Principal Investigator

Prof. Weixin Song
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong.
Email: swxvip@hku.hk
Education and Work Experience:
2025.9, Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong.
2025-2025, EPSRC IAA Research Fellow, University of Oxford.
2019-2025, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford.
2015-2019, PhD, Imperial College London.
2012-2015, Master, Central South University.
2008-2012, Bachelor, Central South University.
Awards:
2025, Awards for Excellence 2025 (Oxford Materials).
2020, Constance Fligg Tipper Centenary Memorial Prize (Imperial College).
2019, MPLS Innovation and Enterprise Fellowship (Oxford).
2018, Imperial College Trust Funds.
2018, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.
2016, STFC Future Early Career Award (UK).
2015, Imperial College President’s PhD Scholarship.
Research Interest:
Atomic-scale material characterisation and design.
Advanced transmission electron microscopy.
Energy materials, such as the anionic-redox materials, Ni-rich oxides, NASICONs, and polyanions.
Google Scholar (h-index: 33): link
PhD Students:

Tong Zhang
2026.02-
Research: solid-state batteries

Xuansi Jiang
2026.9
Research: secondary-ion batteries

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2026.9
Research: TEM
MPhil Students:

Baiyang Ji
2026.9
Research: electron ptychgraphy, NASICON
MSC Students:

Jin Chen
2025.9
Research: electron ptychgraphy, NASICON
Undergraduate Students:

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2025.9
Research: supercap