{"id":16,"date":"2020-01-21T16:44:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T21:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wernerlab\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:41:24","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wernerlab\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

BU undergraduate students:\u00a0<\/strong>If you are interested in research during the summer or longer term research over the course of a few semesters, email<\/a> Prof. Werner with a summary of your interests and availability.
\nCurrent BU graduate students (PhD and MS students):<\/strong> Email<\/a> Prof. Werner with a summary of your research interests, experience, and CV.
\nProspective PhD students: <\/strong>Apply to the Mechanical Engineering PhD program<\/a> or the Materials Science and Engineering PhD program<\/a> and email<\/a> Prof. Werner with a brief statement on why you are interested in the lab and your academic and research background. Indicate in your PhD application your interest in the lab of Prof. Werner. We are also recruiting PhD students from the Department of Chemistry at BU.<\/p>\n

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J\u00f6rg G. Werner, PhD\u00a0 (jgwerner [at] bu (dot) edu) (CV<\/a>)<\/strong>
\nPrincipal Investigator
\nAssistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Division of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Department of Chemistry (courtesy)
\nBoston University<\/p>\n

Joerg received his Diplom in Chemistry (MS equivalent) in 2011 from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and his PhD in 2015 from the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. At Cornell, he worked under the guidance of Prof. Uli Wiesner from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and employed block copolymer self-assembly for the fabrication of 3-D ordered functional architectures for next-generation energy storage applications. Subsequently, Dr. Werner was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Experimental Soft Condensed Matter group of Prof. David Weitz at Harvard University from 2016 to 2019, where he developed reversibly stimuli-responsive microcapsules from complex emulsion templating in microfluidics. In January of 2020, Joerg started Mesostructured Materials and Devices research group at Boston University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Division of Materials Science and Engineering, with a courtesy affiliation with the Department of Chemistry since 2024.<\/p>\n

Postdocs<\/span><\/h3>\n

Gunho Lee, Ph.D. <\/strong>(glee4 [at] bu (dot) edu)\"\"
\nAcademic Background:
\n<\/em>Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2020, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
\nM.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2016, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
\nB.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
\nResearch Background:<\/em>
\nInterplay between soft materials and their optical properties. For his Ph.D. research, Dr. Lee developed hierarchical architectures created through colloidal assembly and also studied functional polymers to design polymer networks and crosslinking systems in chemical industry.
\nResearch Interests:<\/em>
\nElectrochemical reduction of CO2 to value-added products with a focus on the impact of hierarchical electrode architectures and interphases.<\/p>\n

Visiting Researchers<\/span><\/h3>\n

Wenlu Wang Ph.D. <\/strong>(wwang623 [at] bu (dot) edu)\"\"<\/strong><\/span>
\nPh.D. student in Materials Science and Engineering
\nAcademic Background:
\n<\/em>Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2025, Boston University (Advisor: Prof. Joerg Werner)
\nThesis title<\/em>: Electrodeposition of Polymer Networks (EPoN) as Conformal Ultrathin Coatings
\nM.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 2019, Johns Hopkins University
\nB.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2017, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China<\/p>\n

Graduate Students<\/span><\/h3>\n

Zhaoyi Zheng<\/strong> (zhaoyiz [at] bu (dot) edu)\"\"<\/strong>
\nPh.D. student in Materials Science and Engineering
\nAcademic Background:
\n<\/em>B.S. in Applied Chemistry, 2018, Kunming University of Science and Technology
\nM.S. in Applied Chemistry and Physics, 2021, Kunming University of Science and Technology
\nM.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2023, Boston University
\nResearch\u00a0Background:
\n<\/em>Zhaoyi has research experience in organic synthesis and electrochemical analysis: 1) the decarboxylation coupling reaction of 1-p-phenylmethyl-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylic acid and 2) investigation the localized electrochemical reactivity on PbO2<\/sub> electrode using SECM.
\nResearch Interests:
\n<\/em>Zhaoyi has a passion for the synthesis and fabrication of materials for energy and sustainability technologies. He believes the advancement of novel functional materials can address the energy and environmental challenges our society faces.<\/p>\n

Jin Yan <\/strong>(jin2024 [at] bu (dot) edu)\"\"
\nPh.D. student in Materials Science and Engineering
\nAcademic Background:
\n<\/em>M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2024, UCAS, Beijing, China
\nB.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2021, USTB, Beijing, China
\nResearch Background:
\n<\/em>Jin has previously focused on the development of MXene-anchored structures for solar steam generation, the synthesis of sulfide solid electrolytes with tailored particle sizes for ASSLBs, and the fabrication of microstructured medical flexible electrodes.
\nResearch Interests:
\n<\/em>Jin is interested in designing multiscale material structures to advance clean energy and sustainability technologies. Her current work focuses on the fabrication of functional thin polymer films and the development of surface modification strategies.<\/p>\n

Brendon Jaeger <\/strong>(bjaeger1 [at] bu (dot) edu)\"\"
\nPh.D. Student in Material Science and Engineering
\nAcademic Background<\/em>:
\nB.S. in Chemistry Materials, 2024, Binghamton University, NY
\nResearch Background<\/em>:
\nBrendon has a background in battery research, specifically in lithium-ion battery alternatives. He has worked on layered-cathodes materials for sodium and calcium ion batteries, improving material synthesis along with improving battery performance through the use of doping and the pillaring effect.
\nResearch Interest<\/em>:
\nBrendon is interested in improving energy storage in the field of batteries to help alleviate environmental concerns. His work currently involves the synthesis of batteries with low tortuosity channels to facilitate mass transfer.<\/p>\n

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Master Students<\/span><\/h3>\n

Tyler Critz (MSE ’26)
\n<\/strong>Academic Background:
\n<\/em>B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2024, Boston University, MA
\nResearch interest<\/em>:
\nEnergy-efficient carbon capture and conversion<\/p>\n

Jianyu Wu (MSE ’26)
\n<\/strong>Academic Background:
\n<\/em>B.E. in Polymer Materials and Chemistry, 2023, University of Science and Technology of China
\nResearch interest<\/em>:
\nBlock copolymer gels and in-gel<\/p>\n

Colin Howard (MSE ’26)
\n<\/strong>Academic Background:
\n<\/em>B.A.\/M.S. in Chemistry, 2025, Clark University, Worcester MA
\nResearch interest<\/em>:
\nElectrodeposition of polymer networks<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Students<\/span><\/h3>\n

Aldiyar Tuktin (Chem\/Phys ’27)<\/strong>
\nResearch Interests<\/em>: Hierarchical carbon sorbent materials from phase inversion<\/p>\n

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Alumni<\/span>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Anton Resing (MSE Ph.D. ’26)<\/strong>
\nPh.D. thesis title (2020-2025)<\/em>: Architected Materials to Study and Mitigate Mass Transfer Limitations Pervasive in Electrochemical Energy Storage<\/p>\n

Yuanzhi Li (ME Ph.D. ’26)<\/strong>
\nPh.D. thesis title (2020-2025)<\/em>: Nanostructured Gels from Cross-Linked Block Copolymers for Selective Infusion Templating<\/p>\n

Leensyn Rivera Asmen (ME ’26)<\/strong>
\nResearch project (2024-2025)<\/em>: Electrodeposition of polymer networks for ultrathin coatings<\/p>\n

Amira Oladokun (CHEM BS ’25)
\n<\/strong>Research project (2023-2025)<\/em>: Accessible electrodeposition of polymer networks for functional coatings from random copolymers<\/p>\n

Greg Robben (MSE MS ’25)
\n<\/strong>Research project (2023-2025)<\/em>: High-throughput and autonomous electrodeposition of multifunctional polymer thin films
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Karl Valter (MSE MS ’25)
\n<\/strong>MS thesis title (2024-2025)<\/em>: Computational And Experimental Investigation Into The Self-Limiting Nature Of Electrodepositing Ultrathin Polymer Films<\/p>\n

Zhang Wu (SEAS Harvard Ph.D. ’24)
\n<\/strong>Research project (2021-2024)<\/em>: Dynamic and stimuli-responsive microcapsules from complex emulsions<\/p>\n

Mariam Dobosz (MSE MS ’24)
\n<\/strong>Research project (2023-2024)<\/em>: Phase inversion processing to fabricate porous electrode architectures for advanced lithium batteries<\/p>\n

Ruiyang Chen<\/strong> (MSE MS ’24)<\/strong>
\nMS thesis title<\/em> (2022-2024)<\/em>: Electrodeposition of Tunable Phenol-Modified Poly(Glycidyl Methacrylate) Thin Films<\/p>\n

Harrison Peairs (BME ’24)<\/strong>
\nProject (2023)<\/em>: Swelling of self-assembled and crosslinked nanostructured block copolymers<\/p>\n

Nashr El Auliya (ME ’24)<\/strong>
\nProject (2022)<\/em>: Swelling of self-assembled and crosslinked block copolymer nanostructured materials<\/p>\n

Chase Fukuda (ME ’24)<\/strong>
\nProject (2021-2022)<\/em>: Hybrid inorganic phase inversion for bottom-up architected battery electrodes<\/p>\n

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Old group pictures:<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"Group Bowling Spring 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Group Lunch Fall 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"SMART Supergroup Collaborative BBQ in Summer 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"GroupGroup Kayaking Fall 2021<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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