Yi Zhang is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where he obtained his PhD degree in 2023. He received his BSc and MSc degrees from Shandong University, China, and Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, respectively. Prior to studying in the University of Waterloo, he studied as Research Assistant in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA for two years. Yi's research interests are on the energy systems including physical energy storage and renewable energy, and the interfacial engineering including wetting and thermal transport. He has published more than 20 papers in scientific journals such as Applied Energy, Renewable Energy, Langmuir, Journal of Applied Physics in his field of research.