Principal Investigator (Le Chef)

Qu Zijie (Associate Professor)
Office: 517 in Longbin Building
Tel: +86-21-34206765 Ext. 5171
Email: zijie.qu@sjtu.edu.cn
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) |
Working Experience
2025/02 – Present. | Associate Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. |
2021/07 – 2025/02. | Assistant Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. |
2018/09 – 2020/12. | Postdoctoral research scholar, California Institute of Technology |
Honors and Awards
Postdocs

Sohail Ahmad
Email: sohail@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: active matters bacterial turbulence, two phase modeling
The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.
Graduate Students

Li Chunhe
Email: lichunhe@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: active matters
It’s not hard to give up, but it must be cool.

Qiao Yateng
Email: qiaoyateng@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: bacteria swimming
Keep calm and carry on.

Zhu Jin
Email: zj519021911203@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: bacteria swimming & swarming
Tomorrow’s just another day.

Bian Hongyi
Email: bianhongyi@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: active matter system
Work happily, play hard!

Huang Yidi
Email: huangyidi@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: bacteria swimming
Life is real, life is earnest.

Duan Shengyou
Email: shengyou@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: bacteria swarming
Truth is what stands the test of experience.

Li Anqi
Email: annqili350@163.com
Research interest: bacteria swarming
Un jour je serais de retour près de toi.


Ke Jianxu
Email: kejianxu@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: bacteria swimming
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Undergraduate Students

Lin Zixiang
Email: linzixiang@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: bacteria swarming
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Xiong Kaiyi
Email: southpolarbear@sjtu.edu.cn
Research interest: computer vision
“Actions speak louder than words.”
Alumni
Former Graduate Students
Former Undergraduate Students
Omar Said, Undergraduate Student, University of Michigan
Ye Yuxin, Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
Huang Yingyue, Graduate Student, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Ching Wei Russell Hii, Graduate Student, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Wu Yibo, PhD Student, Johns Hopkins University
Yan Lingchun, Graduate Student, Stanford University
Zeng Yan, PhD Student, Cornell University