Principal Investigator
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Dr. Feng Jiang
Associate Professor, University of British Columbia Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Sustainable Functional Biomaterials Ph.D. Virginia Tech, 2011 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
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Dr. Penghui Zhu
Ph.D. South China University of Technology, 2021 Research Interest: Cellulose-based high-strength materials, cellulose-based sensors, 3D printing, water treatment |
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Dr. Jianan Yin
Ph.D. University of Regina, 2024 Research Interest: cellulose-based aerogel, water/wastewater treatment, pollutant adsorption, ecological toxicity |
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Dr. Wenbo Chen
Ph.D. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2024 Research Interest: Cellulose, Sustainable Chemistry, Polymer Physics, Soft Matter, Functional Materials.
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Graduate Students
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Zhiyan Liu
Ph.D. Student M.Ag. Kyoto University, 2024 B.Eng. Sichuan Agricultural University, 2021 |
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Mahyar Panahi-Sarmad
Ph.D. Candidate Research Interest: specializing in biofabrication and biomacromolecules. With a background in polymer engineering, his early research focused on aerogels and nanocomposites. As an Elite Scholar, he worked on shape memory soft matter for biomedical applications and later contributed to additive manufacturing and functional textiles as a remote research associate at the Key Laboratory of Eco-Textiles. At UBC, his current work focuses on sustainable biofabrication techniques—particularly all-aqueous (miscible) liquid-in-liquid printing—emphasizing interfacial interactions and hierarchical structure, and includes projects on colloidal soft materials, living matter, and energy-harvesting systems, all rooted in bio-based material design. |
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Zhengyang Yu
Ph.D. Candidate B.S. University of British Columbia, 2020 Research Interest: Cellulose material 3D printing and film making |
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Changfeng Cheng
Ph.D. Student B.S. University of British Columbia, 2023 Research Interest: hydrogel based on cellulose |
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Huayu Liu
Ph.D. Student M.Eng. Tianjin University of Science & Technology B.Eng. Tianjin University of Science & Technology Research Interest: Cellulose-based materials for energy storage |
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Shibo Wang Ph.D. Student M.Eng. Chinese Academy of Forestry, 2022 B.Eng. Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 2016 Research Interest: Recyclable underwater cellulose-based adhesives
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Ruolin Wang
Ph.D. Student M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023 B.S. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2020 B.Eng. Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2020
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Ziyi Zhang
Ph.D. Student M.S. University of College London, 2024 B.Eng. Tianjin University, 2022 Research Interest: Biomass-based energy-storage materials. |
Visiting Graduate Students
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Daotong Zhang Visiting Ph.D. Student (Supervisor: Prof. Xiaoyan Zhou at Nanjing Forestry University) B.Eng. Nanjing Forestry University, 2020 Research Interest: Wood-based supercapacitors. |
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Yuan Yu Visiting Ph.D. Student (Supervisor: Prof. Chengyu Wang at Northeast Forestry University) B.Eng. Northeast Forestry University, 2021 Research Interest: Cellulose-based materials for energy storage. |
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Yujing Tan Visiting Ph.D. Student (Supervisor: Prof. Jianxiong Lyu at Nanjing Forestry University) B.Eng. Nanjing Forestry University, 2021 Research Interest: Biomass-based carbon materials for AOPs. |
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Xiaokai Jing Visiting Ph.D. Student (Supervisor: Prof. Sufeng Zhang at Shanxi University of Science and Technology) B.Eng. Shanxi University of Science and Technology, 2021 Research Interest: Cellulose-based ultra-tough hydrogel. |
Undergraduate Students
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Cynthia Truong
Undergraduate Student B.S. University of British Columbia, 2027 |
Alumni
The Lab has trained HQPs from the following countries:
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- Dr. Weimin Chen, 2025
- Pu Yang, 2025
- Zixuan Liao, 2025
- Sadaf Shabanian, 2025
- Xinle Ren, 2025
- Sarah Illingworth, 2025
- Xia Sun, 2025
- Chuhang Liu, 2025
- Dr. Xiaopeng Peng, Chinese Academy of Forestry, 2025
- Jiaying Zhu, 2025
- Siheng Wang, 2025
- Sarah Lin, 2025
- Cherry Ma, 2024
- Yonggang Wu, 2024
- Jingmeng Sun, 2024
- Yeling Zhu, 2024
- Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, 2024
- Carolina Carvajal Plaza, 2024
- Anna Liu, 2024
- Sara Jain, 2024
- Aditya Mohandas, 2024
- Gerardo Aldair Dominguez Solis, 2024
- Haodong Sun, 2024
- Hao Sun, 2024
- Dingyuan Zheng, 2024
- Yaoping Hu, associate professor at Ningbo University, 2024
- Hannah Kho, 2023
- Dr. Kayrel Edwards, 2023
- Dr. Xuan Liu, 2023
- Fanghan Luo, 2023
- Jing Ma, 2023
- Isla Fernanda Tellez Garcia, 2023
- Takumi Kawashima, 2023
- Yuhang Ye, 2023
- Yifan Zhang, 2023
- Andrea Vo, 2023
- Isabella Therrien, 2023
- Yutong Li, 2022
- Sibo Tian, 2022
- Zhe Qiu, 2022
- Yi Zheng, 2022
- Wanyue Tan, 2022
- Elaine Zhou, 2022
- Hale Oguzlu-Baldelli, 2021
- Nancy Carolina Carrillo Enríquez, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 2019
- Xiaoshuai Han, Beijing Forestry University, 2019
- Dr. Chen Xu, Nanjing Tech University, 2019
- Weiye Song, University of British Columbia, 2019
- Jakub Grzybek, University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, 2020
- Dr. Yuan Chen, Chinese Academy of Forestry, 2020
- Mingyao Song, 2020
- Dr. Hengfei Qin, Jiangsu University of Technology, 2020
- Dr. Xueyong Ren, Beijing Forestry University, 2020
- Qinqin Zhang, Beijing Forestry University, 2020
- Penghui Zhu, South China University of Technology, 2020
- Jungang Jiang, Beijing Forestry University, 2021