Hello, my name is Gang Wan (he/him); I am a Physical Science Research Scientist working with Prof. Arun Majumdar at Stanford University.

Prior to my current role, I completed my postdoctoral trainings with Arun Majumdar at Stanford and with Piero Pianetta at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory / Stanford University. I obtained my PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry mentored by Dillon D. Fong at Argonne National Laboratory's Materials Science Division in Illinois.

Over all, I am dedicated to probing nature and developing impactful energy and climate mitigation technologies. The central question that unifies my research endeavors is: How directed ion transport impacts material properties and chemical processes in energy science.

Toward this goal, I study and advance electrochemistry and catalysis through the lens of the physical chemistry of solids, ion transport, and x-ray science. 

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I have published in some of the most prestigious journals, including Science, Nature Catalysis, Science Advances, and Nature Communications, as well as professional journals (e.g., Advanced Materials, Physical Review Letters, and Chemistry of Materials). I am fortunate to have had my studies extensively highlighted by other institutions and media.

Specifically, my four key contributions in interdisciplinary research include:

1. Discovering how oxide hydrogenation occurs in batteries, correcting thirty years of conventional models of cathode self-discharge (Science, 2024);

2. Revealing how crystalline-to-amorphous transition occurs in perovskite oxides  electrocatalysts, revising the traditional principles of materials design for electrosynthesis (Science Advances, 2021);

3. Demonstrating unique opportunities for directing ion migrations on supported materials, transforming active sites to improve methane removal (Nature Catalysis, 2023);

4. Unlocking a cooperative mechanism by which distinct active species work in concert to accelerate methane oxidation (In Revision)​