About the PI

Degrees

• Docent (2025) in Chemistry with Specialization in Materials Chemistry, Uppsala University (UU)
• Ph.D. (2018), M.Phil. (2014), and B.Eng. (2011) in Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
• Collège de France (Ph.D. co-supervision, 2014–2018)
• Ph.D. supervisors: Prof. Guohua Chen, Prof. Jean-Marie Tarascon, Prof. Minhua Shao

Employment

• 2023.6– Assistant Professor/Associate Senior Lecturer, Uppsala University, Sweden
• 2021.5–2023.5 Postdoctoral Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden
• 2018.5–2021.4 Postdoctoral Researcher, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland

Grants

• 2025–2030 Future Research Leaders (FFL-9) Grant (15 MSEK), “High-energy anode-free batteries,” FFL24-0190, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), Sweden
• 2025–2028 Göran Gustafsson Young Researcher Grant (3.75 MSEK), “Electro-chemo-mechanics of solid-state batteries,” #2533, Göran Gustafsson Foundation (UU/KTH), Sweden
• 2024–2028 FFI project grant (3.3 MSEK), “Online acoustic emission monitoring of electric vehicle battery health,” #2023-00990, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden (main PI)
• 2023 Young scientist grant (0.5 MSEK), “Sound of gas evolution: an acoustic emission study of battery aging,” #23-372, ÅForsk Foundation, Sweden

• 2023–2027 Starting grant (4 MSEK), “Electrode–electrolyte interphases in sustainable aqueous alkali-ion batteries,” #2022-03856, Swedish Research Council (VR), Sweden

• 2025 Young professional travel grant (Battery Division), Electrochemical Society (ECS)
• 2025 Travel grant, Uppsala University, Sweden
• 2024 Travel grant, Uppsala University, Sweden
• 2015 Travel grant, University Grants Committee, HKSAR
• 2014 Travel grant, University Grants Committee, HKSAR
• 2011 Student conference grant, Research Grants Council, HKSAR

Awards

• 2025 Future Research Leader, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Sweden
• 2025 Promising Early Career Scientists, Materials Today Energy
• 2025 Göran Gustafsson Large Prize for Young Researchers, Göran Gustafsson Foundation (UU/KTH), Sweden
• 2025 Rising Star in Materials Science, ACS Materials Au, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2024 Bergstedt Prize, Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden
• 2024 Finalist, inaugural Energy Lectureship (Early Career), ACS
• 2017 Chan Tak Kei & Wong Kwai Ying Best PG Award for Excellent Research, HKUST
• 2016 Overseas Research Awards, School of Engineering, HKUST
• 2021 Gold Award, President’s Cup, HKUST

Beamtime

• 2025 Balder beamtime (24 shifts), #20250598, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden
• 2025 DanMAX beamtime (24 shifts), #20250597, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden
• 2025 DanMAX beamtime (6 shifts), #20250967, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden
• 2024 Balder beamline (18 shifts), #20240472, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden
• 2024 DanMAX beamline (18 shifts), #20240474, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden
• 2023 DanMAX beamline (18 shifts), #20230319, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden
• 2017 ROCK beamline (15 shifts), #20170157, Synchrotron SOLEIL, France
• 2017 11-ID-B beamline (0.5 shifts), #RA-GUP-54483, Advanced Photon Source, USA

Invited Talks

Invited conference talks

1. 248^th ECS Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA (12/10/2025).
2. Applied Materials & Interfaces Conference 2025, Singapore (04/07/2025).
3. International Conference Celebrating the 220^th Anniversary of the First Theory of Electrolysis by Theodor von Grotthuss, Vilnius, Lithuania (05/06/2025).
4. International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application: Energy Materials and Magnetic Materials, Hefei, China (21/12/2024, virtual).
5. American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Meeting (Award symposium), Denver, USA (18/8/2024).
6. International Conference on Low Carbon Green Development, Changsha, China (20/10/2023).
7. European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (18/09/2023).
8. Octagon Bay International Innovation Forum, Yantai, China (06/08/2023).
9. NanoInnovation Conference, Rome, Italy (21/09/2022)

Invited departmental lectures, seminars, workshops

1. Swedish Electric Transport Laboratory (SEEL), Gothenburg, Sweden (23/09/2025).
2. Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, China (21/07/2025).
3. Sustainable Energy and Environment Thrust, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China (30/06/2025).
4. Scientific Frontier Seminar, Research Cloud online platform, China (10/06/2025, virtual).
5. Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, Dresden University of Technology, Germany (14/05/2025).
6. Research Center MAIN, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany (12/05/2025).
7. MAX IV Battery Matrix Workshop, MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden (19/03/2025).
8. L(a)unch Seminar, Berlin Technology Center, Germany (10/12/2024, virtual).
9. Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (15/11/2024).
10. Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Materials Informatics, Guangzhou, China (26/07/2024).
11. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, China (25/07/2024).
12. Battery Sweden (BASE) Annual Meeting, Uppsala University, Sweden (03/04/2024).
13. Structural Chemistry Programme, Uppsala University, Sweden (19/02/2024).
14. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, China (19/10/2023).
15. ESS Knowledge Day, AB Volvo, Gothenburg, Sweden (29/06/2023).
16. Stockholm Materials Hub (SMH) Workshop, Stockholm University, Sweden (25/05/2023).
17. Battery Pub (14/03/2023, virtual).
18. Laboratory “Chimie du Solide et de l’ Énergie”, Collège de France, France (20/12/2022).
19. Energy Institute, HKUST, HKSAR (10/11/2022).
20. School of Chemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR (10/11/2022).
21. School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, China (13/05/2021, virtual).
22. CRISMAT Laboratory, CNRS, France (08/12/2020, virtual).

University and Professional Service

• PhD examination committee, Uppsala University (2025), Chemnitz University of Technology (2025), Tongji University (2025)
• Teacher representative in the Program Board of the Master’s Program in Battery Technology and Energy Storage, UU (since 2025)
• Steering Committee member, SENSE MSc program, EIT InnoEnergy (since 2023)
• Organized biweekly laboratory meetings at the Structural Chemistry Program, UU (10–15 regular attendees)
• Organized weekly Ångström Battery Monday Seminar series, UU (50–70 regular attendees)
• Co-organized the Battery2030+ 1st Young Scientist Event (2022.6) and the 3rd Annual Meeting (2023.5)
• JACS Au Early Career Advisory Board member (2024–2025, 2025–2026)
• Board member and vice CEO, Metrilytics AB (spin-off company commercializing operando gas analysis)
• Peer reviewer: ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Energy Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Applied Energy, Batteries & Supercaps, Carbon Energy, ChemElectroChem, Chemical Engineering Journal, ChemSusChem, Digital Discovery, Energy Storage Materials, Ionics, Joule, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Journal of Energy Storage, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Power Sources, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Materials Advances, Materials Today, Materials Today Energy, Nano Energy, Nature Communications, Nature Nanotechnology, Science China Chemistry, Scripta Materialia, & Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

Pedagogy and Leadership Development

• SSF Future Research Leaders (five-year research & leadership training program)
• Science Diplomacy Academy, SKERIC (two-year Sweden–Korea academic leadership program)
• Curious about Leadership (two-day leadership training)
• Course Development Course (two-week pedagogic training)
• Supervising Doctoral Students (three-week pedagogic training)
• Academic Teacher Training (five-week pedagogic training)
• Supervising Student Presentations (2.5-day pedagogic training)
• TekNat Faculty Mentorship (one year)
• TUR Assistant Professor Mentorship (one year)