 | Yuanzhi Tang (CV, Linkedin, Google Scholar) M.Sc., PhD, Geosciences, Stony Brook University B.S. Geology, Economics, Peking University Georgia Power Professor Fellow, American Chemical Society School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Executive Director, Strategic Energy Institute Founding Director, Center for Critical Mineral Solutions Co-founder, Georgia Partnership for Essential Minerals Co-Editor-in-Chief: Chemical Geology Associate Editor: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Email: yuanzhi.tang@eas.gatech.edu Phone: 404-894-3994 Office: Ford Environmental Science & Technology, 3252 Labs: Ford Environmental Science & Technology, 2121, 2125, L2102 | ||||||
 | Yinghao Wen Postdoc (2022-present) Email: ywen94@gatech.edu PhD, Texas A&M University | ||||||
 | Yixuan Yang Postdoc (2025-present) Email: yixuan.yang@gatech.edu PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||||||
 | Hang Xu PhD student (2022-present) School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Email: hangxu.eas@gatech.edu M.Sc. Nanjing University | ||||||
 | Rui Cai PhD candidate (2023 Fall – present) School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Email: rcai44@gatech.edu M.Sc. Nanjing University | ||||||
 | Qiao Yan PhD candidate (2024-present) School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Email: qyan68@gatech.edu M.Sc. Duke University | ||||||
 | Partha Protim Bhowmik PhD candidate (2025-present) School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Email: pbhowmik6@gatech.edu M.Sc. Southern Illinois University | ||||||
 | Dhara Patel PhD student (2025-present) School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Email: dpatel453@gatech.edu B.S. Georgia Tech | ||||||
 | Sali Boyer M.Sc. student (2025-present) School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Email: sboyer35@gatech.edu B.S. University of Georgia | ||||||
 | Jason Anandappa M.Sc. student (2025-present) School of Materials Science and Engineering Email: janandappa3@gatech.edu | ||||||
 | Aaron Leatherwood Technician (2026-present) School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Email: aleatherwood6@gatech.edu M.Sc. Georgia State University | ||||||
 | Maria Alekseeva Undergraduate researcher (2026-present) School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Email: malekseeva3@gatech.edu | ||||||
Alumni
| Graduate students | |||
 | Emily Saad PhD (2013 – 2017) Current: Exponent |  | Ashley Brady M.Sc. (2015-2017, co-advised with Chris Reinhard) |
 | Shiliang Zhao PhD (2013 – 2018) |  | Weishi Wang M.Sc. (2017 – 2018) |
 | Ben Fields B.S. (2014 – 2019) |  | Biao Wan PhD (2016 – 2020) Current: Professor, Huazhong Agricutural University |
 | Pan Liu PhD (2016-2021) Current: Meta |  | Simin Zhao PhD (2019-2023) Current: Ingredion |
 | Estefania Garcia PhD (2020-2025) Current: NIST | ||
| Postdoc Researchers | |||
 | Rixiang (Alex) Huang Postdoc, Research Scientist (2014 – 2018) PhD, Baylor University Current: Associate Professor, SUNY-Albany |  | Chiqian Zhang Postdoc (2018 – 2019, co-advised with Dr. Spyros Pavlostathis) PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia Current: Assistant Professor, Arkansas State University |
 | Haesung Jung Postdoc (2018 – 2020) PhD, Washington University in St Louis Current: Associate Professor, Changwon National University, Korea |  | Lei Hu Postdoc (2021-2022) PhD, New Mexico State University Current: New Mexico Environmental Department |
 | Qian Wang Postdoc, Research Scientist (2018-2022) PhD, University of Wyoming Current: Georgia Department of Natural Resources |  | Jaeyoung Lee Postdoc (2023-2024) PhD, Kyung Hee University Current: Samsung |
| Visiting scholars | |||
 | Sahib Zada Visiting PhD student (2016) Quaid-i-azam University, Pakistan |  | Ci Fang Visiting PhD student (2016-2017) China Agricultural University |
 | Xiaoming Xu Visiting PhD student (2018-2019) Peking University |  | Can Shen Visiting PhD student (2019-2020) Central South University |
 | Xiangdong Meng Visiting PhD student (2019-2020) Zhejiang University |  | Yan Shi Visiting Postdoc (2022-2024) Fudan University |
 | Seongryeong Kim Visiting PhD student (2025-2026) Changwon National University | ||