People

Principal Investigator

Chaoqun Dong

Dr. Chaoqun Dong (pronounced Chow-choon DONG) joined Columbia University as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Summer 2025. Prior to this, she was a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow and SNSF Early Postdoc Mobility Fellow at the University of Cambridge. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from EPFL.

Email: [email protected]

PhD Students

Yibo Zhou

Yibo is a Ph.D. student in the Dong Lab at Columbia University working on flexible, bio-integrated electronics for neural interfaces, soft robotics, and implantable devices. He earned his M.S. from Northwestern University as a graduate research assistant in Prof. John Rogers’ Lab.

Email: [email protected]

Junting Huang

Junting is a Ph.D. student in the Dong Lab at Columbia University. His research interests mainly align in hydrogel electronics, soft robotics, and neural interfaces. He earned his M.Phil. from Cambridge University working with Prof. Yan Yan Shery Huang.

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Master Students

Meng Zhou

Master of Chemical Engineering

BS, Imperial College London

Yizhou Li

Master of Biomedical Engineering

BS, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Sam (Tianyu) Fan

Master of Mechanical Engineering

BS, University of California, Irvine

Huarui Du

Master of Mechanical Engineering

BS, University of Massachusettss Amherst

Undergraduate Students

Miriam C Trujillo

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

Alumni

MS

Sylvester (Siyuan) Zhang, Fall 2025

Fahim Akhter Miah, Fall 2025