Dr. Huaiyu Shao

Dr. Huaiyu Shao is currently an associate professor at the Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering (IAPME) at the University of Macau. Before the position in Macau, he was an assistant professor at the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University. His research focuses on the development of next-generation energy-storage technologies based on battery electrodes and hydrogen energy materials. He obtained his BS and PhD in chemistry from Peking University, China. He worked as a postdoc at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, from July 2005 to March 2009 and at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany, from April 2009 to April 2011. As a principal investigator, he has achieved grants of over USD 2,950,000. He has published 160 scientific papers in journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Nano Energy, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, and ACS Nano, with a total of over 6000 citations, as well as one edited book, two special issues for SCI journals, and six book chapters. He was selected for Stanford University’s list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists (single year and whole academic career). He has given more than 80 oral presentations at international conferences and academic visits, and about 60 of them were invited talks or plenary talks.