Professor

Name: Shou-Hang Bo (薄首行)
Executive director, Future Battery Research Center, GIFT
Professor
Office: Global Institute of Future Technology
Tel: +86-21-54731175
Email: shouhang.bo@sjtu.edu.cn
Education:
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stony Brook University (2014)
B.Sc. Chemistry, Fudan University (2009)
Work Experience:
2023 – pres. Professor, Global Institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2022 – 2023 Associate Professor, Global Institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020 – 2022 Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2017 – 2020 Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2015 – 2017 Postdoctoral Associate, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2014 – 2015 Postdoctor Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Excellent Youth Scholar Award from Natural Science Foundation of China (2022)
- Early Career Advisory Board of Materials Today Energy (2021)
- Next-Generation Battery Technology Award (2020)
- Research Excellence Award of University of Michigan – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (2020)
- Tang Lixin Distinguished Teacher Award of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2020)
- Shanghai Scientific Talent Yang Fan Program (2018)
- World Technology Award Finalist (2017)
Research Professor and Postdoc.

Name: Ping Li (李坪)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: liping-2018@sjtu.edu.cn
Field: Rechargeable magnesium-sulfur batteries and material failure in battery
Education/Work Experience:
2024.8 – pres. Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute of Future Technology
2018.9 – 2024.7 Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2014.9 – 2018.6 B.Sc., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Publications in SJTU:
- Li, P, R. Razaq and S. H. Bo (2024). “Intercalation–Conversion and Displacement–Conversion Strategies in Magnesium–Sulfur Batteries” ACS Appl. Energy Mater.
- Razaq, R., P. Li, Y. Dong, Y. Li, Y. Mao and S. H. Bo (2020). “Practical energy densities, cost, and technical challenges for magnesium-sulfur batteries.” EcoMat.
- P. Li, Y. Zhao, Y. Shen and S. H. Bo(2020). “Fracture behavior in battery materials.” Journal of Physics: Energy, 2(2), 022002
- Liu, Y. Zhao, J. Zhou, P. Li, S. H. Bo and S. L. Chen (2019). ”Photoacoustic imaging of lithium metal batteries.” ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(2), 1260-1264
- Li, P., Z. T. Sun, Y Wang, R Razaq, Y. Gao and S. H. Bo (2022). “Overpotential-Regulated stable cycling of a thin magnesium metal Anode. ” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14(27):31435-31447.
Ph.D. Students

Name: Jingying Zhou (周静颖)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Field: In operando observation of Li deposition using photoacoustic imaging; quantification of stress in cathode
Email: jingying.zhou@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2020.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2016.9 – 2020.7 B.Sc., Wuhan University
Publications in SJTU:
- Zhou, J., Y. Zhao, H. Liu, X. Tang, S.-L. Chen and S. H. Bo (2022). “Rapid 3D nondestructive imaging technology for batteries: Photoacoustic microscopy.” Journal of Materials Research: 1-14.
- Zhou, J, J. Zhou, W. Wang, S. Liang, L. Jing, S. H. Bo and S. L. Chen (2021). “Miniature non-contact photoacoustic probe based on fiber-optic photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy.” Optical letters 46(22): 5767-5770.
- Zhou, J, C. Hu, Y. Gao, Q. Cao, Y. Zhang, S. H. Bo and L. Chen (2023). “The Current Status and Challenges of All-solid-state Batteries: Characterisation Techniques and Mechanistic Understandings Drive Battery Innovations.” Bulletin of National Natural Science Foundation of China 37(2): 199-208.

Name: Zhetao Sun (孙哲韬)
Field: Multiple physical field simulation on solid-state batteries
Position: Ph.D. Student
Email: sunzhetao1997@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2020.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2016.9 – 2020.7 B.Sc., ShanghaiTech University
Publications in SJTU:
- Cao, Q.*, Z. T. Sun*, K. Ye, P. Shen, K. Jiang and S. H. Bo (2024). “Stacking pressure homogenizes the electrochemical lithiation reaction of silicon anode in solid-state batteries.” Energy Storage Materials 67: 103246.
- Sun, Z. T., J. Zhou, Y. Wu and S. H. Bo (2022). “Mapping and modeling physicochemical fields in solid-state batteries. ” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter 13: 10816-10822.
- Sun, Z. T. and S. H. Bo (2022). “Understanding electro-mechanical-thermal coupling in solid-state lithium metal batteries via phase-field modeling.” Journal of Materials Research: 1-16.
- Li, P., Z. T. Sun, Y Wang, R Razaq, Y. Gao and S. H. Bo (2022). “Overpotential-Regulated stable cycling of a thin magnesium metal anode. ” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14(27):31435-31447.
- Hu, J., Z. T. Sun, Y. Gao and S. H. Bo (2022). “3D stress mapping reveals the origin of lithium-deposition heterogeneity in solid-state lithium-metal batteries.” Cell Reports Physical Science 3: 100938.

Name: Xinyu Yu (于欣雨)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Field: High energy density solid-state sodium batteries
Email: xinyu.yu@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2021.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2017.9 – 2021.7 B.Sc., Northwestern Polytechnical University
Publications in SJTU:
- Yu, X., S. Chen, T. Bin, X.-L. Li, J. Zhou, Y. Ren, J. Wei, C. Yang, Y. Guo, Z. Zhou, and S.-H. Bo (2024) “The Debate over Hard Carbon and Alloy Anodes Continues for Solid-State Sodium Batteries” ACS Energy Letter 9: 4441–4449.
- Tang, B., X. Yu, Y. Gao, S. H. Bo and Z. Zhou (2022). “Positioning solid-state sodium batteries in future transportation and energy storage. ” Science Bulletin 67(21): 2149-2153.

Name: Qingbo Cao (曹庆博)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Field: High energy density silicon-based solid-state lithium battery
Email: caoqb1@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2021.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2017.9 – 2021.7 B.Sc., ShanghaiTech University
Publications in SJTU:
- Cao, Q.*, Z. T. Sun*, K. Ye, P. Shen, K. Jiang and S. H. Bo (2024). “Stacking pressure homogenizes the electrochemical lithiation reaction of silicon anode in solid-state batteries.” Energy Storage Materials 67: 103246.

Name: Huamei Li (李华梅)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Email: lihuamei@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2022.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2019.9 – 2022.6 M.Sc., Soochow University
2015.9 – 2019.7 B.Sc., Soochow University

Name: Jie Wei (魏婕)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Email: wei-jie@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2022.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2019.9 – 2022.6 M.Sc., Chongqing University
2013.9 – 2017.7 B.Sc., Southeast University

Name: Yuping Huang (黄玉平)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Field: High-throughput and machine learning study of lithium alloy anode
Email: 15603014034@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2022.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2016.9 – 2019.6 M.Sc., South China University of Technology
2012.9 – 2016.7 B.Sc., Guangxi University

Name: Chengyin Yang (杨成荫)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Field: Design and optimisation of battery in electric aircraft
Email: chengyin.yang@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2023.4 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2019.9 – 2022.6 M.Sc., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2015.9 – 2019.6 B.Eng., Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Name: Jia Li (李佳)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Field: Inorganic-in-Polymer composite solid electrolyte
Email: jia.li@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2023.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
2019.9 – 2023.6 B.Sc., Tongji University

Name: Jincheng Zhong (钟金诚)
Position: Ph.D. Student
Email: zjc13340881867@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2024.9 – pres. Ph.D. Student, Global Institute of Future Technology
2020.9 – 2024.6. B. Sc., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Master Students

Name: Yushan Ren (任钰杉)
Position: Master Student
Email: yushan_ren@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2023.9 – pres. M.Sc., Global Institute of Future Technology
2019.9 – 2023.7 B.Sc., Tianjin University

Name: Shangyuan Li (李尚远)
Position: Master Student
Email: lishangyuan.1433223@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2024.9 – pres. M.Sc., Global Institute of Future Technology
2020.9 – 2024.7 B.Sc., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Research Assistant

Name: Hainan Jiang (姜海楠)
Position: Research Assistant
Email: jiang-hainan@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
2024.8 – pres. Research Assistant, Global Institute of Future Technology
2021.9 – 2024.6 M.Sc., University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
2017.9 – 2021.6 B.Sc., Shanghai Ocean University
Undergraduate Students

Name: Haolin Xie (谢昊霖)
Position: Undergraduate Student
Email: xhl2002@sjtu.edu.cn
Education/Work Experience:
From 2025.9 Ph.D. Student, Global Institute of Future Technology
2021.9 – pres. Undergraduate Student, Shanghai Jiao Tong University