Prof. Yunlong Zi, PhD, FInstP, SMIEEE, FIAAM, is an Associate Professor in Thrust of Sustainable Energy and Environment in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – Guangzhou (HKUST-GZ). Prof. Zi received his Ph.D. in Physics from Purdue University in 2014; his Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2009. Before joining HKUST, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong during 2017-2022, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology during 2014-2017. Prof. Zi is an active scholar in the field of triboelectric nanogenerator for high-performance energy harvesting. He coined the field of tribo-photonics toward the self-powered wireless sensing solutions. He has published over 150 journal publications with total citation of over 16000. Prof. Zi was honored as Fellow of Institute of Physics (FInstP) 2023; Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE) 2023; MIT Technological Review 35 Innovators Under 35 Asia & Pacific 2022; Nano Energy Award winner 2021. He was also as Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM) 2021; Vebleo Fellow 2021; the winner of MRS Postdoctoral Award by Materials Research Society in 2017; the Emerging Investigators by Journal of Materials Chemistry C in 2018; MINE Young Investigator Finalist in 2018; and one of “5 students who are transformation makers” as highlighted in Purdue homepage in 2013.
Tribo-photonics toward novel self-powered wireless solution