Principle Investigator
Postdoc Researcher
Dr. Mingyang Li
Mingyang Li received his PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University at 2017. His research interests focus on investigating nanostructures via SECCM et al. for energy conversion and storage.
Graduate Students
Yufei Wang
University of Texas at Austin (May 2021-)
Miami University (January 2019-May 2021)
B.S., Hebei University (2018)
Yufei received her BS from Hebei University where she worked with Professor Lijuan Wang exploring chiral separation in Pharmacy. She joined the Ren lab in 2019 and was prepared to work on electrochemistry at Nanoscale. In her free time, Yufei enjoys watercolor painting and traditional Chinese painting, watching films, and going to the supermarket.
Brandon Blount
University of Texas (2021 – Current)
Miami University (2019-2021)
York College of Pennsylvania (2015-2019) Chemistry B.S.
From a small town in southern Pennsylvania, during my undergraduate degree, I achieved one internship at MRG laboratories analyzing oil and grease for degradation. I also studied the same grease components on matrix assisted laser deabsorption ionization time of flight (MALDI-ToF), to detect degradation levels in the protective additives in the grease/oil. Today my research consists of the nucleation of ionic or metal species utilizing sublocalized measurements via nanoelectrodes or scanning electrochemical cell microscopy.
In my personal time, I like to learn about hardware components on desktop and mobile computers. I also like to work to on cars, currently I have a 1980 Chevrolet K20 pickup truck that hopefully will be restored in the future.
Lei Pan
Hi, I’m Lei, from a lake city, fishing from an early age, now working on using scanning ion conductance microscope to study interfacial process in electrochemical catalysis. In my free time, I like playing origami, wandering in libraries and watching movies.
Undergraduate Students
Jesús Alberto Muñoz Castañeda
An international student from Mexico, currently in his third year of a Bachelor in Science Degree in Chemistry. During his time at The University of Texas at Austin, he has previously worked on data mining efforts in Computational Chemistry. After graduation, his plans are focused on Graduate School.
Kevin S Koh
Undergraduate, chemical engineering
