People

Principal Investigator

Phone: 315.443.3918
Email: LLao02@syr.edu 
Office: 221A Link Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244

Lihong Lao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Lab/Center/ Institute affiliation

  • Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental Energy Systems
  • BioInspired Institute

Education

  • Ph.D., Cornell University
  • B.S., M.S., Zhejiang University

Experience

  • Postdoc, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Chemist, The Dow Chemical Company

Scholars and Students

Graduate Student

Baojie Dou
Ph.D. Student
(joined Fall 2025)

M.S., Sichuan University, China
B.S., Henan University of Technology, China
Hao Li
M.S. Student
(joined Spring 2025)

B.S., Qilu University of Technology, China
Noah Goldstein
M.S. Student
(joined Spring 2025)

B.S., Syracuse University
Michael Saksa
M.S. Student
(joined Spring 2025)

B.S., Syracuse University
Md Ibrahim Khalilullah
Graduate Intern
(joined Spring 2025)

M.S., Syracuse University
B.S., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Undergraduate Student

Jacob Matsuda
(joined Summer 2025)

Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering

Group Photo

8/2025