Dr. Hao Zhang, Inorganic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

Dr. Hao Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Materials Science
    • Imperial College London (QS Ranking: 6)
    • Dates: September 2019 – September 2022
    • Honors: Full Scholarship (one of only 15 recipients annually in China), John Matthey Ph.D. Prize (awarded to 2 students per year)
  • M.Eng. in Inorganic Chemistry

Nanjing University

Dates: September 2016 – July 2019

GPA: 86.3/100, Major GPA: 88.0/100, Ranking: 4/71, Recommended for Exemption

  • B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering
    • Henan Polytechnic University
    • Dates: September 2012 – July 2016
    • GPA: 88.1/100, Major GPA: 91.5/100, Ranking: 1/122

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chemical Engineering
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • Dates: February 2024 – Present
    • QS Ranking: 1
  • MPLS Enterprise and Innovation Fellow
    • University of Oxford
    • Dates: February 2023 – February 2024
    • Honors: No more than 5 scholars selected annually
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Inorganic Chemistry
    • University of Oxford
    • Dates: September 2022 – February 2024
    • QS Ranking: 2
  • Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Imperial College London
    • Dates: October 2019 – December 2022
  • PostDoc/Ph.D. Symposium Lead
    • Imperial College London
    • Dates: August 2019 – July 2021

Research Interests

Controllable Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterials
    • Metal-Organic Frameworks, Transition Metal Oxides/Nitrides/Carbides/Dichalcogenides/Phosphides, Layered Double Hydroxides, 3D Ordered Mesoscopic Assembly Structures
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage Devices
    • (Photo)electrocatalytic HER/OER/HOR/ORR, Water-Splitting, Fuel Cells, Flow Cells, Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, New-Type Secondary Batteries
Real-Time Monitoring of Electrocatalytic Active Sites
    • Structural and Chemical Composition Evolution of Reactive Centers, Mutual Interactions Between Active Sites and Reactants
Plasmonic Effects in Metal-Semiconductor Nanostructures

LSPR, SPP

Advanced In-Situ Characterization Techniques and Device Development

In-Situ STEM, In-Situ EELS, In-Situ SEIRAS, Operando XRD, Operando Raman, Synchronized XAS, Isotopic-Labeling EC–MS

Advanced Electrolyzers Design and Development

Flow Cell Electrolyzer, Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer

Notable Publication

Paper Title: Quantum simulation: Spin transport in a Mott insulator of ultracold fermions

Authors: Parvis Soltan-Panahi, Johann Struck, Paul Windpassinger, Andrea Alberti, Eckhard Haller, Michael Weitz, Klaus Sengstock
Journal: Nature Physics
Year: 2012

Paper Title: Strictly nonclassical behavior of a mesoscopic system

Authors: Markus Aspelmeyer, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Florian Marquardt
Journal: Reviews of Modern Physics
Year: 2014

Paper Title:Observation of spatial charge and spin correlations in the 2D Fermi-Hubbard model

Authors: Lawrence W. Cheuk, Michael A. Nichols, Melih Okan, Thomas Gersdorf, Robert V. Petersen, Edward Khatami, Nandini Trivedi, Tracy A. Vartak, Martin Zwierlein
Journal: Science
Year: 2016

Paper Title: Entanglement with negative Wigner function of three thousand atoms heralded by one photon

Authors: Matteo Fadel, Thomas Zibold, Bernd Treutlein, Peter Treutlein, Philipp Treutlein
Journal: Nature Communications
Year: 2018

Paper Title: Observation of 2D Fermionic Mott Insulators of K 40 with Single-Site Resolution

Authors:  Marc A. Nichols, Lawrence W. Cheuk, Melih Okan, Thomas Gersdorf, Robert V. Petersen, Tracy A. Vartak, Martin Zwierlein
Journal: Physical Review Letters
Year: 2016

Dr. Hao Zhang, Inorganic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award