People

Principal Investigator (Le Chef)

Zijie Qu

Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Education

Ph.D.
Engineering, Brown University, Providence (2018)
M.S
Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence (2018)
M.S.
Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette (2014)
B.E.
Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2013)

Work Experience

2025/02 – Present
Associate Professor, Global College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2021/07 – 2025/02
Assistant Professor, Global College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2018/09 – 2020/12
Postdoctoral research scholar, California Institute of Technology

Honors & Awards

上海交通大学“教书育人奖”三等奖 (2025)
上海交通大学“青年岗位能手” (2025)
上海交通大学第九届青教赛一等奖(2025)
Jason Daida Excellent Teaching Award (2024)
上海交通大学第八届青教赛二等奖(2023)
上海交通大学优秀班主任(2023)
上海市启明星计划扬帆专项 (2022)
上海交通大学Explore X 基金(2022)
上海海外高层次人才引进计划(2022)
国家自然科学基金青年项目(2022)

Postdocs

Sohail Ahmad

Active Matter | Bacterial Turbulence

The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

sohail@sjtu.edu.cn

Graduate Students

Chunhe Li

Active Matter

It’s not hard to give up, but it must be cool.

lichunhe@sjtu.edu.cn

Yateng Qiao

Bacteria Swimming

Keep calm and carry on.

qiaoyateng@sjtu.edu.cn

Hongyi Bian

Active Matter

Work happily, play hard!

bianhongyi@sjtu.edu.cn

Yidi Huang

Bacteria Swimming

Life is real, life is earnest.

huangyidi@sjtu.edu.cn

Shengyou Duan

Bacteria Swarming

Truth is what stands the test of experience.

shengyou@sjtu.edu.cn

Anqi Li

Bacteria Swarming

Un jour je serais de retour près de toi.

annqili350@163.com

Pengxi Gu

Bacteria Swarming

Enjoy research, enjoy life.

3181139973@qq.com

Jianxu Ke

Bacteria Swimming

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

kejianxu@sjtu.edu.cn

Undergraduate Students

Zixiang Lin

Active Matter | Bacteria Swarming

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

linzixiang@sjtu.edu.cn

Kaiyi Xiong

Computer Vision

Actions speak louder than words.

southpolarbear@sjtu.edu.cn

Hui Ren

Bacteria Swimming

I walked slowly, but I never retreat.

huiren@stu.njau.edu.cn

Shutong Ji

 

Be present.

jstdyxzh@outlook.com

Qu Lab Alumni

Graduate Students

Jin Zhu

PhD @ GaTech

Undergraduate Students

  • Omar Said, BS, University of Michigan
  • Yuxin Ye, MS, University of California, Berkeley
  • Yingyue Huang, MS, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Russell Hii Ching Wei, MS, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Yibo Wu, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Lingchun Yan, MS, Stanford University
  • Yan Zeng, PhD, Cornell University