About Me

  • Polymer
    Semiconducting Polymer | Commodity Polymer | Amphiphilic Copolymer
  • AI
    Machine Learning | Reinforcement Learning
  • Theory
    Debye Scattering | PRISM Theory | Flory-Huggins Theory
  • Simulation
    Density Functional Theory | Force Field Development | Molecular Dynamics |
  • Active
    Python | HTML
  • Used
    R | SQL | JavaScript & D3 | CSS | Spark | Flask
  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering [Minor: Data Science]
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • M.S. in Chemical Engineering [Focus: Machine Learning]
    Cornell University
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering & B.A. in Chemistry
    University at Buffalo, SUNY
  • College Student Association
    Chair
  • College Electrical Band (Aurora)
    Leader

Publications

Mixed-Halide Low-Dimensional Perovskites

M. Guaita, R. Szostak, F. da Silva, Z. Feng, L. Scalon, V. Teixeira, T. Kodalle, C. Sutter-Fella, S. S. Jang, H. Tolentino, A. Nogueira

Solar RRL 2025, 9, 14

A ML Closure for Polymer Integral Equation Theory

Z. Feng, C. T. Randolph, T. Martin, T. E. Gartner III

Peer-reviewed by NIST 2025

ML-screening of Antibiofilm Amphiphilic Copolymers

Z. Feng, Y. Cheng, A. Khlyustova, A. Wani, T. Franklin, J. D. Varner, A. L. Hook, R. Yang

Adv. Mater. Technol. 2023, 8, 13

r-HGO Separation Membranes

X. Chen, Z. Feng, J. Gohil, C. M. Stafford, N. Dai, L. Huang, H. Lin

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 1387
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Presentations/Conferences

    2025 17th International Conference on Organic Electronics, Coimbra, Portugal
    Session: Poster Session (July 7th)
    Title: Insights into structural behaviors of conjugated polymers with side-chain functionalization: insights from multiscale modeling
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    2024 American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Denver, Co, USA
    Session: Chemistry and Physics of Polymer Interlayers for Solar Cells (August 18th)
    Title: Unraveling the influence of side chain architectures on semiconducting polymer assembly: Insights from multiscale modeling
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    2024 GT Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Spring Workshop, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Session: COPE Poster Session (April 4th)
    Title: Investigating the effect of sidechains on self-assembly of semiconducting polymer using a multiscale modeling approach (Best Poster Award)
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    2024 American Physical Society Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    Session: Surfaces, Interfaces, Thin Films, and Coatings (March 6th)
    Title: Investigating the effect of sidechains on self-assembly of semiconducting polymer using a multiscale modeling approach
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    2023 GT 9th Annual Research Symposium, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Session: SPN Poster Session (April 7th)
    Title: Development of a machine learning-based closure relation for polymer integral equation theory (Runner-up Award)
    2023 American Physical Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NE, USA
    Session: Poster Session II (March 8th)
    Title: Development of a machine learning-based closure relation for polymer integral equation theory
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    2021 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA
    Session: Applications of Data Science to High Throughput Experimentation (November 8th)
    Title: Virtual high-throughput screening of vapor-deposited amphiphilic polymers for biofilm reduction with machine/deep learning
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    2019 North American Membrane Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Session: Undergraduate Travel Award Ceremony (May 14th)
    Title: Reduced-holy graphene oxide(r-HGO) membranes with enhanced water permeance for water purification
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