Minghao Yu

WORK BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Minghao Yu, PI, research group leader at Technische Universität Dresden. He received his doctoral degree in Material Physics and Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University in June 2017. He joined Technische Universität Dresden as a postdoctoral researcher under the support of Humboldt Research Fellowship in November 2017. In March 2019, he was appointed as a research group leader of the Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at Technische Universität Dresden.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

• 11/2017-10/2019: Postdoctoral researcher (Humboldt Research Fellowship), Chair of Molecular Functional Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany


• 03/2019-today: Research group leader, Chair of Molecular Functional Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Development of novel organic and inorganic 2D layered materials.


• Development of advanced artificial interphases and electrolytes for next-generation batteries


• Fundamental charge and ion dynamics during electrochemical energy storage processes.


• Sustainable energy storage device fabrication, including supercapacitors, hybrid-ion capacitors, aqueous batteries, dual-ion batteries, and multivalent metal (Zn, Mg, Al) batteries.

JOURNAL REVIEWER

Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, Joule, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, Energy Storage Materials, Nano Energy, Small, Nanoscale, Scientific Reports, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, and so on.

FUNDING REVIEWER

• National Science Centre, Poland.


• Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization (MCID), Romanian.


• United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates.

JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

Molecules, Materials Futures, Battery Energy, EcoEnergy.

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITION

>120 publications, >19,000 citations, h-index of 68 (web of science, as of October 2023).

Full publication list: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=azLEIL4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

HONORS

• 2023  ERC Starting Grant (BattSkin)


• 2023  FMS2023 Young Researcher Award


• 2022  Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics)


• 2021  USERN prize in the field of Physical and Chemical Sciences


• 2021  EnSM Young Scientist Award


• 2021  Emerging Investigators - Journal of Materials Chemistry A


• 2021  Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics)


• 2020  Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics)


• 2019  Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics)


• 2018  Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics)


• 2017  Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdoctoral researchers