People

Members of the Advanced Ceramics Laboratory.

Principal Investigator

Professor WANG John

Professor WANG John

Professor Wang leads the Advanced Ceramics Laboratory in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Ceramics from the University of Leeds, awarded in 1987, and serves as Director of the NUS Research Institute in Chongqing since 2023. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore, a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in the United Kingdom, and an Academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials. Clarivate names him a Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and in the Cross-Field category in 2020.

Research Staff

WANG Fei

WANG Fei

Research Fellow

B.Eng. and Ph.D., Hunan University

feiwang@nus.edu.sg

Full profile

His research focuses on the design and electrochemical mechanisms of carbon-based anodes for alkali-ion batteries. He has published over 43 peer-reviewed papers, including first-author works in JACS, Advanced Materials, EES, AEM, and AFM, and has received two National Scholarships, the Baosteel Scholarship, and university-level honors.

TANG Hong

TANG Hong

Research Fellow

M.Sc., Sichuan University; Ph.D., Kyoto University

tang_95@nus.edu.sg

Research interests

  • Electrocatalysis for HER/OER
  • Single-atom catalysts
  • Lithium storage in lithium-ion batteries
  • Lithium-sulfur batteries
CAO Qinghe

CAO Qinghe

Research Fellow

Ph.D., Northwestern Polytechnical University

qh.cao@nus.edu.sg

Research interests

  • Electrochemical energy storage
  • Flexible zinc-ion batteries
  • Solid-state lithium batteries

Graduate Students

HUANG Qilin

HUANG Qilin

Ph.D. Graduate Student

M.Sc., National University of Singapore

e0816422@u.nus.edu

Research interests

  • Energy storage and conversion
  • MOF derived materials
  • 3D printing
WANG Xingyang

WANG Xingyang

Ph.D. Graduate Student

M.Eng., National University of Singapore (2023)

e1011145@u.nus.edu

Thesis

Lithium sulfur batteries of high cycling ability

Research interests

  • Energy storage and conversion
  • Battery materials
  • Electrocatalysis
TING Kien Juen, Lewis

TING Kien Juen, Lewis

Ph.D. Graduate Student

M.Eng., National University of Singapore (2023)

lewis.ting@u.nus.edu

Thesis

Metal organic frameworks for energy applications

Research interests

  • Flexible energy storage
  • Battery materials
JI Zhenwei

JI Zhenwei

Ph.D. Graduate Student

B.Eng., Harbin Institute of Technology

e1353416@u.nus.edu

Thesis

New generation solid state batteries and energy storage

CUI Junyi

CUI Junyi

Ph.D. Graduate Student

M.Sc., National University of Singapore

e1350341@u.nus.edu

Thesis

Solid state batteries of high energy density and long cycling

PENG Jiaqi

PENG Jiaqi

Ph.D. Graduate Student

M.Sc., National University of Singapore

e1349668@u.nus.edu

Thesis

New generation batteries for sustainable energy

QI Xinyu

QI Xinyu

Ph.D. Graduate Student

M.Sc., National University of Singapore

qixy_777@163.com

Former Staff

  • WANG Haimei, Research Fellow, joined 2022
  • ZHAO Qi, Research Fellow, joined 2022
  • LIU Binbin, Research Fellow, 2023–2024
  • SUN Jianguo, Research Fellow, 2021–2024
  • CHONG Yan Meng, Research Assistant, 2020–2023
  • LIU Ximeng, Research Fellow, 2020–2023
  • MULLANGI Dinesh, Research Fellow, 2019–2022
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Johns Hopkins University, USA
  • PAN Zhenghui, Research Fellow, 2017–2022
    Professor, Tongji University, China
  • GU Qilin, Research Fellow, 2017–2021
    Professor, Nanjing Tech University, China
  • KOTOBUKI Masashi, Senior Research Fellow, 2019–2021
    Professor, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan
  • KOU Zongkui, Research Fellow, 2017–2021
    Professor, Wuhan University of Technology, China
  • LYU Zhiyang, Research Fellow, 2017–2019
    Associate Professor, Southeast University, China
  • GUAN Cao, Research Fellow, 2014–2018
    Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
  • WANG Zhao, Visiting Scholar, 2019–2020
    Professor, Hubei University, China
  • NIE Guangdi, Visiting Scholar, 2019–2020
    Associate Professor, Qingdao University, China
  • GAO Xiaorui, Visiting Scholar, 2018–2020
    Professor, Changshu Institute of Technology, China
  • ZHANG Zhixiao, Visiting Scholar, 2018–2020
    Associate Professor, Hebei University of Engineering, China
  • ZHANG Yifu, Visiting Scholar, 2018–2019
    Associate Professor, Dalian University of Technology, China
  • ZHANG Youfeng, Visiting Scholar, 2018–2019
    Associate Professor, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, China
  • LI Songzhan, Visiting Scholar, 2017–2018
    Associate Professor, Wuhan Institute of Technology, China
  • CHEN Hao, Visiting Scholar, 2017–2018
    Associate Professor, Zhejiang A&F University, China

Former Students

  • GAO Yulin, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2021–2026
  • KIRK Chin Ho, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2020–2025
  • KOH Tuck Foong, Ph.D. Graduate Student, until 2024
  • LIU Weihao, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2021–2026
  • WANG Junhui, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2019–2024
  • WANG Tuo, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2021–2026
  • WAQAR Moaz, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2018–2022
    Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore
  • ZHAO Zhenyu, M.Eng. Graduate Student, 2020–2021
    Chongqing University, China
  • ZHANG Lei, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2017–2021
    Product Engineer, Huawei, China
  • MA Yuanyuan, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2016–2020
    Research Fellow, New York University, USA
  • LI Xin, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2016–2020
    Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • LIU Ximeng, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2016–2020
    Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • ZHANG Hong, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2015–2019
    Research Fellow, Tianjin Univeristy, China
  • ELSHAHAWY Abdelnaby, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2014–2018
    Lecturer, Assuit Univeristy, Egypt
  • FAN Zhen, Ph.D. Graduate Student, 2011–2015
    Professor, South China Normal University, China
  • WANG Ruoyu, M.Eng. Graduate Student, 2018–2020
    Ph.D. Student, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • JIANG Hanmei, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2021–2022
  • LIU Binbin, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2021–2022
  • JIANG Jiangmin, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2019–2020
  • YAN Jing, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2019–2020
  • ZHANG Xianrong, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2019–2020
  • YIANG Piaoyun, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2019–2020
    Ph.D. Student, Hubei University, China
  • CHEN Qiang, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2019–2020
    Ph.D. Student, Wuhan University of Technology, China
  • PANG Yajun, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2018–2020
    Assistant Professor, Zhejiang A&F University, China
  • WANG Zhongyang, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2018–2020
    Research Fellow, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • ZHENG Ting, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2018–2019
    Research Fellow, Sichuan University, China
  • YE Guoyang, Ph.D. Exchange Student
    Ph.D. Candidate, University of Birmingham, UK
  • GU Qilin, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2016–2016
    Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • ZANG Wenjie, Ph.D. Exchange Student, 2017–2020
    Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • CHENG Yueyushan, Undergraduate Exchange Student, 2019–2020
    Ph.D. Student, Tsinghua University, China