People
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Jian Liu P.Eng.
Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering | Principal’s Research Chair in Energy Storage Technologies
Prof. Jian Liu leads the Advanced Materials for Energy Storage group, designing, developing, and prototyping new-generation energy storage technologies to power a cleaner world. Dr. Liu’s research interests focus on advanced nanofabrication techniques, materials design for Li-ion batteries and beyond, and interfacial control and understanding in energy storage systems. His team has advanced a range of clean technologies, including metal-chalcogens batteries, supercapacitors, zinc-ion batteries, and hybrid capacitors. Dr. Liu receives several prestigious awards, including the UBC Emerging Professor Award (2018), NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-2016), PNNL Alternated-Sponsored Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015-2016).
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Appointment
University of British Columbia
Associate Professor in School of Engineering | 2022-present
University of British Columbia
Assistant Professor in School of Engineering | 2017-2022
University of Science and Technology Beijing
MASc., Materials and Mechanical Engineering, 2006-2009
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Awards & Recognitions
Member of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists | 2023-2030
Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships| 2023-2025
Tier 2 Principal’s Research Chair in Energy Storage Technologies | 2021-2025
Emerging Professor Award, School of Engineering, UBC | 2018
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (NSERC-PDF) Scholarship | 2014-2016
PNNL Alternate-Sponsored Fellowship | 2015-2016
Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship Scholarship | 2013-2014
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad | 2013
America Vacuum Society Student Travel Award | 2012
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Education
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellow in Energy and Environment Directorate | 2015-2016
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellow in Advanced Light Source | 2014-2015
University of Western Ontario
Postdoctoral Fellow in Mechanical and Materials Engineering | 2013-2014
Ph.D. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering | 2009-2013
Sichuan University
B.Eng. in Metallic Engineering | 2002 – 2006
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Editorship
Electrochemical Energy Reviews, Associate Editor | 2022 – present
Atomic Layer Deposition – International Journal (ALDiJ), Executive Editor | 2022-present
Frontiers in Energy Research, Associate Editor | 2017-Present
Journal of Nanomaterials, Editorial Board Member | 2017-Present
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Teaching
Mechanics of Materials (APSC 260)
Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems (ENGR 456)
Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (ENGR 513)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Yue Zhang (maternity leave)
Education: University of British Columbia (2023)
Research: Material Design for Liquid & Solid state Tellurium based Batteries
Ph.D. Students
Amir Ahmadian (co-supervision with Dr. Mohammad Arjmand at UBCO Engineering)
Education: MASc at University of Calgary (2020)
Research: Hybrid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries
MASc. Students
Visiting Ph.D. Students
Alumni
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Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Dawid Kasprzak
PDF< Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dr. Navpreet
Assistant Professor, Punjab Engineering College
Dr. Xuejun Lu
Assistant Professor, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Dr. Hamidreza Saneifar
Battery Material Engineer, Ascend Elements
Dr. Birhanu D. Assresahegn
Senior Research Scientist, General Motors
Dr. Huibing He
Associate Professor, Guangxi University
Dr. Ali Khorosrozadeh, PDF, 2019
Chief Chemist, Atlas Power Technologies
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Graduate Students
Shivam Chopra, M.Eng., 2023
Chang Liu, MASc, 2023
Li Tao, MASc, 2022
Ph.D. student, University of British Columbia
Yue Zhang, PhD, 2022
PDF, University of British Columbia
Behzad Gorji Pour Shafiee, MASc, 2022
Chemical Engineering, Atlas Power Technologies
Mohammadali (Ali) Nobakhti, MASc, 2021
Chris (Zhenrui) Wu, MASc, 2021
Ph.D. student, University of British Columbia
Xueyang Song, MASc, 2021
Mohammad H. A. Shiraz, Ph.D., 2021
PDF, University of Alberta
Hongzheng Zhu, Ph.D., 2021
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Visiting Professors and Students
Yijia Shao, 2022-2024
Ph.D. student, South China University of Technology
Musanna Galib, 2023
Ph.D. student, University of British Columbia Vancouver campus
Jia Xu, 2022-2023
Ph.D. student, Harbin Institute of Technology
Keqi Qu, 2023-2023
Ph.D. student, Northeast Forestry University
Ajayan Mano, 2022
Ph.D. student, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Tingting Liu, 2019
Ph.D. student, Southwest University
Dr. Liang Liu, 2018
Professor, Jiangsu University
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Undergraduate Students
Gilberto Lopez, 2021-22
Thurston Bandala, 2021
Laurence Crooks, 2020
Salman Ahmad, 2020
Tuugu Ulziidelger, 2019-20
Evan Hansen, 2019-20
Ph.D. student, University of British Columbia
Nicholas Sabry, 2019
Miao Chang, 2019
Ph.D. student, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Li Tao, 2018-19
MASc student, University of British Columbia
Peter Zhao, 2017-19
MASc student, University of Northern British Columbia
Ruifei Chang, 2018-19
MASc student, Queen’s University
Fanrui Hu, 2018
National University of Singapore
Doris Li, 2018
Garen Goh, 2018
Tomisin Oluwajuyigbe, 2018
Yihao Liu, 2017-18
Ph.D. student, Johns Hopkins University