Zhimin Ao
Professor
Centre for Clean Energy Technology
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
Biography
Dr. Zhimin Ao received his PhD degree in Materials Science from Jilin University, China, in 2008. In 2009, he received the prestigious FWO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work as a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at University of Antwerp, Belgium, from March 2009 to May 2010. His continual high academic performance led him to the highly competitive the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship and joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering at UNSW in May 2010. In June 2013, under the support of highly competitive the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Chancellor’s Research Fellowship, he joined the Centre of Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. So far, he has published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and 3 book chapters. The publications have more than 600+ citations. Currently, his research focuses on the application of graphene-based materials as hydrogen storage materials and in batteries through computational calculations; he is also a reviewer for several journals, including J. Am. Chem. Soc., Appl. Phys. Lett., J. Phys. Chem. C, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., and J. Appl. Phys. etc.
Research Interest
Graphene and related materials properties; Computational material science; Phase transition thermodynamics of low-dimensional materials; Size effects on properties of nanomaterials
