./M.S. Chemical Engineering
Joined 01/2026
Derek Valencia
B.S. Chemistry
Joined 01/2026
Minhazur Shawon
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Joined 08/2024
Lamisa Rahman
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Joined 08/2024
Denis Kosiakov
B.S. Chemistry
Joined 08/2026
We are looking for graduate and undergraduate students. Please reach out if you are interested!
Emerson Blin (B.S. in Chemistry, 05/2026 - 08/2026)
Ashleigh Lupien (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 01/2025 - 05/2026)
Cassie Bonilla (B.S. in Chemistry, 01/2025 - 05/2026)​
Paige Elias (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 01/2026 - 05/2026)
Ellie Mitchel (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 01/2026 - 05/2026)
Kameron Kuszlyk (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 01/2026 - 05/2026)
Wiktor Mytych (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 01/2025 - 05/2025)
David Lusignan (B.S./M.S. in Chemistry, 08/2024 - 05/2025)
Dominick Seymour (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 01/2025 - 05/2025)
Celine Cammarere (B.S./M.S. in Chemistry, 09/2024 - 05/2025; Now: Lab Chemist in TRS Staffing Solutions)
Chitra HK (Microsystem Engineering, 08/2024 - 03/2025)
Alex Dyer (B.S./M.S. in Chemistry, 09/2024 - 12/2024)
Mitra Keshavarz (Microsystem Engineering, 08/2024 - 11/2024)​
Alex Fatouros (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 01/2024 - 05/2024)