Principle Investigator

Linxiao Chen

Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering​

The University of Akron, 2023 – Present​

Postdoc, ​Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2019 – 2023

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Indiana University, 2019​​

B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University (China), 2014​

Hometown: Xiamen, China

When not conducting research or education activities, Linxiao enjoys sports, running, hiking, biking, cooking, music, watching cute animal videos, and sunny warm weather. He is a geogrphy nerd who likes traveling and exploring different cultures.

Graduate Student

Uchenna Nwachukwu

Joined 2024 Spring​

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri (Nigeria)​

Undergraduate Student

Matthew Moegling

Joined 2024 Spring​

Hometown: Mentor, Ohio

The career goals of Matt are to start in process engineering when he graduates with his B.S. in Chemical Engineering, and then later in his career go into a research role. When not spending time with engineering, Matt enjoys cooking, music, Star Wars, nature, doing work with his hands, and problem solving. One of his goals is to be able to cook something from almost every culture.

Lab Mascots

Mochi & Coconut

Golden Retriever & Maltese

Keeping It Cute Since Feb 2022

Born in Prosser, WA & Seoul, South Korea

Bilingually trained