Jiayu Wan is an executive director of the future battery research center and an associate professor at Global Institute of Future Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University. He conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University from 2016-2021, under the supervision of Professor Yi Cui and Professor Zhenan Bao. Prior to Stanford, he received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland, College Park with Prof. Liangbing Hu (Now Chair Professor at Yale University). He received his undergraduate degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2011. His research interests are mainly in energy storage materials and devices, advanced manufacturing, etc. He has published more than 90 journals papers such as Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Energy, Nature Water, etc., with more than  13,000 citations and H-index 51, and his research have been widely reported world wide. He has received the Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award from the American Vacuum Society and the National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Studying Overseas from the China Scholarship Council, and Future Faculty Fellowship from the University of Maryland, etc. He was recognized as Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers (2024), and Top 2% Scientist in the world by Stanford University (since 2020). He is a member of the youth editorial board of eScience, National Science Open, Materials Today Energy, Chinese Chemical Letters, Information & Functional Materials, Chain, Carbon Energy, and Rare Metals. He has been invited to give more than 100 keynote and invited presentations at international conferences, universities, research institutes.

2016    University of Maryland, College Park, USA, Department of Materials Science and Engineering    Ph.D. 

2011    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering    B.S.      

2023 - Pres.    Global Institute of Future Technology, SJTU    Associate Professor

2022 - 2023    Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Sustech    Associate Professor

2021 - 2022    Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Sustech    Assistant Professor

2016 - 2021    Stanford University    Postdoc Researcher

• Renewable energy technologies

• Electrochemical energy storage

• Artificial intelligence

• Solid-state batteries

• Ultrafast synthesis and manufacturing

Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-Field), 2024

American Chemical Society Energy & Fuels Rising Stars, 2024

Royal Society of Chemistry Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators, 2024

Springer Nature Med-X Emerging Investigators, 2024

Royal Society of Chemistry Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators, 2024

Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award, American Vacuum Society (1/year)

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad

World’s Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University (2020-present)

• J. Wan#, J. Xie#, X. Kong, Z. Liu, K. Liu, F. Shi, A. Pei, H. Chen, W. Chen, J. Chen, X. Zhang, L. Zong, J. Wang, L.-Q. Chen, J. Qin, Y. Cui*, “Ultrathin, Flexible, Solid Polymer Composite Electrolyte Enabled with Aligned Nanoporous Host for Lithium Batteries”, Nature Nanotechnology, 2019, 14, 705-711(ESI热点论文，ESI高被引论文)

• N. Guo#, S. Chen#, J. Tao*, Y. Liu*, J. Wan*, X. Li*, Semi-supervised Learning for Explainable Few-shot Battery Lifetime Prediction, Joule, 2024, 8, 1820–1836 (Lead Contact Author)

• X. Hu, D. Zuo, S. Cheng, S. Chen, Y. Liu, W. Bao, S. Deng, S. J. Harris, J. Wan*, “Ultrafast materials synthesis and manufacturing techniques for emerging energy and environmental applications”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2023, 52, 1103-1128

• C. Li, Z. Liang, Z. Li, D. Cao, D. Zuo, J. Chang, J. Wang, Y. Deng, K. Liu*, X. Kong*, J.Wan* “Self-Assembly Monolayer Inspired Stable Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase Design for Next-Generation Lithium Metal Batteries”, Nano Letters, 2023, 23, 4014-4022   

• D. Zuo,# L. Yang,# Z. Zou, S. Li, Y. Feng, S. J. Harris, S. Shi, J. Wan*, Ultrafast Synthesis of Nasicon Solid Electrolytes for Sodium-Metal Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2301540

• S. Zhao, S. Chen, C. Li, Y. Liu*, J. Wan*, X. Li*, Potential to Transform Words to Watts with Large Language Models in Battery Research, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024, 5, 101844

• Y. Yin,# C. Li,# X. Hu, D. Zuo, L. Yang, L. Zhou, J. Yang, and J. Wan* Rapid, Direct Regeneration of Spent LiCoO2 Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries, ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8, 3005−3012

• Y. Ma#, J. Wan#, Y. Yang, Y. Ye, X. Xiao, D. Boyle, W. Burke, Z. Huang, H. Chen, Y. Cui, S. Oyakhire, Y Cui * “Scalable, Ultrathin, and High-Temperature-Resistant Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Energy-Dense Lithium Metal Batteries”，Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2103720

• C. Li, Z. Liang, L. Wang, D. Cao, Y. Yin, D. Zuo, J. Chang, J. Wang, K. Liu*, X. Li*, G. Luo*, Y. Deng, J. Wan*, Superwettable Electrolyte Engineering for Fast Charging Li-Ion Batteries, ACS Energy Letters, 2024, 1295-1304

• Y. Cui#, J. Wan#, Y. Ye, K. Liu, L. Chou, Y. Cui*, “A Fireproof, Lightweight, Polymer-Polymer SolidState Electrolyte for Safe Lithium Batteries”, Nano Letters, 2020, 20, 1686-1692

Youth Editorial Board of National Science Open, Materials Today Energy, eScience, Chinese Chemical Letters, Information & Functional Materials,Carbon Energy, Chain, Sustainable Materials, Rare Materials

Chairs of ACS Fall Meeting Symposium, CMRS Annual Meeting Symposium, among other conferences.

《Renewable Energy Systems》2023, 2024 Fall

《Characterizations of Energy Materials》2024, 2025 Spring

《Scientific Research Methodology》2021, 2022 Fall