




January 2026 – Successful thesis defence and celebration of Dr. Jaeyoung Hong


January 2026 – Farewell dinner for Dr. Oh and Dr. Chen





December 2025 – Ice skating at the Ice Arena!


December 2025 – Farewell dinner and final day with Dr. Junghyun Kim

November 2025 – Thanksgiving lunch with the group


November 2025 – Su group reunion at AIChE in Boston, MA. Left image (left to right): Dr. Chen, Dr. Vapnik, Dr. Medina, Dr. Jeon, Dr. Elbert, Dr. Kim, Ching-Hsiu, Dr. Kim, and Dr. Gokhale


October 2025 – Farewell dinner and final day with Dr. Shao-Wei Tsai


October 2025 – Su group members and collaborators on a bike tour in Chicago after the ECS Meeting. Left image (left to right): Prof. Oscar Nordness (Columbia University, New York), Prof. Karel Bouzek (University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) Prague), Prof. Su, Prof. Tomáš Bystroň (UCT, Prague), graduate student Ching-Yu, postdoc Dr. Schmitt, and Prof. Roman Kodým (UCT, Prague).


October 2025 – Su Group members at the 248th ECS Meeting in Chicago, IL.
Left image (left to right): Prof. Su, postdoctoral researcher Dr. Schmitt, and graduate student Ching-Yu.
Right image (left to right): Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Tsai, Prof. Rob Hillman (University of Leicester, UK), Dr. Schmitt, and Ching-Yu.

September 2025 – Farewell lunch for Riccardo


August 2025 – Su group at ice cream party and final day with Riccardo

August 2025 – Dr. Vapnik and Dr. Gokhale at ACS Fall 2025 in Washington, DC




August 2025 – Su group at the successful thesis defense of Dr. Riccardo Candeago



July 2025 – Su Group at a Monster Truck show



July 2025 – Su Group at the Champaign county fair





July 2025 – Su Group outing: farewell to Anaira & celebrating Dr. Elbert’s 10-Year PhD anniversary



June 2025 – Su Group at the rodeo

June 2025 – Su Group enjoys a kayaking adventure!

May 2025 – Prof. Su, postdoc Dr. Kim, and students Ching-Hsiu and Aderiyike at ECS, Montreal



May 2025 – Su group celebrates Anaira’s defense!



April 2025 – Su group outing (Farewell to Nayeong!)

April 2025 – Su group at the successful thesis defense of Dr. Nayeong Kim

March 2025 – Prof. Su, together with alumni Dr. Jeon and Prof. Medina, and Prof. Rob Hillman (University of Leicester, UK) at Pittcon in Boston

February 2025 – Su group outing (Farewell to Kihyun!)

August 2024 – Su group at the successful thesis defense of Dr. Jemin Jeon

May 2024 – Su group at the successful thesis defense of Dr. Paola Baldaguez Medina

February 2024 – Su group outing (Farewell to Jiho and Angela!)

November 2023 – Su group at the 2023 AIChE in Orlando

July 2023 – Su group celebrating the successful defense of Dr. Haley Vapnik



July 2023 – Su group participates in the 2023 Summer Chemical Engineering Camp (CURIE)!


July 2023 – Su group at the CDI&E in Taiwan! Congrats to Paola and Nayeong for poster and presentation awards!

June 2023 – Su group farewell BBQ for Prof. Fabio Galetto and his family!

June 2023 – Su group at the successful thesis defense of Dr. Raylin Chen

June 2023 – Su group celebrating the successful thesis defense of Dr. Stephen Cotty

May 2023 – Visit by Prof. Rob Hillman from U. of Leicester, UK


January 2023 – Su group outing to Triptych in Savoy!




August 2022 – Visit by Prof. Chia-Hung Hou and his group from NTU!









April 2022 – Su Group Outing at Arrowhead Lane



June 2021 – Group photos at Main Quad and RAL


June 2021 – The Su Group dinner!

May 2021 – Emmanuel’s graduation!

December 2019 – The Su Group 2019 end of year dinner!

The Su group at the quad!

Fall 2019 – Su group members join a team photo with GradUnited!

Summer 2019 – the group in front of RAL!

Summer 2019 – Su-group helps out with the ChBE WYSE camps!

Summer 2019 – visit from our collaborator Dr. Lokesh Padhye (U. Auckland)!

Summer 2019 – Bowling outing!

January 2019 – the OG group!