People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Jinghua Li, Assistant professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chronic Brain Injury Program

Postdoc, MSE, Northwestern University (Advisor: Prof. John A. Rogers)

Ph.D., Chemistry, Duke University (Advisor: Prof. Jie Liu)

B.S., Biological Science, Shandong University

Office: 491 Watts Hall

Phone: 614-292-9743

Email: li.11017@osu.edu

Awards

Individual

  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry 2025
  • ACS Materials Au Rising Star 2024
  • The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award 2024
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trailblazer Award 2024
  • Lumley Research Award 2024
  • OSU CBI Paper of the Year 2024
  • Nanoscale Emerging Investigator 2024
  • The Chronic Brain Injury Program Travel Award 2023
  • The Ohio State University Early Career Innovator of the Year 2023
  • Outstanding Poster Award, 129th NC ACS Local Section Meeting 2015
  • Duke University Graduate School Conference Travel Fellowship 2015-2016
  • Paul M. Gross Fellowship 2015-2016
  • Duke University Graduate School Conference Travel Fellowship 2014-2015
  • Electrochemical Society Travel Grant 2015
  • Duke Nanoscience Certificate Program (GPNANO) Fellowship 2013

With Students

  • Qi Wang: Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship ($5,000) 2025
  • Chunyu Yang: College of Engineering Graduate Research Ambassador 2025
  • Shulin Chen: OSU CBI Lannutti Innovation Award ($750) 2024
  • Shulin Chen: Graduate Student Researcher Award Honorable Mention 2024
  • Tzu Li Liu: Next Generation Innovator of the Year Finalist 2024
  • Shulin Chen: Wolley Teaching Fellowship 2021
  • Shulin Chen: OSU University Fellowship 2020

Graduate Students

  • Yizhen Jia
  • Chunyu Yang
  • Qi Wang
  • Shaoru Cheng
  • Akhil Canumalla

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers
  • Yan Dong (2020-2022). Placement: Associate Professor at China University of Petroleum.
PhD students
  • Shulin Chen (2020-2024). Placement: Postdoctoral researcher at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • Tzu-Li Liu (2020-2024). Placement: Postdoctoral researcher at Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago.
MS students
  • Prasad Nithianandam (2021-2023). Placement: Research Associate at Nemours Children’s Hospital.
Undergraduate Students
  • Billings Amoah (2024, NSF REU)
  • Sarah Kolnicki (2023, NSF REU)
  • Hongye Chen (2022)
  • Yiqun Li (2022)
  • Ruihang Deng (2022)
  • Zecheng Li (2022)
  • Samuel Gillespie (2021-2022)
  • Sharolyn Balbaugh (2021-2022, co-advisor with Dr. David Hoezle and Dr. Asimina Kiourti)
  • Jewelia Smith (2021)
  • Keyan Matar (2021)
  • Xueji Zhao (2021)
  • Xianhao Zhang (2021)
  • Zexu Chen (2020)
  • Lexi Biondo (2020)
High School Students
  • Christopher Lee (St. Charles Preparatory School, 2023)
  • Neil Ramesh (Metro Early College High School, 2023)
  • William Malerich (St. Charles Preparatory School, 2022)
  • Jack Barker (Metro Early College High School, 2022)
  • Thomas Alston (Metro Early College High School, 2021)