Li Research Group
(est. July 2020)
Welcome to the Li Research Group at UCLA! We broadly pursue innovations in energy and environmental technologies. This goal requires designing unique materials that satisfy extraordinary demands. To make significant breakthroughs in these areas, advanced electron microscopy techniques (e.g. cryo-EM) will be developed to establish fundamental guiding principles for the design and synthesis of next-generation materials. More...
Open Positions:
We are looking for passionate and motivated graduate students and postdocs to join our team. More...
Recent News
12/22/22: It's a double feature! The Li group's first 2 papers are out today in Nature Energy and iScience! (Press Coverage: Phys org; WeChat News; UCLA)
12/1/22: Katelyn wins the prestigious Clare Boothe Luce Scholars program! Congrats Katelyn!
11/28/22: Yuzhang gives an invited seminar at UC Santa Cruz's Chemistry department.
6/8/22: Yuzhang helps present Vito Canuso with the Department of the TA Award for Vito's exemplary 108 TA service!
6/7/22: Li Group is awarded the DOE Early Career Award! [UCLA Newsroom][WeChat News]
5/31/22: Elizabeth and Brandan host an energy careers panel, with Grace serving on the panel. Aki and Yuzhang also attended.
5/27/22: Yuzhang serves as the Nanovation mentor for the Valencia High School team, who took home first place in the Nanovation competition!
5/23/22: Anaïs is accepted into REU Decarbonization Research Position at UCI. Congrats Anaïs!
5/4/22: Yuzhang receives the Professor of the Year Award recognized by ChemE's at UCLA at the AIChE End-of-Year Banquet!
5/3/22: Yuzhang gives guest lecture on battery technologies during Elizabeth's and Brandan's CH ENGR 88S seminar on energy.
4/28/22: Katelyn and Richik present their awesome coffeemaker designs at the ChIP Showcase. Way to go!
4/28/22: Congratulations to Bonnie and Jiayi for passing their PWE exam! Great work guys!
4/23/22: Braden's Chem-E Car team wins the AIChE Western Regional Conference competition! Yuzhang also served as a judge.
4/4/22: Elizabeth wins the prestigious NSF GRFP and announces her intent to attend Stanford MSE for her PhD. Best of luck Elizabeth!
3/30/22: Vanessa is accepted into University of Washington Clean Energy Institute internship. Congrats Vanessa!
3/30/22: Braden notes he will work at PPG in Philadelphia for his summer internship as part of the Primers program. Congrats Braden!
2/15/22: Aki is accepted into DOE SULI program under Dr. Wu Xu at PNNL. Congrats Aki!
2/15/22: Chongzhen and Xintong pass their candidacy exam. Congrats Chongzhen and Xintong!
1/31/22: Li Group is awarded the NSF CAREER Award!
1/25/22: Yuzhang gives a talk at Aionics Fortnightly
2021
11/16/21: Li Group wins the ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant!
11/16/21: Yuzhang named by Clarivate among world's most influential researchers for 2021 (UCLA News)
11/8/21: Elizabeth and Brandan present summer research at AIChE Annual Student Conference, and Elizabeth wins 1st Place in Mat. Sci. Division
10/13/21: Yuzhang gives Noble Fund Seminar talk through UCLA CNSI
8/26/21: Elizabeth, Aki, and Brandan are selected as Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) participants
07/19/21: Elizabeth, Aki, and Brandan land summer internships at Caltech, Stanford, and PNNL!
05/28/21: Brandan receives Tau Beta Pi Scholarship
05/06/21: Yuzhang featured in ORISE Success Stories
01/31/21: Yuzhang profiled by MIT Technology Review China
2020
12/16/20: Yuzhang's Q&A featured in Boelter Society newsletter
12/09/20: Yuzhang selected to Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Science (UCLA news)
11/23/20: Yuzhang named by Clarivate among world's most influential researchers for 2021 (UCLA news)
09/01/20: Yuzhang joins Aionics advisory board
07/01/20: The Li Group is established!