Principal Investigator
Dr. Qing Shao,PhD (qshao@uky.edu)
2018- Assistant professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky
2014-2018 Postdoctoral research scholar, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
2009-2014 Research Assistant, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Washington
Graduate Students
Nguyen, Manh Tien
Tien had a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from HCM University of Technology – National University in 2014. He has started his PhD journey majoring in Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky since 08/2018. Tien joined the Shao group in fall 2018. His research focuses on soft materials for energy applications.
Usman Abbas Lame
Usman joined the group in December. He is investigating the mechanisms that govern the application of deep eutectic solvents using computational approaches
Imam, Ibrahim Abiodun
Ibrahim joined the group in 2022. He will conduct computational protein research.
Shan Xingjian
Xingjian joined the group in 2022. He will conduct research on AI for science
We are looking for a graduate student for an AI for science project. Please contact the PI for more information.
Undergraduate Researchers
Matthew Manning is a ChE undergraduate researcher working on simulating materials for energy
Al Adawi, Shata is a ChE undergraduate researcher working on machine learning
Former group members
Dr. Qi Qiao (postdoctoral, currently at the medical school)
Xu Nan (visiting student, Zhejiang University)
Undergraduate researchers:
Ji Xiaorong
Tapia, Joseph​ ( currently in UMAss graduate program)
Shearer, Hunter W.
Braide, Tamunoemi Opaki
Drew Thomas
Dane McBee
Drew Schofield
Maliha Marium (currently worcester polytechnic institute graduate program )