Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
City University of New York
United States of America
Education Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2012 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China M.S., Precision Instrumentes in Mechanical Engineering, 2007 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2005 Postdoctoral Research Columbia University, Biological Sciences and Physics, NY, USA Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2016
develops the next generation of sensors, actuators, energy conversion and storage devices by using novel nanostructured and bio-inspired functional materials. His recent work on water-responsive materials and evaporation-driven engines opens up a new field in energy harvesting and provides opportunities towards solving current challenges in sustainable energy, energy storage, clean water, robotics, and medical technologies.