Yang Zhao

Dr. Yang Zhao is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Western Ontario in 2018. Then, he had his postdoc training at Western and the Advanced Light Source of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2019-2020. Dr. Zhao’s research focuses on the development of advanced materials, interface engineering approaches and advanced characterization methods for energy storage and conversion devices. Dr. Zhao has published over 145 journal articles. He has been listed as the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2019-2022 (Stanford University Releases List). He serves as the symposium co-organizer/co-chair for the 2022 ACS Spring Meeting, 2023 ACS Fall Meeting, 2024 MRS Spring Meeting, 2025 MRS Spring Meeting and 2025 Pacificchem, etc.