About the PI

Education

• B.Eng. (2011), M.Phil. (2014), and Ph.D. (2018) 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 (UU), Sweden
• 2018.5–2021.4 Postdoctoral Researcher, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland

Grants

• 2024–2027 FFI project grant (SEK 3,300,000), “Online acoustic emission monitoring of electric vehicle battery health”, #2023-00990, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden (main PI)
• 2023 Young scientist grant (SEK 500,000), “Sound of gas evolution: an acoustic emission study of battery aging”, #23-372, ÅForsk Foundation, Sweden
• 2023–2026 Starting grant (SEK 4,000,000), “Electrode–electrolyte interphases in sustainable aqueous alkali-ion batteries”, #2022-03856, Swedish Research Council (VR), Sweden

Awards

• 2024 Bergstedt Prize, Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden
• 2024 Finalist award, Energy Lectureship (Early Career), Energy & Fuels Division, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2017 Chan Tak Kei & Wong Kwai Ying Best PG Award for Excellent Research, HKUST
• 2016 Overseas Research Awards, School of Engineering, HKUST

Beamtime

• 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 talk

1. International Conference Celebrating the 220th Anniversary of the First Theory of Electrolysis by Theodor von Grotthuss, Vilnius, Lithuania (05/06/2025).
2. American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall Meeting (Award symposium), Denver, USA (18/8/2024).
3. International Conference on Low Carbon Green Development, Changsha, China (20/10/2023).
4. European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (18/09/2023).
5. Octagon Bay International Innovation Forum, Yantai, China (06/08/2023).
6. NanoInnovation Conference, Rome, Italy (21/09/2022)

Invited departmental lecture, seminar, workshop

1. Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (15/11/2024).
2. Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Materials Informatics, Guangzhou, China (26/07/2024).
3. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, China (25/07/2024).
4. Battery Sweden (BASE) Annual Meeting, Uppsala University, Sweden (03/04/2024).
5. Structural Chemistry Programme, Uppsala University, Sweden (19/02/2024).
6. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, China (19/10/2023).
7. ESS Knowledge Day, AB Volvo, Gothenburg, Sweden (29/06/2023).
8. Stockholm Materials Hub (SMH) Workshop, Stockholm University, Sweden (25/05/2023).
9. Battery Pub (14/03/2023, virtual).
10. Laboratory “Chimie du Solide et de l’ Énergie”, Collège de France, France (20/12/2022).
11. Energy Institute, HKUST, HKSAR (10/11/2022).
12. School of Chemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR (10/11/2022).
13. School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, China (13/05/2021, virtual).
14. CRISMAT Laboratory, CNRS, France (08/12/2020, virtual).

University and Professional Service

• Steering committee member & UU representative, SENSE education program (coordinated by KTH)
• Organized biweekly laboratory meetings at the Structural Chemistry Program, UU (10–15 regular attendees)
• Organized weekly seminars at the Structural Chemistry Program, UU (50–70 regular attendees)
• Co-organized the Battery2030+ Third Annual Meeting at UU (2023.5)
• Co-organized the Battery2030+ First Young Scientist Event at UU (2022.6)
• Peer reviewer: Nature Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Science China Chemistry, Carbon Energy, Journal of Energy Storage, Materials Advances.
• JACS Au Early Career Advisory Board member (2024–2025)
• Board member and vice CEO, Metrilytics AB

Pedagogy and Leadership Development

• 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)
• TekNat faculty mentorship (one year)
• TUR faculty mentorship (one year)