Yuan Group

Former group at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany in 2016

Former group at Clarkson University, Potsdam, USA in 2017

Former PhD students

Dr. Sebastian Soll, "Structural properties and functional materials of vinylimidazolium-type poly(ionic liquid)s", University of Potsdam, Apr. 2013 ("Best PhD thesis prize" at Max Planck institute of Colloids and Interfaces in 2013, currently in BASF). (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)

Dr. Yongjun Men, "Poly(ionic liquid)s for thermoresponsive materials and carbon production", University of Potsdam, Germany, Feb. 2014, currently CTO at Novioponics B.V., Netherland. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)

Dr. Simon Prescher, "Poly(ionic liquid)s: synthesis and function as nanoparticles and liquid bulk materials", University of Potsdam, Germany, Oct. 2014, currently R&D Manager at WEBAC-Chemie GmbH in Germany. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)

Dr. Konrad Grygiel, "Poly(ionic liquid) stabilizers and new synthetic approaches", University of Potsdam, Germany, Jun. 2015, currently Project Coordinator at RB company, Germany. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)

Dr. Martina Ambrogi, "Poly(ionic liquid)-derived porous functional carbons", University of Potsdam, Germany, Dec. 2015, currently R&D Chemist at Poly Terra Innovation in Germany. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)

Dr. Karoline Taeuber, "Porous Membranes from Imidazolium- and Pyridinium-based Poly(ionic liquid)s with Targeted Properties", University of Potsdam, Germany, Apr. 2016. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)

Dr. Weiyi Zhang, "Functional Poly(ionic liquid) Materials based on Poly(1,2,4-triazolium)s", University of Potsdam, Germany, May 2017. ("Best PhD thesis prize" at Max Planck institute of Colloids and Interfaces in 2017, currenlty associate professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. (co-supervision with Professor Markus Antonietti)

Dr. Huijuan Lin, "Acceleration and Amplification of Biomimetic Actuation: The Empty Pore Matters", University of Potsdam Germany, Aug. 2017, currently associate professor at Nanjing Tech University.(co-supervision with Professor John Dunlop)

Dr. Atefeh Khorsand Kheirabad, "Functional hybrid and composite porous membranes derived from imidazolium-type poly(ionic liquid)", Stockholm University, Sweden, Apr. 2023, currently postdoc at Royal Institute of Technology KTH. (Best PhD Thesis in 2023)

Dr. Jian Chang, "Processing 2D nanomaterials into inorganic-polymer composite films and fibers with well-defined properties", Stockholm University, Sweden, Apr. 2023, currently postdoc at Stockholm UNiversity.(Wallenberg Postdoc Fellowship)

Dr. Frederic Heraly, "Stimuli-Responsive Materials Derived from Cel-lulose Nanofibrils: Synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation", Stockholm University, Sweden, Feb. 2024.(Wallenberg Postdoc Fellowship)

Dr. Sadaf Saeedi Garakani, "Heteroatom-doped porous carbon materials derived from poly(ionic liquid)s and their composites for battery and catalytic applications", Stockholm University, Sweden, Mar. 2024, currently postdoc at Chalmers University of Technology.

Dr. Shiqi Zhou, "Multiscale interfacial engineering of heterogeneous electrocatalysts: From structural design to mechanistic study", Stockholm University, Sweden, Mar. 2024.

Former Master students

Mr. Marten van der Werff, "Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Poly(Ionic Liquid) Homo- and Block (co)polymers", Master of Polymer Science Program, University of Potsdam, Jan. 2012

Mr. Michael Regan, "An Exploration of Synthetic Routes for 1,2,4-Triazolide Anion based Poly(ionic liquid)s", Master of Science- Basic Science, Clarkson University, USA. Jun. 2018.

Mr. Manuel Reiter, "Synthesis of Functional Siloxane-based Poly(ionic liquid)s", Master of Science- Basic Science, Vienna University of Technology/Stockholm University, Jul. 2020. 2018

Former Bachelor students

Mr. Maximilium Woff, "Synthesis of Chiral Poly(Ionic Liquid)", University of Potsdam, Germany, Sep. 2016.

Former Postdocs

Dr, Alessandro Dani (4.2016-3.2017). (currently in Evonik)

Dr. Jianke Sun (12.2015-2017, currently Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology? China.

Dr. Jiang Gong (7.2015-7.2017), currently Professor at Huazhou University of Science and Technology.

Dr. Ryan Gutermann (10.2015 -1.2017, currenlty group leader at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces).

Dr. Juan Balach (2.2012-1.2013, researher at TU Dresden, Germany).

Dr. Danuta Kuzmicz (7.2012-9.2013, currently R&D Associate at Reckitt Benckiser Global R&D GmbH, Germany).

Dr. Yan Yang (3.2013-2.2014), currently associate professor at QingDao Ocean University, China.

Dr. Qiang Zhao (8.2011-5.2014), currenlty Professor at Huazhou University of Science and Technology.

Dr. Jungsoo Lee (9.2014-2.2015, currently Professor at Chosun University, Korea).

Dr. Wei Wang, 9.2018-9.2019, currently professor at Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China.

Dr. Mohamed Yahia, 9.2018-10.2019, currently researcher at Umea University, Sweden.

Dr. Yucheng Wang, 9.2019-8.2020, currently associtiate Professor at Xiamen University, China.

Dr. Pierre Stirenet, 2021-2023, currently researcher at University of Liege, Belgium.

Former visitors

Prof. Haojie Song (2014-2015), Jiang Su University, China.

Prof. Baohang Han (Jul, 2015), Beijing National Center for Nanoscience & -technology

AvH Postdoc Fellow Dr. Jianke Sun (2015-2017) from National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan.

Dr. Yuki Kohno (1 week, 2012), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Dr. Mudraboyina Bhanu (10 days, 2013), University of Lyon 1, France

Dr. Girodano Vendraminetto (1 month 2015), University of Bordeaux, France

Professor Pengfei Zhang (3 months, 2012), Zhejiang University, China

Professor Shengyi Dong (3 months, 2012), Zhejiang University, China Mr.

Dr. Zibing Zhang (3 months, 2013), Zhejiang University, China.

Dr. Jie Yang (6 months, 2014-2015), Zhejiang University, China.

Dr. Erica Zeglio (2 weeks, 2013), Linkoeping University, Sweden.

Dr. Alessandro Dani (4 months, 2015), University of Turin, Italy.

Dr. Ana Margarida Conde (3 months, 2015), the University of the Basque country, Spain.

Dr. Congxiao Cao (6 months, 2015), Beijing National institute of Nanoscience and -technology, China.

Dr. Christoph Willa (2 month, 2015), ETH-Zuerich, Switzerland.

Dr. Xianjing Zhou (3 months, 2018), Zhejiang University, China.

Ms. Avneet Kaur Ghuman (3 months, 2014), Pierre and Marie Curie University, France.

Ms. Jingyang Yu (3 months, 2014), University of Potsdam, Germany.

Mr. Loic RIVEL-BOUQUET, (4 months, 2019), Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France.

Ms. Helena Friedrich, (4 months, 2019), Uni Muenster, Germany.

Ms. Ming Yi, (12 months, 2022-2023, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.