Principal Investigator:
Hongtao Sun
Hongtao Sun is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, where he is also a co-hire of Materials Research Institute (MRI). Additionally, He is affiliated with the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering (IGDP) and Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy). Prior to his current position, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2014.
Dr. Sun's research lies at the intersection of energy science, functional materials, and advanced manufacturing. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals such as Science, Nature Reviews Materials, Nature Communications, and Nature Catalysis, with a total citation number over 9,000 and an h-index of 36.
Journal Recognition
2023– Young Star Editor, Nano Research
2023– Youth Editor, The Innovation (Cell Press)
2024– Youth Editor, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
2023– Academic Editor, International Journal of Energy Research
2022– Associate Editor, Frontiers in Energy Research
2023– Associate Editor, Frontiers in Materials
2024– Editorial Board Members, ACS Applied Nano Materials
2023– Editorial Board Members, MDPI Energies
2023– Editorial Board Members, Innovation Discovery
2023 Guest Editor, Frontiers in Energy Research
2023 Guest Editor, Frontiers in Materials
2023 Guest Editor, ACS Applied Nano Materials
Graduate Students
Bo Nie (M.S., Zhejiang University)
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2019 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Haoqing Yang (M.S., University of Florida)
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2020 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Zhongkun Zhao (M.S., University of Florida)
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2020 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Juchen Zhang (M.S., Cornell University)
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2020 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Linrui Duan (M.S., University of Akron)
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2021 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Yifang Ding (M.S., University of Akron)
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2022 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Ta-Wei Wang (M.S., UCLA)
Ph.D. Candidate, since 2023 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Chandan Gudi
M.S. student, since 2022 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Kamal Kanumuru
M.S. student, since 2022 Fall
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Anthony Ditizio
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Ethan Liebig
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Enrique Tello
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Sameep Ayinoor
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Youhanna Melaka
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering