PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR

Dr. Liangbing (Bing) Hu
Professor, University of Maryland
Director, Center for Advanced Paper and Textiles
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2019-present
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2016-2019
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Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEII) - University of Maryland
Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Energy Research Center - University of Maryland
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2011-2016
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Energy Research Center - University of Maryland
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2009-2011
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Materials Science and Engineering - Stanford University
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2006-2009
Founding Research Scientist
Unidym Inc.
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2002-2007
Ph.D in Condensed Matter Physics
University of California, Los Angeles
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1997-2002
B.S. in Physics
University of Scienece and Technology of China
COORDINATOR

Annette B. Mateus
1206 Engineering Lab Building
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2115
Phone: 301.405.4799
Email:
Fax: 301.314.8514
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Amy Gong
Research Associate
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, 2011
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Solid state hybrid batteries
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Chengwei Wang
Assistant Research Scientist
Ph.D. Arizona State University, 2015
Solid state batteries and nanoionic devices

Yilin Wang
Assistant Research Scientist
Ph.D. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011
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Two-dimensional materials

Kun (Kelvin) Fu
Assistant Research Scientist
Ph.D. North Carolina State University, 2014
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Energy storage,wearable electronics, smart textiles

Yubing Zhou
Research Associate
Ph.D. Peking University, 2016
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Nanocellulose

Shaomao Xu
Research Associate
Ph.D. Cornell University, 2016
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Solid state battery systems

Chun-peng Yang
Research Associate
Ph.D. Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Energy storage

Tian Li
Research Associate
Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, 2015
Nanomaterials for energy and flexible electronics
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Chaoji Chen
Research Associate
Ph.D. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Alexandra Brozena
Postdoc/ Scientist
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Maryland, 2013
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Carbon nanomaterials, Atomic layer deposition, Science writing
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Shuaiming He
Research Associate
Ph.D candidate at South China University of Technology
Nature-inspired advanced materials
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GRADUATE STUDENTS

Jiaqi Dai
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2013
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Solid-state energy storage and scientific visualizations
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Steven Lacey
B.S., M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, 2014, 2017
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Low Dimensional Materials, Energy Storage, Additive Manufacturing, High Temperature Synthesis, Nanomanufacturing
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Emily Hitz
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, 2015
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Energy storage

Yonggang Yao
B.S., M.S. Xi'an Jiaotong University
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High Temperature Nanomanufacturing
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Glenn Pastel
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, 2014
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Flexible battery architectures and solid-state electrolyte
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Marcus Carter
B.S. Frostburg State College
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Nanomaterials
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Hua Xie
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2011
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2014
Diplôme d'Ingénieur Français
Years’ working experience in industry (Volkswagen)
Ceramics, energy storage and High-energy nanomanufacturing
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Boyang Liu
B.E. Optical Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2014
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Energy storage
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Douglas Henderson
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2013
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Energy and nanomaterials

Yanbin Wang
M.E. Materials Science and Engineering, 2016
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2D materials and nano mechanics

Iain Kierzewski
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, 2011

Alan Murphy
Master student
University of Maryland, College Park
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Dylan Kirsch
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, 2018
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Energy storage
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VISITING GRADUATE STUDENTS

Ruiyu Mi
Ph.D. student at China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
B.S China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 2014
Optical materials and transparent wood

Miaolun Jiao

Xue Liu
Ph.D. student Wuhan University of Technology
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B.S. Wuhan University of Technology, 2014
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Lithium batteries, Carbon nanomaterials

Gegu Chen
Ph.D. student at Beijing Forestry University
B.S. University of Jinan, 2012
Cellulose based materials

Weiwei Ping
Ph.D student at Xi'an Jiaotong University
B.S. Huanghuai University, 2012
Battery

Wentao Gan
Ph.D. student at Northeast Forestry University
B.S. Northeast Forestry University, 2014
Wood science and technology
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Spencer Kronthal
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
3D printing

Evan Winter
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
3D printing

Nick Williams
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
High temperature roll-to-roll setup
GROUP ALUMNI
Weiqing Kong
Zhengyang Wang
Wei Liu
Fujun Xu
Feng Jiang
He Liu
Yongfeng Li
Xu Xu
Wei Luo
Yiju Li
Ying Zhang
Sha Wang
Ting Gao
Chao Jia
Valencia Danner
Joe Morgenstern
Aijiang Lu
Yangang Wang
Caroline Leng
Huiyu Song
Mingwei Zhu
Yanan Chen
Jiayu Wan
Gemima Muteba
Leatrice Bulls
Arial Zhang
Zhen Liu
Yibo Wang
Xiaogang Han
Fang Zhang
Qing Zhang
Jinsong Tao
Wenzhong Bao
Feng Gu
Hongli Zhu
Fei Shen
Bin Zhao
Lihui Zhou
Hongbian Li
Colin Preston
Amine Oueslati
Yuanyuan Li
Zhiqiang Fang
Jingjing Wang
Chrysantus Bandon-Bibum II
Kathleen Rohrbach
Seongwoo Lee
Kari McPartland
Sepideh Parvinian
Yonglin Liu
Zhongzheng Wu
Longinus Ahamotu
Julia Andreason
Matthew Deng
Nick Weadock
Aisha Khan
Rebecca Baier
Heqin Li
Chris Pellegrinelli
Oeyvind Vaaland
Alex Chong Chung
Sabrina Wanys
Vinayak Sachidananda
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Department of Wood Science, University of British Colombia, Canada
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