The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Yang Li

Yang Li received her BSc as joint training master student in Food Science and Engineering from Nanjing University of Finances and Economics (China) and University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA). After that, she worked as a research follow in Applied Life Science from Gyeongsang National University (Korea) and in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences for one year each. In July 2022, she started her Ph.D study in Chemical Engineering of Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, focusing on “Capturing CO2 by a Fixed-Site-Carrier Polyvinylamine-based Facilitated Transport Membrane”. She has been exploring the anion exchange membranes for O2
Changlai Wang received his Ph.D. in Materials Physics and Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2019. After graduation, he pursued postdoctoral research at City University of Hong Kong and Nagoya University. In October 2024, he will join Prof. Dario Dekel’s group in the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technion as a postdoctoral researcher, where he will focus on designing efficient catalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (AEMFCs).
Marina Potemkin earned a BSc in Biochemical Engineering from the Technion. Her research focuses on the development and optimization of Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers via mathematical modeling as part of a proposal for MSc studies in the Grand Technion Energy Program at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Alma Yanay will receive her BSc from the department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology in 2024. In the meantime, she joined the TEEM’s group to enrich her knowledge about Advanced Triple Phase Boundary for Electrochemical devices, and she will become MSc student under the joint supervision of prof. Dario Dekel.
Manman Zhang received her BSc in Chemical Engineering from Xinyang Normal University in 2018 (2014-2018). In November 2018, she joined Prof. Baozeng Ren’s group as a master student in Zhengzhou University, majoring in Chemical Engineering. Since July 2019, Manman joined her co-supervisor’s (Prof. Yi Nie) group and conducted her master’s research topic “Preparation of poly(ionic liquid) based bio-scaffolds using 3D printing technology”in Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou. After receiving her master’s degree from Zhengzhou university in 2021, she joined Prof Xuezhong He’s group as a PhD student in Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and
Yuval Grosskopf is an undergraduate student in the Biochemical Engineering program at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. In January 2024, Yuval joined the TEEM lab, headed by Prof. Dario R. Dekel, and integrated into the research on anion exchange membrane optimization as part of his senior thesis project.  
Anna Suslonova has graduated from the KNRTU Institute of Polymers. During her studies, she participated in competitions such as case-in and polymer hackathon.  
Daniel Borodynskyi is an undergraduate student at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. During his studies he is interning in the oil and gas industry, enriching his industry knowledge and skills. In August 2023, Daniel joined Prof. Dario Dekel's group in The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technion as a part of his research project.
Alexander Baranov graduated with a MSc degree in Chemistry from Lomonosov Moscow State University, faculty of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, in 2020. In 2020-2022, he was investigating solid-state ionic conductors at the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In May 2023, Alexander joined TEEM’s group as a PhD student under supervision of Prof. Dario Dekel. The main focus of his research is the study of catalysts for anion exchange membrane fuel cells.
Zhicong Liang received his BSc in Chemical Engineering from Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) in 2021 (2017-2021). From 2021, He joined Prof. Dario Dekel’s group as a MSc student. Currently, under the co-supervision of Prof. Xuezhong He (from GTIIT), he is mainly engaged in the field of gas membrane separation.
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