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
Anthony O. Ramirez
Anthony is a Materials Science and Engineering PhD student at the University of Kentucky, with a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Merced. He joined the Shao group in February 2020, where he is now researching the properties of soft matter interfaces using computational techniques. He is also jointly working with the Soft Materials and Interfaces Lab with Dr. Pham.
We are looking for graduate students and postdoctoral research scholars to join us
Undergraduate Researchers
Ji Xiaorong
Xiaorong is a 2nd-year undergraduate student in the chemical and materials engineering department at the University of Kentucky. She is investigating how the molecular structure of zwitterionic motifs influence their charge distributions using quantum mechanical calculations.
Tapia, Joseph​
Joseph is a third-year chemical engineering major at the University of Kentucky. He started in January 2020. He will explore the application of machine-learning methods in materials discovery
Visiting Scholars
Xu Nan
Nan is a 2nd-year graduate student at Zhejiang University. His main interest is developing new molecular models using deep learning methods.
Former group members
Shearer, Hunter W. (undergraduate)
Braide, Tamunoemi Opaki (undergraduate)