2024/03 Happy International Women's Day! Our recent paper has been selected for the collection "Women in Canadian Chemistry"  and the Blog "Reflections from women in Canadian chemistry" with Dr. Li's short interview.

2024/03 Ameer got the second prize at the student competition "Se mobiliser pour la transition énergétique du Québec," hosted by the Association québécoise de la production d'énergie renouvelable (AQPER) in partnership with the Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP). Big Congratulations!  Link

2024/02 Dr. Li's recent interview by The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/article-concordia-university-launches-volt-age-program-to-accelerate-research/. 

2024/02 Our research project has been awarded seed grant funding by Volt-Age at Concordia University under the CFREF program! 

2023/12 Natalia got the Presentation Award at the QCAM Student Symposium. Big Congratulations! 

2023/12 Ameer got the 2nd Prize in the QCAM science video competition entitled “Inside the laboratory”. Big Congratulations!

2023/11 Qihang and Zhao are working on Canadian Light Source! Thank you Dr. Ning Chen and Dr. Sixu Deng's great support! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/canlightsource_onthebeamlines-batteries-evs-activity-7140827987679113216-kFZ2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

2023/11 Dr. Li was invited to CSChE2023, Calgary. Thank you, Dr. Xiaolei Wang and Dr. Ge Li's invitation!

2023/10 Congratulations to Qihang got the "Canadian Light Source Student Travel Award"!

2023/09 Welcome Natalia to join our group!

2023/06 Dr. Li and Dr. Shuhui Sun were awarded the QCAM Collaborative Grant! Thank you QCAM for the great support! 

2023/06 Dr. Changhong Cao and Dr. Li were awarded the QCAM Collaborative Grant! Thank you QCAM for the support!

2023/04 Dr. John Oh, Dr. Xia Li and Dr. Gilles Peslherbe were awarded the FRQNT-TEAM Grant! 

2023/04 Dr. Yixiang Wang, Dr. Li, and Dr. T-K Sham were awarded NSERC-FRQNT NOVA Grant! 

2023/03 Congratulations Anna passed her first committee meeting. Big Milestone!

2023/02 Congratulations Zhao's paper was published in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry as an Award Lecture Paper!

2022/10 Dr. Li gave an invited talk at the Symposium 2022 - Hydro‑Québec’s Center of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage. Thanks for the invitation from Dr. Jean-Christophe Daigle. 

2022/10 Dr. Li was awarded the "Concordia Team grant" with Dr. John Oh and Dr. Gilles Peslherbe together. Thanks for the great support for our collaboration. 

2022/09 Congratulations Ali and Ameer got the "Split Concordia University Doctoral Fellowship" 

2022/09 Welcome Ali Yahtin and Anna Thinphang-nga join our group!

2022/09 Congratulations Qihang and Zhao both passed their PhD comprehensive exam smoothly! Now you are the PhD candidates!

2022/07  Dr. Xia Li was awarded the Concordia University Research Chair-New Scholar. Big Congrats!

2022/05 Our recent review paper "Regulating liquid and solid-state electrolytes for solid-phase conversion in Li–S batteries" is published in CHEM. 

2022/03  Ameer got the WINNER of the 3-MT Competition at Concordia! Big Congrats, Ameer! LINK

2022/01  Dr. Xia Li was awarded Concordia GCS Accelerator Research Award. Big congrats! 

2021/11  Dr. Xia Li co-chair the symposium "Advanced Energy Materials for Beyond Lithium-Ion Battery Chemistry" at CCEC 2021 conference with Dr. Xiaolei Wang and Dr. Ge Li together. 

2021/09  Welcome Qihang Yu to join our group as a PhD student! Congratulations to Qihang's 4-year CSC PhD Scholarship! 

2021/09 Welcome Zhao Yang to join our group as a PhD student! Congratulations to Zhao's Concordia Graduate Entrance Award!

2021/05  Dr. Li was awarded the Concordia Facilities Optimization Program grant to purchase equipment for battery research.  Congrats!   

2021/05  Dr. Li gave a Keynote presentation at QCAM Annual Meeting. Thanks for the Invitation. 

2021/04  Dr. Li was awarded the NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) for an Atomic Layer Deposition system. Big Congrats! We will use it wisely. 

2021/04  Dr. Li was awarded the first grant from NSERC (Discovery Grant program).  Dr. Li was also a recipient of the NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS) grant.  Big Congrats! 

2021/02  Dr. Li gave a seminar at the Department of Chemistry.  Many thanks to Dr. John Oh and Dr. Louis Cuccia for the invitation and host!

2021/01  Dr. Li opened the course CHME 6101 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies. A new start in her teaching career!       

2021/01  Welcome Mr. Ameer Nizami joining Dr. Li's group as an MSc student, the first graduate student of the group at Concordia!   

2020/11    Dr. Li joins the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Concordia University!