Principal Investigator
Prof. Xiaolei Wang
Canada Research Chair in Batteries for Sustainability (Tier 2)
Associate Professor of Chemical & Materials Engineering at UofA
Ph.D. (2013) in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), U.S.A.
M.Sc. (2007) in Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University (TJU), China
B.Sc. (2004) in Polymer Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China
Postdoctoral Researchers
XU, Zhixiao
Google Scholar
DENG, Zhiping
Google Scholar
DENG, Wenjing
Google Scholar
Graduate Students
Google Scholar
Visiting Scholars and Students
HOU, Pu
Ph.D. Candidate from Northeast Forestry University
JIA, Wenting
Ph.D. Candidate from Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Alumni and Alumnae
Graduate Students
DENG, Zhiping
(Postdoctoral Fellow at UofA)
Sep. 2019-Jan. 2024 Ph.D. in Materials EngineeringThesis Title: Electrocatalysts Design for 2-electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction
B.S. (2019) Huazhong University of Science and Technology
MAJID, Mahrima
(Research Assistant at UofA)
Jan. 2022-Dec. 2023 M.Sc. in Chemical EngineeringThesis Title: Effective Polysulfide Anchoring via Single Atom Catalyst on Porous Carbon Framework for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
B.E. (2021) Curtin University (Malaysia)
., Anil Kumar Vinayak
(Operation Coordinator at Future Energy Systems)
Jan. 2022-Apr. 2023 M.Sc. in Chemical EngineeringThesis Title: Recycling and Regeneration of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries
B.S. (2020) Vellore Institute of Technology
DENG, Wenjing
(Postdoctoral Fellow at UofA)
Jan. 2020-Jan. 2024 Ph.D. in Materials EngineeringThesis Title: Electrode/Electrolyte Strategies toward Better Rechargeable Zinc Metal Batteries
M.Sc. (2019) Case Western Reserve University B.Sc. (2018) Beijing University of Chemical Technology
MA, Rujiao
(PhD Candidate at The University of Adelaide)
Sep. 2020-May 2022 M.Sc. in Chemical EngineeringThesis Title: Polyacrylamide-based Hydrogel Electrolyte for Zinc-ion Batteries and Capacitors
B.S. (2020) Sichuan University
XU, Zhixiao
(Postdoctoral Fellow at UofA)
Sep. 2018-Jan. 2023 Ph.D. in Chemical EngineeringThesis Title: Rechargeable Zinc Batteries and Capacitors via Electrodes and Electrolyte Engineering
M.Sc. (2016) Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityB.S. (2013) Beijing University of Chemical Technology
CHEN, Lu
(Engineer at BYD Ltd.)
Jan. 2018-Aug. 2021 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Thesis Title: Design of Transition Metal-based Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
B.S. (2017) Ningbo University of Technology
ZHANG, Nianji
(PhD Candidate at The University of Adelaide)
Sep. 2020-Dec. 2021 M.Sc. in Materials EngineeringThesis Title: Efficient Methods for Recycling Cathodes of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries
B.S. (2020) Southern University of Science and Technology
LI, Helina Binghui
(MSc Candidate at The University of British Columbia)
May 2021-Jul. 2021 M.Sc. Student (withdraw)
B.S. (2021) University of Alberta
ZHU, Qiuji
(PhD Candidate at Western University)
May 2021-Jul. 2021 M.Sc. Student (withdraw)
B.S. (2021) University of Saskatchewan
GAO, Xiaolan
(PhD Candidate at UofA)
Feb. 2019-Aug. 2020 Ph.D. Candidate at Concordia University(Enrolling in Ph.D. at Concordia U from Winter 2019; Transferred to UofA in Fall 2019, currently supervised by Dr. Ge Li)
M.Sc. (2018) Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS B.S. (2015) Hainan University
KARIMI, Amirreza
Jan. 2019-Dec. 2020 M.Sc. at Concordia University
B.S. (2018) University of Tehran
Visiting Students/Scholars
YU, Zhao
MSc Candidate at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Supervisor: Prof. Yao Li
Sep. 2023-Nov. 2023
SUN, Zhe
PhD Candidate at Northeast Forestry University
Supervisor: Prof. Zhanhua Huang
Nov. 2022-Nov. 2023
LIU, Yuping
Professor at Chongqing University
Jul. 2023-Sep. 2023
DONG, Yan
PhD Candidate at Central South University
Supervisor: Prof. Guangyi Liu
Nov. 2021-Sep. 2023
KRISHNAN, Sarathkumar
PhD Candidate at IIT Indore
Supervisor: Prof. Khirendra K. Rai
May 2022-Sep. 2023
ZHANG, Xuhan
PhD Candidate at Zhejiang University
Supervisor: Yanwen Zhang
Nov. 2021-Sep. 2022
ZHANG, Jizong
PhD Candidate at Tianjin University
Supervisor: Mingming Chen
Dec. 2019-May 2020
Undergraduate Research Assistants
LI, Emma
Sep. 2021-Dec. 2021
SHAN, Janay
May 2022-Dec. 2022
Now: E-One Moli Energy
KEYS, Daniel
Sep. 2022-Dec. 2022
Dean's Research Award
PHAN, Phuong Vy
Sep. 2022-Dec. 2022