PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Feng Lin
Associate Professor
Leo and Melva Harris Faculty Fellow
Inorganic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Materials, and Energy Sciences
E-mail: [email protected]
Office: 323 Davidson Hall
Lin Labs: Davidson Hall 442, 444, 446, 456, 460
Phone: 540-231-4067
Fax: 540-231-3255
Department Faculty Page: Click here!
Professional Experience
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Associate Professor of Chemistry, June 2021 – Present
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, August 2016 – June 2021
Affiliate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, December 2016 – Present
Affiliate Professor of Macromolecules Innovation Institute, April 2018 – Present
Fermi Energy, Inc., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Co-founder, February 2022 – Present
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Guest Scientist of Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division, August 2015 – August 2018
Quantumscape Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA
Senior Member of Technical Staff, August 2015 – August 2016
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Chemist Postdoctoral Fellow, Supervisor: Marca M. Doeff, February 2013 – August 2015
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA
Grad. Researcher, Supervisors: Anne Dillon, Chaiwat Engtrakul, August 2010 – December 2012
Education
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science, Advisor: Ryan M. Richards, December 2012
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Master of Science in Materials Science, Advisor: Ryan M. Richards, December 2011
Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Science & Engineering, July 2009
Selected Awards & Recognition
2024
Startup Builder University Award
2023
VT-led Research collected into Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 by Stanford University and Elsevier
2022
Rising Star of Science, Research.com
Early Career Award, Battery Division, The Electrochemical Society
VT-led Research collected into Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights
Leo and Melva Harris Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech
2021
VT-led Research collected into Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights
Solid electrolyte work highlighted by the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory
John C. Schug Faculty Research Award
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Energy Storage Materials Young Scientist Award from Elsevier
2020
VT-led Research collected into Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights
RCSA Scialog Fellow – Negative Emissions Science (NES), Jointly sponsored by RCSA and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator
2019
VT-led Research collected into Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Highlights
Paper collected into 2019 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Highlights
RCSA Scialog Fellow (Lin declined it)
2018
VT-led Research collected into Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Highlights
Readers’ Favorite Paper Award, Joule, Cell Press
Journal of Materials Chemistry Emerging Investigator
The Best Materials Science and Engineering Senior Design (Faculty Advisor), VT
The ECS Battery Division Early Career Travel Grant
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Travel Grant
2017
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2016
Assistant Professor Mentoring Grant Award, Virginia Tech
Before Independent Career
Spicer Young Investigator Award, DOE SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Finalist of Young Scientists Award, International Society of Solid-State Ionics
Top 10 Scientific Achievements, DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory
Award for Graduate Research Excellence, Colorado School of Mines
National Scholarship, China
Samsung Global Scholarship, Samsung Group
Associate Professor
Leo and Melva Harris Faculty Fellow
Inorganic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Materials, and Energy Sciences
E-mail: [email protected]
Office: 323 Davidson Hall
Lin Labs: Davidson Hall 442, 444, 446, 456, 460
Phone: 540-231-4067
Fax: 540-231-3255
Department Faculty Page: Click here!
Professional Experience
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Associate Professor of Chemistry, June 2021 – Present
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, August 2016 – June 2021
Affiliate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, December 2016 – Present
Affiliate Professor of Macromolecules Innovation Institute, April 2018 – Present
Fermi Energy, Inc., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Co-founder, February 2022 – Present
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Guest Scientist of Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division, August 2015 – August 2018
Quantumscape Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA
Senior Member of Technical Staff, August 2015 – August 2016
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Chemist Postdoctoral Fellow, Supervisor: Marca M. Doeff, February 2013 – August 2015
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA
Grad. Researcher, Supervisors: Anne Dillon, Chaiwat Engtrakul, August 2010 – December 2012
Education
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science, Advisor: Ryan M. Richards, December 2012
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Master of Science in Materials Science, Advisor: Ryan M. Richards, December 2011
Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Science & Engineering, July 2009
Selected Awards & Recognition
2024
Startup Builder University Award
2023
VT-led Research collected into Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights
Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 by Stanford University and Elsevier
2022
Rising Star of Science, Research.com
Early Career Award, Battery Division, The Electrochemical Society
VT-led Research collected into Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights
Leo and Melva Harris Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech
2021
VT-led Research collected into Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights
Solid electrolyte work highlighted by the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory
John C. Schug Faculty Research Award
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Energy Storage Materials Young Scientist Award from Elsevier
2020
VT-led Research collected into Advanced Photon Source Science Highlights
RCSA Scialog Fellow – Negative Emissions Science (NES), Jointly sponsored by RCSA and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator
2019
VT-led Research collected into Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Highlights
Paper collected into 2019 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Highlights
RCSA Scialog Fellow (Lin declined it)
2018
VT-led Research collected into Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Highlights
Readers’ Favorite Paper Award, Joule, Cell Press
Journal of Materials Chemistry Emerging Investigator
The Best Materials Science and Engineering Senior Design (Faculty Advisor), VT
The ECS Battery Division Early Career Travel Grant
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Travel Grant
2017
Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
2016
Assistant Professor Mentoring Grant Award, Virginia Tech
Before Independent Career
Spicer Young Investigator Award, DOE SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Finalist of Young Scientists Award, International Society of Solid-State Ionics
Top 10 Scientific Achievements, DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory
Award for Graduate Research Excellence, Colorado School of Mines
National Scholarship, China
Samsung Global Scholarship, Samsung Group
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