Members

Group photo just before the start of Fall 2024 (where are we from?).
Front: Naman, Basil, Yalin, Ali; back: Jason, Saket, Kevin (Washington and Lee University); not pictured: Maggie, Charlotte, Xavier, Venus, Jonah.
Credit: awesome Gina.

Lead

	Yalin Li
	Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rutgers University. Yalin received B. Eng. from Tongji University, M.S. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and Ph.D. from Colorado School of Mines, all in Environmental Engineering. Yalin was a visiting scholar at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) during graduate study. Prior to joining Rutgers, Yalin worked at the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) and the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) at UIUC. CV   |   Google Scholar   |   LinkedIn

Graduate Students

	Ali Ahmad
	Ali received his Chemical Engineering B.S. from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and Renewable Energy Technology M.S. from the University of Dhaka. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Rutgers. His research interest lies in the intersection of sustainability assessment tools and applied machine learning. Google Scholar

	Basil Mansoor
	Basil received his Bachelor in Environmental Engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad (NUST). He is currently pursuing a MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rutgers. His research interest lies in sustainable renewable energy with a specific focus on wet organic waste to energy generation (e.g., hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel [SAF]). Google Scholar   |   LinkedIn

Undergraduate Researchers

	Jason Chiang
	Jason Chiang is a sophomore majoring in Materials Science and Engineering at Rutgers University. Jason is interested in research related to environmental sustainability and as such joined the Li lab in January 2024 to further explore this topic as an Aresty Research Assistant. LinkedIn

	Naman Shah
	Naman Shah is a rising sophomore majoring in Computer Science and Data Science at Rutgers University. He has been working in developing Python scripts for over two years. He has been awarded as the winner of Datathon by the Rutgers University Data Science in Spring 2024 for his work in analyzing data from Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. He is drawn to work on QSDsan and BioSTEAM to bioprocess engineering and resource recovery, specifically for the New Jersey Waste. He is a 2024 Aresty Summer Science scholar. LinkedIn   |   GitHub

Alumni

Xavier Lennard, Biochemistry, Spring/Summer 2024, LSAMP Scholar.

Venus Ikinnagbon, Biology/Women and Gender Studies (minor), Summer 2024, LSAMP Scholar.