Group Members
Research Scientist
Position: Research Scientist
Postdoc entry year: May 2021; Ph.D. entry year: Aug. 2018
Dr. Gao obtained his Ph.D. degree in May 2021 under the supervision of Prof. Jun Xu at UNC Charlotte. He got his B.S. at Beihang University major in Automotive Engineering. His research interest focuses on multi-physics and multiscale modeling of Si/C particles. Recently, he received the prestigious postdoc research award from ECS.
Ph.D. students
Ms. Jiani Li
Position: Ph.D. student (co-advise with Prof. Terry Xu at UNC Charlotte)
Entry year: Aug. 2020
Jiani obtained her B.S. at University of Science and Technology Beijing (major in Automotive Engineering), and M.S. at Beihang University (major in Automotive Engineering). Her research interest is multiphysics modeling of Li plating.
Mr. Shuguo Sun
Position: Ph.D. student
Entry year: Aug. 2023
Shuguo obtained his B.S. at Chongqing University (major in Building and Energy), and M.S. at Imperial College London (major in Engineering Fluid Mechanics). His research interest is battery thermal safety (modeling and experiments)
Ms. Daria Vakhrusheva
Position: Ph.D. student
Entry year: Jan. 2024 (anticipated)
Daria obtained her B.S.-M.S. degree at D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (major in Chemistry, working at N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences). Her research interest is in broad area of lithium-ion batteries and the next-generation batteries.
VESL Academic Family
Prof. Binghe Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Chongqing University
Email: liubinghe@cqu.edu.cn
(Ph.D. student/Postdoc at VESL)
Prof. Lubing Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ningbo University
Email: wanglubing@nbu.edu.cn
(Ph.D. student at VESL)
Prof. Kangpei Meng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ningbo University of Technology
Email: mengkangpei@nbut.edu.cn
(M.S. student at VESL)
Prof. Yikai Jia, Ph.D.
Professor
Northwestern Polytech University
Email: yjia3@nwpu.edu.cn
(Ph.D./Postdoc student at VESL)
Prof. Chunhao Yuan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Southeast University
Email: chunhaoyuan@seu.edu.cn
(Ph.D./Postdoc student at VESL)
Prof. Shi Shang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Beijing Forestry University
Email: TBD
(M.S. student at VESL)
VESL Alumni
Mr. Jieer Cao, 2014-2014, B.S. (VESL experience), CEO of SafeCise LLC
Mr. Hongshun Chen, 2014, B.S., Ph.D. from Virginia Tech.
Dr. Shi Shang, 2014-2016, M.S. (1st M.S. student), Postdoc at Tsinghua University
Dr. Kangpei Meng, 2014-2016, M.S., Associate Professor at Ningbo University of Technology
Ms. Yanting Zheng, 2015-2017, M.S., Engineer at CATRC
Mr. Hanlin Jiang, 2015-2017, M.S., Engineer at GAC
Ms. Jiani Li, 2016-2018, M.S., Ph.D. student at UNC Charlotte
Ms. Yijing Wu, 2015-2017, M.S., Engineer of Chinese Society of Automotive Engineers
Mr. Yaobo Wu, 2015-2017, M.S., CTO of SafeCise LLC, Ph.D. student at Zhejiang university
Dr. Binghe Liu, 2014-2018, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Chongqing University
Dr. Yundan Gan, 2017-2018, Postdoc, unknown
Mr. Bowen Zheng, 2017-2018, B.S. & Ph.D. (1st year), Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley
Dr. Yikai Jia, 2017-2022, Ph.D., Postdoc at UNC Charlotte
Mr. Haoyu Chen, 2017-2018, M.S., unknown
Mr. Huitian Wang, 2017-2018, M.S., unknown
Ms. Yuwei Liu, 2017-2018, M.S., unknown
Ms. Danping Xiong, 2017-2018, M.S., unknown
Dr. Zheng Li, 2018-2018, B.S., Tesla
Dr. Lubing Wang, 2015-2020, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Ningbo University
Mr. Aditiya Sonwane, 2018-2020, M.S., Engineer at Blacks & Decker
Dr. Xiang Gao, 2016-2021, Ph.D., Postdoc at UD
Dr. Wen Zhang, 2016-2022, Ph.D. & Postdoc (1st year), Apple
Mr. Nicholas B. Winz: 2019-2022, M.S., unknown
Dr. Yikai Jia: 2018-2022, Ph.D. & Postdoc (1st year), Professor at Northwestern Polytech University
Dr. Chunhao Yuan: 2018-2022, Ph.D. & Postdoc (0.5 year), Associate Professor at Southeast University