Meet the Team

Yuanyuan Zhu

 

Yuanyuan Zhu

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
and Institute of Materials Science
Director,
InToEMCenter, UConn Tech Park
University of Connecticut

Email yuanyuan.2.zhu@uconn.edu
Phone +1(860)-486-2378
Mailing Address Materials Science and Engineering Attn: Yuanyuan Zhu, 25 King Hill Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3136
Office Science 1, Room 1015
Campus Storrs
Teaching
  • MSE 2001: Introduction to Structure, Properties, and Processing of Materials I
  • MSE 5323: Transmission Electron Microscopy of Materials

Awards
NSF Early Career award. 2023
DOE Early Career award. 2022
Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) award, American Chemical Society. 2020

Appointment
2017-2018 Staff Scientist, PNNL
2015-2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate, PNNL
2013-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, HaldorTopsøeA/S 

Professional Preparation
2013 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
2009 M.S., Solid Atomic Imaging Division, Institute of Metal Research
2006 B.S., Metallic Materials Engineering, Sichuan University


Rajat Sainju
Email:
rajat.sainju@uconn.edu
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering


Dr. Monia Nielsen
Email: monia.nielsen@uconn.edu
Postdoc Researcher
Institute of Materials Science


Muhammed Imran Bin Khairul Alam
Email:
muhammed_imran.bin_khairul_alam@uconn.edu
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

 

Tianyu Li
Email:
tianyu.li@uconn.edu
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Group Alumni

Samuel Schaefer, B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, current position: Ph.D. Student, Yale University

Megan Jankovsky, B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, current position: Product Developer, Unilever

Steiny Duong, B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UConn undergrad