Ju Li
School of Engineering Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Who they work with
Ju Li is the School of Engineering Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering in MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) and Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE). His group investigates the mechanical, electrochemical, and transport behaviors of materials as well as novel means of energy storage and conversion. Before coming to MIT, Li was a professor at Ohio State University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is an elected Fellow of the Materials Research Society and the American Physical Society. He has received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, a Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award, and an MIT Technology Review TR35 Award. He earned a BS in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, and a PhD in nuclear science from MIT.
Selected Publications
- Kim, K.-S., Park, J.-S., Yoon, Y.-C., Kim, J., Li, J., Yildiz, B., & Tasan, C. C. (2025). Remove hydrogen and store it too: an acid‑in‑clay based electro‑chemical solution. Materials Horizons, 12, 926–934.
- Schwacke, M., Žguns, P., del Alamo, J., Li, J., & Yildiz, B. (2024). Electrochemical ionic synapses with Mg²⁺ as the working ion. Advanced Electronic Materials, 10(5).
- Jerng, S. E., Park, Y. J., & Li, J. (2024). Machine learning for CO₂ capture and conversion: A review. Energy and AI, 16, 100361.
Media
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November 4, 2024: MIT News, Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics