About this Event
As the world transitions to emissions-free electrification from fossil fuel power, batteries have emerged as a vital component of this shift. While their societal impact increases, there remain many technical problems that need solutions. Y. Shirley Meng is a professor of molecular engineering at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the principal investigator of the research group - Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC). She also serves as the chief scientist of the Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) Argonne National Laboratory. Meng is developing new technologies for battery storage that will support a sustainable future. She refers to herself as “a doctor for batteries,” and her research focuses on battery degradation and diagnosis. Meng sees new batteries and grid electrification as a solution to tackling climate change, and her goal is to “enable a robust and resilient ecosystem for energy storage” and show there is profitability in sustainability.
Meng received her B.S. from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2000, and her Ph.D. in Advanced Materials for Micro & Nano Systems from the Singapore-MIT Alliance in 2005. She worked as a postdoctoral research fellow and became a research scientist at MIT from 2005-2007. Meng was the Zable Endowed Chair Professor in Energy Technologies at the University of California-San Diego before joining PME at the University of Chicago. She has received several prestigious awards; the Faraday Medal of Royal Chemistry Society (2020), International Battery Association Battery IBA Research Award (2019), Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists Finalist (2018), C.W. Tobias Young Investigator Award of the Electrochemical Society (2016), Science Award Electrochemistry by BASF and Volkswagen (2014) and NSF CAREER Award (2011). Meng is the elected fellow of Electrochemical Society (FECS) and elected fellow of Materials Research Society (FMRS). She serves as the editor-in-chief for Materials Research Society MRS Energy & Sustainability Journal.
This talk is part of a series designed to bring together leading researchers across disciplines in science, engineering and business to advance understanding of solutions-focused topics relating to climate and energy.
Parking is available in the Brian Whalen Parking Complex (on Virgina Street near Lawlor).
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https://www.unr.edu/energy-solutions-forum
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Joe Crowley Student Union: Great Room (402), 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, United States
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