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Haoxue Yan
Lecturer
BioHaoxue ("How-sh-ew-eh", she/her) is a Lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Though Haoxue is trained in metallurgy in her graduate studies, she constantly seeks to expand her knowledge base so that she can make materials science interesting, relevant, and approachable for her students. In her classroom, Haoxue is committed to fostering an inclusive and engaging environment that promotes a sense of curiosity and life-long learning in her students as they grow into observant and critical thinkers.
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Yunzhi Peter Yang
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering and of Bioengineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsYang lab's research interests are in the areas of bio-inspired biomaterials, medical devices, and 3D printing approaches for re-creating a suitable microenvironment for cell growth and tissue regeneration for musculoskeletal disease diagnosis and treatment, including multiple tissue healing such as rotator cuff injury, orthopedic diseases such as osteoporosis and osteonecrosis, and orthopedic traumas such as massive bone and muscle injuries.
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Adrian Yao
Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering, admitted Autumn 2023
Masters Student in Materials Science and Engineering, admitted Autumn 2022BioAdrian is the Founder and Team Lead of STEER which is focused on guiding “What to build” for the energy transition. STEER is a DOE-funded program that is a partnership between the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center and the Precourt Institute for Energy. The mission of STEER is to critically evaluate the techno-economics of emerging energy technologies with a technology-centric focus bridging supply- and demand-side insights to guide strategic investments, research directions, and policy agendas.
Prior to Stanford, Adrian spent 8 years in industry as the co-founder and CTO of a Li-ion battery startup, EnPower, Inc., which is now scaling a ~1 GWh/y cell manufacturing plant in Indianapolis, IN, spearheading the domestic production of advanced Li-ion cells. Adrian obtained his B.S. in Material Science & Engineering from Rice University in Houston, TX. -
Yigao Yuan
Postdoctoral Scholar, Materials Science and Engineering
Bioheterogeneous photocatalysis
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Riley Zhang
Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering, admitted Autumn 2019
public speaking tutor, School of Engineering - Technical Communications ProgramBioPu Riley Zhang is a materials science grad student, advised by Dr. Yi Cui and Dr. Johanna Nelson Weker. She focuses on self-discharge behaviors of lithium-sulfur batteries, chemical corrosion of lithium, and scaleable alkaline water electrolysis. She received her BS in NanoEngineering from UC San Diego in 2019, where she was advised by Dr. Zheng Chen on synthesizing PtIr nanocatalysts for Ethanol Oxidation and Pd nanocrystals for Oxygen Reduction Reaction.
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Renee Zhao
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering
BioRuike Renee Zhao is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, where she directs the Soft Intelligent Materials Laboratory. Originally from the historic city of Xi'an, she earned her BS from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2012. She then pursued Solid Mechanics at Brown University, obtaining her MS in 2014 and PhD in 2016. Following her doctoral studies, she completed postdoctoral training at MIT (2016–2018) before serving as an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University (2018–2021).
Renee’s research focuses on developing stimuli-responsive soft composites for multifunctional robotic systems with integrated shape-changing, assembly, sensing, and navigation capabilities. By integrating mechanics, material science, and advanced material manufacturing, her work enables innovations in soft robotics, miniaturized biomedical devices, robotic surgery, origami systems, active metamaterials, and general deployable morphing structures.
Her contributions have been recognized with honors and awards, including the ARO Early Career Program (ECP) Award (2023), AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award (2023), Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty (2022), ASME Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award (2022), ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal (2022), ASME Applied Mechanics Division Journal of Applied Mechanics Award (2021), NSF CAREER Award (2020), and ASME Applied Mechanics Division Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Award (2018). She is also recognized as a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow and was named one of MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35.
