I am a Research Staff Scientist working with Dean Arun Majumdar at Stanford University, where I lead interfacial studies in energy technologies. My training and expertise are highly interdisciplinary. I earned my PhD in Materials Science (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the top-tier centers in the field of ionics and energy research) and conducted joint doctoral research at the Argonne National Laboratory (mentor: Dillon Fong). ​

My research centers on uncovering and controlling how ions, electrons, and other charge carriers—such as free radicals—interact with and move through functional materials, including solids and electrolytes, in electrochemical and catalytic systems. I aim to understand what causes these  materials and systems to degrade over time, and develop next-generation materials and technologies for energy, separation, and catalysis. My approach lies at the intersection of electrochemistry, atomic-level synthesis, engineering, and X-ray science. 

My three-pillar research program to advance electrochemical and catalytic systems, with a focus on energy conversion, critical materials separations, and the development of advanced characterizations to map far-from-equilibrium phenomena in both fields, is depicted in the schematic below.​​