Chien-Rung joined the Department of Chemical Engineering in 2023 and is co-advised by Prof. Betar Gallant in Mechanical Engineering and Prof. Martin Bazant in Chemical Engineering. She is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. She grew up in Taipei, Taiwan, and she received her BS in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In her undergrad, she studied the intermediates of electrochemical alkane transformation on transition metal surfaces under Prof. Marcel Schreier. She is interested in technology that can promote the transition to renewable energy and is currently studying the solid electrolyte interface of sodium-ion batteries. Her hobbies include photography, weightlifting, and playing jigsaw puzzles.