Yanhao Dong

Yanhao Dong is a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, US). He received his BS degree in materials science in 2012 from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China); MS degree in materials science in 2014; MS degree in applied mechanics in 2015; PhD degree in material science in 2017; all from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA, US).

His PhD research focused on cation diffusion in zirconia ceramics, covering from phenomenological grain growth experiments to continuum-level transport to atomic-level defect energetics. His current research interest is on functional oxides for energy application, especially on cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.