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Energy & sustainability

Guangyuan, Wesley Zheng

Developing high energy density lithium batteries for automotive, aerial and renewable storage applications.
Wesley Zheng

Year Honored
2018

Organization
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR

Region
Asia Pacific

Hails From
Singapore

Dr Zheng is currently a Scientist in A*STAR and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in NUS. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Chemical Engineering from University of Cambridge, and did his PhD and Postdoc at Stanford University under the tutelage of Prof Yi Cui and Prof Steven Chu, respectively. His research work focused on developing high capacity electrodes for the next-generation lithium batteries. Dr Zheng is a recipient of the Material Research Society Graduate Student Award, and the National Science Scholarship from A*STAR. Dr Zheng also co-founded a venture-backed startup (volans-i) to develop high-payload, long-range delivery drone.