FACULTY

Yiguang Ju
Robert Porter Patterson Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Director of DOE Energy Earthshot Research Center (EERC) for Hydrogen Production, Head of Electro-manufacturing Science, and Associated Faculty at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Co-founder of HiTNano Inc, Princeton NuEnergy Inc, Polymer-X Inc, and USPlasma Inc
Founding president: Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE)
Contact: Phone: 609-258-5644, Email: yju@princeton.edu
Personal Homepage: https://engine.princeton.edu/yiguang-ju-2/
Department Homepage: https://mae.princeton.edu/people/faculty/ju
GRADUATE STUDENTS
![]() | Hengrui Xu (Sep. 2025 – ) | |
![]() | Weixiao Wang (Sep. 2024 – ) Plasma catalysis and laser diagnostics | |
![]() | Chelsea (Yuanxinxin) Cao (Sep. 2024 – ) Combustion Kinetics and Plasma Assisted Combustion | |
![]() | Elizabeth Desmet (Sep. 2024 – ) Plasma catalysis and ammonia synthesis | |
![]() | Kaii Ri (Sep. 2024 – ) High pressure combustion: Hydrogen and Ammonia | |
![]() | Shuzi Wang (Sep. 2024 – ) Non-equilibrium chemical kinetics and synthesis, Hydrogen combustion | |
![]() | Jeremy Kim (Sep. 2023 – ) Plasma assisted methane/CO2 reforming and hydrogen production | |
![]() | Zijian Sun (Jan. 2022 – ) Non-equilibrium ammonia synthesis | |
![]() | Yijie Xu (Sep. 2021 – ) Plasma physics and diagnostics, ferroelectric materials | |
![]() | Christopher Kondratowicz (Sep. 2021 – ) Plasma catalysis | |
![]() | Zhiyu Shi (Sep. 2021 – ) Multiscale modeling and machine learning |
Research Staff
![]() | Dr. Liang Ji (2025-) Combustion and fuels | |
![]() | Dr. Yupan Bao (2025-) Combustion and Plasma Diagnostics | |
![]() | Dr. Mohammad Adil (2024-) Combustion Kinetics and MidIR Diagnostics | |
![]() | Dr. Ziqiao Chang (2024-) Nonlinear Laser Diagnostics | |
![]() | Dr. Bowen Mei (2022 – ) Combustion Kinetics |
Visiting Scholar
| Jiaji Sun | Visiting student, Dec. 2024- |















