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My name is Yirui (Arlene) Zhang. I am a Schmidt Science Fellow and am joining Rice University as an assistant professor in the Rice Advanced Materials Institute (RAMI) and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE).
I'm broadly interested in the flow of charge and electrocal energy that drives both modern technologies, such as energy storage devices, and biological processes that sustain life. My research focuses on electrified interfaces, developing electrochemical and nanophotonic materials, and advancing in situ spectroscopic tools to understand and control interfacial charge transfer processes in energy conversion and biological systems.
Education & Training
Education & Training
B.S. Tsinghua University
2013 - 2017
Ph.D. MIT
2017 - 2022
Postdoc Stanford
2022 - 2025 (Schmidt Science Fellow)
Selected Awards & Honors
Selected Awards & Honors
• Rising Stars in Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford/CMU/MIT/UIUC Workshop, 2024
• CAS Future Leaders in Chemistry
CAS Division of the American Chemical Society, 2024
• Inaugural Gamry Award for Faculty Candidates
AIChE Electrochemical Fundamentals, 2024
• Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering
MIT, 2024
• ECS H. H. Dow Memorial Student Achievement Award
The Electrochemical Society (ECS), 2023
• Schmidt Science Fellow
Schmidt Futures in partnership with the Rhodes Trust, 2023 – 2025
• ECS Energy Technology Division Graduate Student Award
The Electrochemical Society (ECS), 2023
• Inaugural Future Faculty Symposium Travel Grant
Society of Engineering Science Annual Conference, 2023
• MRS Graduate Student Award
Materials Research Society (MRS), 2022
• Extraordinary Excellence Award, Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad
$10,000, China Scholarship Council, 2022
• MIT de Florez Award Competition - First Place in Graduate Science
MIT MechE, 2022
• Rising Star in Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley, 2020
• MIT Wunsch Foundation Award - Outstanding Graduate Research
MIT, 2019
• Qualcomm Scholarship for Science and Technology
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., 2016
• Tsinghua University Top Prize Scholarship
Tsinghua University, 2016
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