Dr. Hao Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Professional Profile
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Education
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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)
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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
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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
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chemical Engineering
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Dates: February 2024 – Present
- QS Ranking: 1
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MPLS Enterprise and Innovation Fellow
- University of Oxford
- Dates: February 2023 – February 2024
- Honors: No more than 5 scholars selected annually
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Inorganic Chemistry
- University of Oxford
- Dates: September 2022 – February 2024
- QS Ranking: 2
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Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Imperial College London
- Dates: October 2019 – December 2022
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PostDoc/Ph.D. Symposium Lead
- Imperial College London
- Dates: August 2019 – July 2021
Research Interests
Controllable Synthesis of Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterials
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- 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
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- (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
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- 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