About Me

  • Polymer
    Semiconducting Polymer | Sustainable 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

Cyclic-Imine BDT Single-Component Photocatalysts

J. H. Son, K. Ai, J. Kim, Z. Feng (Co-first), R. Newman, Y. Lee, J. Han, M. H. Song, S. S. Jang, J. Y. Kim, J. R. Durrant, H. Y. Woo

Mater. Horiz. (Accepted)

Colored Waterborne Polyurethanes with Uracil–Azo Moieties

M. Kim, M. M. Rahman, S. H. Kwon, Z. Feng, N. Hsan, I. Hong, S. S. Jang, J. Koh

Prog. Org. Coatings 2025, 211, 109751

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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