Ju Li

Ju Li (Chinese: 李巨; born 1975) is an American scientist, engineer, and currently the Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1] A highly cited expert in his field,^[2] he is also a Fellow of the Materials Research Society and American Physical Society.^[3]

Education

Ju Li earned his B.S. from University of Science and Technology of China in 1994 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000.^[4]

Honors and awards

• Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2018 in Materials Science field ^[5]
• Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2017) ^[6]
• Fellow of the American Physical Society (2014) ^[7]
• Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers 2014, among 147 scientists worldwide in Materials Science category based on papers published between 2002–2012, and among "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014" ^[5]
• Lee Hsun Young Scientist Lecture Series on Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)
• Chinese Ministry of Education and Li Ka Shing Foundation Chang Jiang Scholar Award (2009)
• TMS Robert Lansing Hardy Award (2009) ^[5]
• Technology Review TR35 award (2007) ^[5]
• National Academy of Engineering U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Microsoft Research, Sept. 2007) and German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Oak Ridge, April 2010) co-sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation^[5]
• Materials Research Society (MRS) 2006 Outstanding Young Investigator Award^[8]
• Ohio State University College of Engineering Lumley Research Award 2006 ^[5]
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 2005 ^[9]
• Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Silver Medalist 1998 ^[5]
• MIT Nuclear Engineering Department Manson Benedict Fellowship 1996–1997 ^[5]

Selected publications

• J Li, KJ Van Vliet, T Zhu, S Yip, S Suresh, Atomistic mechanisms governing elastic limit and incipient plasticity in crystals, Nature 418 (6895), 307-310 Atomistic mechanisms governing elastic limit and incipient plasticity in crystals
• J Feng, X Qian, CW Huang, J Li, Strain-engineered artificial atom as a broad-spectrum solar energy funnel, Nature Photonics 6 (12), 866-872 Strain-engineered artificial atom as a broad-spectrum solar energy funnel
• X Qian, J Liu, L Fu, J Li, Quantum spin Hall effect in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides, Science 346 (6215), 1344–1347 Quantum spin Hall effect in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides
• L Suo, W Xue, M Gobet, SG Greenbaum, C Wang, Y Chen, W Yang, Y Li, J Li, Fluorine-donating electrolytes enable highly reversible 5-V-class Li metal batteries, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201712895 [1]
• Y Chen, Z Wang, X Li, X Yao, C Wang, Y Li, W Xue, D Yu, S Y Kim, F Yang, A Kushima, G Zhang, H Huang, N Wu, Y-W Mai, J. B. Goodenough, J Li, Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep, Nature 578 (2020) 251-255 Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep.

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