Dr. 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
02/2024-today: TUD Young Investigator, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

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

FUNDING REVIEWER

National Science Centre, Poland.
Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization (MCID), Romanian.
Israel Science Foundation, Israel.
United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates.

JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER

Molecules, Materials Futures, Battery Energy, EcoEnergy.

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITION

>130 publications, >21,100 citations, h-index of 72 (web of science, as of August 2024).

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

HONORS

2024 TUD Young Investigator
2023 Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics)
2023 Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe
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