Bio
Haoran is a senior technical staff member at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences. His research aims to enable hydrogen technologies towards DOE’s hydrogen shot goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen to 1 $ per 1 kilogram in 1 decade. Haoran's research focuses on electrocatalyst and membrane electrode assembly (MEA) development for hydrogen fuel cells and water electrolyzers, bridging advanced electron microscopy methods with in situ/ex situ electrochemical measurements to study the structure-property relationship of materials and their degradation mechanisms. Haoran serves as PI on H2NEW (Hydrogen from Next-generation Electrolyzers of Water) consortium, Roll-to-Roll consortium, and Electrocatalyst consortium, and as a staff researcher in Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck (M2FCT) consortium, which are funded by the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies (HFTO) office at the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE). Haoran joined ORNL in Feb. 2020 as a postdoctoral researcher, during which he developed automated workflow for high-throughput analysis of microscopy images to obtain statistics of nanoparticle properties, and studied catalyst degradation mechanisms using identical-location electron microscopy. Prior to joining ORNL, Haoran had been a research professor and a postdoc researcher at the University of Connecticut (UConn), where he also earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering. At UConn, Haoran worked on the development and manufacturing of electrocatalysts for fuel cells and water electrolyzers, and managed projects funded by DOE and industries. Haoran received his Bachelor Degree in Polymer materials and Engineering at Donghua University, Shanghai, China.
Professional Experience
2022-current Technical Professional, ORNL
2020-2022 Postdoctoral research associate, ORNL
2019-2020 Research Professor, University of Connecticut
2017-2019 Postdoctoral research associate, University of Connecticut
Awards
- 2017 Best Paper awards (First Prize), European Fuel Cell Conference
- 2013, 2015, and 2016 Travel grant: Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division for biannual meetings of the Electrochemical Society.
- 2011 University of Connecticut pre-doctoral fellowship
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut 2017
B.A. Polymer Materials and Engineering, Donghua University 2011
Professional Affiliations
Member of the Electrochemical Society
Member of Microscopy Society of America (MSA)
Specialized Equipment
JEOL NEOARM Atomic Resolution Imaging & Analytical Electron Microscope