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PI: Ankun Yang
Academic Training
- 2016-2019, Post-doctoral Research, Stanford University
- 2016, Ph.D., Northwestern University
- 2008, 2011, B.S., M.S., Tsinghua University
Selected Honors and Awards
- 2026, Discovery & Innovation Grant (DIG), Oakland University
- 2025, Outstanding Junior Investigator, Oakland University
- 2025, Outstanding Faculty Award in Research, SECS
- 2025, New Investigator Research Excellence Award, Oakland University
- 2024, Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) Award, NSF
- 2024, ADVANCE Grant Proof of Concept Fund, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
- 2023, Research Seed Grant, School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS)
- 2022, Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- 2021, 2024, Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) Research Seed Grant
- 2021, 2023, 2025, University Research Committee Faculty Research Fellowship, Oakland University
- 2020, Intel IMO Division Award
- 2016, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad
- 2016, The John E. Hilliard Symposium Best Speaker Award, Northwestern University
- 2015, Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Award (GSA)
- 2015, International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) Outstanding Researcher Award
- 2015, International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) Honorable Mention
- 2012, 2013, 2014, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Fellowship, Northwestern University
- 2011, Outstanding Thesis Award, Tsinghua University, China
- 2009, Graduate Academic Excellence Scholarship, Tsinghua University, China
- 2008, Exceptional Undergraduate Award, Tsinghua University, China
- 2005, 2006, Academic Excellence Scholarship, Tsinghua University, China
Teaching and Mentoring
- Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) mentor, summer 2021, summer 2022, summer 2023
AERIM: AUTOMOTIVE AND ENERGY RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL MENTORSHIP
- ME 4545/5545 Fundamentals of Battery Storage Systems for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
- ME 5900/6650 Advanced Battery Materials
- ME 3700 Properties of Materials
- Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) mentor, 2015
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
Professional Activities
- Journal Reviewer for:
ACS Applied Energy Materials;
ACS Applied Nano Materials;
ACS Photonics;
Advanced Materials;
Advanced Materials Technologies;
Advanced Optical Materials;
Advanced Science;
Advances in Optics and Photonics
Angewandte Chemie;
Applied Optics;
Communications Physics (Nature Journal);
Frontiers of Materials Science;
Inorganic Chemistry;
Journal of Alloys and Compounds;
Journal of the American Ceramic Society;
Materials Today Nano;
Nano Letters;
Nanoscale;
Nano-Micro Letters;
Optics Express;
Optics Letters;
Photonics;
PhotoniX;
Small;
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
- Advisory Board: Photonics
- Reviewer: NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) 2021; DOE Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Merit Review 2021, 2022; DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) Review 2024.
- Guest editor: Photonics - Functional Nanophotonic Materials and Structures
- Faculty Advisor: The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Detroit Student Chapter
- Officer: The Electrochemical Society (ECS) Detroit Section
- Seminar Organizer: Battery Congress
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