Embedded Files
Yuemei Ye Assistant Professor, Lehman College, CUNY
Faculty of CUNY Graduate Center Chemistry and Biochemistry Ph.D. programs
Education
Ph.D., Tongji University, Chemistry, 2017
BS, Wenzhou University, Material Science & Engineering, 2011
Previous Appointments
2022-2023: Research Scholar, Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering Department, North Carolina State University
2021-2022: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering Department, North Carolina State University
2019-2021: Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Washington
2018-2019: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Materials Science & Engineering Department and School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Current Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Ph.D. Students
Patrick Garana is a Fall 2024 Ph.D. student in the Chemistry Ph.D. Program at the CUNY Graduate Center, working in the YeEnvLab under the mentorship of Dr. Yuemei Ye since April 2025. His research focuses on developing advanced adsorbents and methods for PFAS removal and degradation.
Master Students
Taylor Frisch is a master’s student in the Biology-Chemistry program at Lehman College, co-mentored by Dr. Haiping Cheng and Dr. Yuemei Ye.
Current Undergraduate Students
Current Undergraduate Students
Kyana Donovan is a recent graduate of Lehman College, earning her B.S. in Biochemistry in fall 2024. She joined YeEnvLab in Spring 2024, where she contributed to the development of highly efficient and cost-effective adsorbents designed for the removal of short-chain PFAS from drinking water. Kyana currently works in the lab as a part-time technician. Beyond her scientific interests, Kyana is passionate about music and plays several instruments, including the violin, cello, saxophone, and piano. She also enjoys traveling, learning new languages, writing, and engaging in various forms of art.
Richerly Paulino (Department of Chemistry), Chemistry Investigation Course Student & Summer Volunteer, PFAS extraction from wheat and landfill leachate, 01, 2025- current.
Soraide Badia (Department of Chemistry), Chemistry Investigation Course Student & Summer Volunteer, hydrogel-based microbeads adsorbent preparation, 08, 2024-current.
Sumaiya Pathan (Lehman College, Biochemistry), Summer Volunteer, lysozyme activity test before and after being crosslinked onto natural polymers, 05,2025-current.
Alismeydis Bido Hernandez (Lehman College, Department of Chemistry), Summer Volunteer, PFAS extraction from wheat and landfill leachate, 05, 2025-current.
Martin Castro (Lehman College, Department of Chemistry), CUNY Transfer to STEM Student Success Summer Program, 05/2025-present (co-mentored by Professor Columba De La Parra in the Department of Chemistry at Lehman College)
Yesenia Barrera (Lehman College, Computer Science), CUNY Transfer to STEM Student Success program, 06/2024-08/2024 & 06/2025-present, studies on project of AI-powered project to extract, consolidate, and analyze PFAS concentration data from scientific literature (co-mentored by Professor Liang Zhao in the Department of Computer Science at Lehman College)
Visiting Students
Saki Morimoto (Toyohashi University), international visiting undergraduate student, 03/2024-05/2024
Izzy Escutia (University of San Francisco), NSF REU summer program undergraduate student, 06/2024-08/2024
Alumni
Graduate Students
Nabila Akita (CUNY Chemistry Ph.D. program), Ph.D. Rotation Student, worked on hydrogel adsorbent preparation for short-chain PFAS removal, 04/2025-07/2025
Iliana Vigil (CUNY Biochemistry Ph.D. program), Ph.D. Rotation Student, worked on chitosan modification with quaternary ammonium functional group, and co-authored in one of the group's published mini-review papers for the contribution of content drafting
Christina Mathew (CUNY Chemistry Ph.D. program), Ph.D. Rotation Student, worked on exploring the peptides microbeads preparation.
Britania Waters (CUNY Chemistry Ph.D. program), Ph.D. Rotation Student, worked on α-Zirconium Phosphate hydrogel synthesis.
Undergraduate Students
Sundus Shaker (Lehman College, Chemistry), lab volunteer, co-authored in one of the group's published mini-review paper for the contribution of table organization, 11/2024-03/2025
Genesis T. Fermin (NSF RISE undergraduate student), Lehman College, Chemistry, co-authored in one of the group's published mini-review paper for the contribution of content drafting- 09/2024-02/2025
Robin Difo (undergraduate student), Lehman College, Biochemistry, co-authored in one of the group's published mini-review paper for the contribution of helping review the paper - 09/2024-02/2025
Robert Rivera (Lehman College, Computer Science), CUNY Transfer to STEM Student Success (TS3) program, 06/2024-08/2024, studied on analyzed PFAS concentration data from scientific literature (co-mentored by Professor Liang Zhao in the Department of Computer Science at Lehman College)
Dewan Akter (undergraduate student), Lehman College, Chemistry - 09/2023-05/2024
Ashley Vargas (undergraduate student), Lehman College, Chemistry - 09/2023-01/2024
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse