Professional History:
2019-present, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, CU Boulder, Boulder, CO.
2018-2019, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Virginia, VA.
2018-2019 Joint appointment, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2017-2019, Senior Scientist (V), Principle Investigator, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado;
2014-2017, Senior Scientist (IV), Principle Investigator, NREL, CO
2011-2014, Scientist (III), Principle Investigator, NREL, CO.
2008-2011, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, NREL, CO.
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, State University of New York, Binghamton, 2008
MS, Electrochemistry, Tianjin University, China, 2003
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 2000
Education Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA (2018) B.E.in Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, SC, PRC Research Focus: Chrage transport in conjugated polymer and nanosturecutres, electronic structure of organic molecules, stability and reactivity of radicals, redox flow batteries, organic thermoelectrtrics and photovoltaics.
Education: Ph.D. in Material Science, Nankai University, China, 2021 M. E. in Material Engineering, Nankai University, China, 2018 B. E. in Polymer Material and Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, China, 2015 Research Focus: Solid electrolyte for high-energy solid-state batteries.
Research Scientist at Albemarle Corp
Education
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Colorado Boulder (August 2019- Jan 2020)
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Kentucky (2019)
M.S.E. in Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University (2015)
B.E. in Chemistry of Materials, Central South University (2012)
Education:
Ph.D., Applied Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 2017
Master, Physical Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013
Bachelor, Materials Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 2010
Professional experiences:
Battery Cell Engineer, Rivian, 2020-present
Cell design engineer, A123 Systems, 2019-2020
Postdoctoral researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2017 – 2019
Graduate researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2016 - 2017
Simon Hafner
SimonHafner - Class of 2019, BS-MS concurrent, Mechanical Engineering
Simon began working in Dr. Se-Hee Lee's Electrochemical Energy Lab in 2014 and joined NREL under the direction of Dr. Ban as a graduate student beginning in 2017. In his two years at NREL, he worked under the co-advisement of Dr. Lee and Dr. Ban on joint CU Boulder and NREL projects including anodes surface coatings, solid-state sulfide-based electrolytes, and fabrication methods for all-solid-state batteries. Simon received two Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Grants as an undergraduate, and during his two years in graduate school, the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute funded his research. Simon was named Outstanding Graduate for Research in the College of Engineering and Applied Science and is currently working at Tesla in Palo Alto, CA. Outside of research, Simon was a Boettcher Scholar, member of the CU Club Taekwondo team, and remains an avid cyclist.
Wei Zhang
Education:
Postdoctoral Research: Brown University,Providence, RI (2022)
Postdoctoral Research: Brown University,Providence, RI (2019)
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, GPA3.7 (2016)
MS, Materials Science and Engineering,HuazhongUniversity of Sci. & Tech.,P.R. China, (2012)
Bachelor, HuazhongUniversity of Sci. & Tech., P.R. China (2008)
