Dr. Qiyang Lu (陆启阳)
Assistant Professor, PI
PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018)
BS Tsinghua University (2012)
Dr. Qiyang Lu was born and raised in Huai’an, Jiangsu, China. He received his bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University (2012) and his PhD degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, 2018), both in Materials Science and Engineering. His PhD work was awarded best PhD thesis award from MIT. He did his postdoctoral study at Stanford University with a joint fellowship at Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received several prestigious awards, including Graduate Student Gold Award from Materials Research Society and Ross Coffin Purdy award from American Ceramic Society.
CV (Updated August 2026)
Email me: luqiyang@westlake.edu.cn
Yunyun Zhu (朱云云)
Administrative Assistant
BS Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (2013)
Yunyun Zhu is from Nantong city of Jiangsu province. She obtained her bachelor degree of mechatronic engineering from Jiangsu University of Science and Technology in 2013. She has worked in manufacturing industries for more than seven years. In April 2021, she joined the Solid State Ionics Lab as an administrative assistant.
Email me: zhuyunyun@westlake.edu.cn
Dr. Ying Lu (陆颖)
Research Scientist (助理研究员)
PhD Shanghai Institute Of Ceramics, CAS (2018)
BE&ME South China University of Technology (2011, 2014)
Dr. Ying Lu was born and raised in Anhui, China. She received her bachelor and master degree from South China University of Technology, and her PhD degree from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences on structural ceramics. After that She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Shenzhen University on solid oxide cells. After working as a postdoctoral scholar in the SSI lab for two years, she is continuing her research on solid oxide cells and perovskite ceramics as a research scientist.
Email me: luying@westlake.edu.cn
Jieping Zheng (郑杰平)
PhD Student
BS Zhejiang University (2022)
Jieping Zheng was born and raised in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China. He is expected to receive his bachelor’s degree from Zhejiang University in Material Science and Engineering. He is interested in solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) and mechanical problems in solid oxide cells.
Email me: zhengjieping@westlake.edu.cn
Song Mao (毛松)
PhD Student (co-advised with Prof. Xiao Yang)
BS & MS Central South University (2019, 2022)
Song Mao was born and raised in Suzhou, Anhui Province. He received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Central South University in 2019 and 2022, respectively, both in Metallurgical Engineering. He joined Solid State Ionic Lab in August 2022. As a PhD student, now he focuses on molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) and related oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on an inert anode. In the future, he wishes to reduce metal oxides with electrons, rather than with carbon or coke.
Email me: maosong@westlake.edu.cn
Zihan Xu (徐子涵)
PhD Student
BS North China Electric Power University (2022)
Zihan Xu was born and raised in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. She is expected to receive her bachelor’s degree from North China Electric Power University in New Energy Materials and Devices. She worked as a visiting student in the SSI lab until Summer 2022. She started her PhD study in Fall 2023.
Email me: xuzihan@westlake.edu.cn
Bin Zhao (赵斌)
PhD Student
BS Zhengzhou University (2024)
Bin Zhao was born and raised in Puyang City, Henan Province, China. He is expected to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Zhengzhou University in June 2024. Before enrollment, his major was metal materials and forming processing. In the future, his research will focus on the development of electrochemical ion synaptic (EIS) using room temperature electrochemical methods and attempt to solve the underlying scientific problems.
Email me: zhaobin@westlake.edu.cn
Lingzhi Huang (黄灵芝)
PhD Student
MS Beihang University (2025)
BS Jilin University (2022)
Lingzhi Huang was born and raised in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province. She received her bachelor’s degree from Jilin University in 2022 and her master’s degree from Beihang University in 2025, respectively. She worked as a visiting student in the Solid State Ionics Lab in January 2025 and will start her PhD in the fall of 2025. As a PhD student, she now focuses on the research of the OER reaction mechanism in perovskite oxide films.
Email me: huanglingzhi@westlake.edu.cn
Luhan Wei, PhD graduate, 2021-2026 Current Affilation: Postdoc at National University of Singapore
Dr. Rui Wang, Postdoctoral Scholar, 2024-2026
Xi Wang, Research Assistant, 2025-2026
Yang Hu, PhD graduate, 2021-2025 Current Affilation: Assistant Professor at Xi Hua University
Kaichuang Yang, PhD graduate, 2021-2025 Current Affilation: Staff Scientist at Huairou National Laboratory
Haowen Chen, PhD graduate, 2020-2024 Current Affilation: Postdoc at Beijing Institute of Technology
Xinyuan He, Visiting Student, Summer 2024
Yuxin Qiu, Visiting Student, Summer 2024
Dr. Jingle Wang, Postdoctoral Scholar, 2021-2023
Yiwei Huang, Student, 2021-2023
Yuanqing Yun, Visiting Student, Summer 2022
Haodong Wu, Visiting Student, Summer 2021
Peng Tang, Research Assistant, 2020-2021
Kaiyuan Fan, Visiting Student, Summer 2021
Solid State Ionics Lab@Westlake University 