Yuanyuan Zhu
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
and Institute of Materials Science
Director, InToEMCenter, UConn Tech Park
University of Connecticut
yuanyuan.2.zhu@uconn.edu | |
Phone | +1(860)-486-2378 |
Mailing Address | Materials Science and Engineering Attn: Yuanyuan Zhu, 25 King Hill Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3136 |
Office | Science 1, Room 1015 |
Campus | Storrs |
Teaching |
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Awards
NSF Early Career award. 2023
DOE Early Career award. 2022
Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) award, American Chemical Society. 2020
Appointment
2017-2018 Staff Scientist, PNNL
2015-2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate, PNNL
2013-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, HaldorTopsøeA/S
Professional Preparation
2013 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
2009 M.S., Solid Atomic Imaging Division, Institute of Metal Research
2006 B.S., Metallic Materials Engineering, Sichuan University
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Dr. Rajat Sainju
Email: rajat.sainju@uconn.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher Associate
Institute of Materials Science
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Tianyu Li
Email: tianyu.li@uconn.edu
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Dr. Manisha De Alwis Goonatilleke
Email: qcd24002@uconn.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher Associate
Institute of Materials Science
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Amutheesan Jeyaveerasigamani
Email: nru24001@uconn.edu
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Group Alumni
Monia Runge Nielsen, Postdoc, National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, DTU
Samuel Schaefer, B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, current position: Ph.D. Student, Yale University
Megan Jankovsky, B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, current position: Product Developer, Unilever
Steiny Duong, B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UConn undergrad