Biography |
Minhua Shao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He earned BS and MS degrees in chemistry from Xiamen University, and a PhD degree in materials science and engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2006. Dr. Shao joined UTC Power in 2007 to lead the development of advanced catalysts and supports for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC). He was promoted to UTC Technical Fellow and Project Manager in 2012. In 2013, he joined Ford Motor Company to work on lithium-ion batteries for electrified vehicles. He then joined HKUST in 2014. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in some famous Journals (JACS, Nano Lett, ACS Nano, Chem.Mater, Chem Comm. etc), 1 edited book and filed over 30 patent applications (6 issued). He has also received a number of awards, including the Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award from the ECS Energy Technology Division (2014), Student Achievement Award from the ECS Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division (2007), Presidents Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students from Stony Brook University (2006), Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad from China Scholarship Council (2006), and Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory (2006). |
