Principal Investigator

Prof. Weixin Song

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 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.   

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Research Assistant Professor:

Dr. Yuxuan Liao

Tokyo Univ. (PhD)
Zhejiang Univ. (Master)
Wuhan Univ. (Bachelor)

Research: AET, pAET, ptychography

Postdoctoral Research Associate:

Dr. Zhiming Xiao

Central South Univ. (PhD)
Central South Univ. (Master)

Research: Cathode

PhD Students:

Tong Zhang

Carnegie Mellon Univ. (Master)
Univ. of California, Irvine (Bechalor)

Research: Solid-state battery

Xuansi Jiang

Peking Univ. (Master)
Central South Univ. (Bechalor)

Research: Cathode, Ptychography

Kai Wang

Peking Univ. (Master)
Lanzhou Univ. (Bechalor)

Research: Cathode, AI

MPhil Students:

Baiyang Ji

HIT(Bechalor)

Research: NASICON, AI

Bohao Wu

PolyU HK (Bechalor)

Research: ptychography, AI

Undergraduate Students:

Xiwen Zhang

HKU (Bechalor)

Research:

Zhengkun Li

HKU (Bechalor)

Research:

Yuxi Xie

HKU (Bechalor)

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