Zhi Wei Seh
Education
- PMP Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute (2017)
- PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University (2015)
- BS Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University (2010)
Awards
- Highly Cited Researchers, Clarivate Analytics (2018-present)
- World’s Top 2% Scientists, Stanford University (2020-present)
- Central Research Fund Award, A*STAR (2021)
- Vebleo Fellow Award, Vebleo (2020)
- Ten Outstanding Young Persons, JCI Singapore (2019)
- Emerging Investigators, Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2018)
- Singapore NRF Fellowship, National Research Foundation (2017)
- Innovators under 35 Asia, MIT Technology Review (2017)
- MRS Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society (2015)
- National Science Scholarship, A*STAR (2011)
Editorship
- Youth Editorial Board, Nano-Micro Letters (2023-present)
- Early Career Advisory Board, Batteries & Supercaps (2022-present)
- Early Career Editorial Board, Transactions of Tianjin University (2021-present)
- Guest Editor, Energy Storage Materials (2022)
- Guest Editor, Energy Advances (2022)
Biography
Zhi Wei Seh is a Principal Scientist at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR. He received his BS and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University and Stanford University, respectively. His research interests lie in the design of new battery materials beyond lithium-ion technology. As a Highly Cited Researcher, he is widely recognized for designing the first yolk-shell nanostructure in lithium-sulfur batteries, which is a licensed technology. He also pioneered the first study of sodium dendrites using cryogenic TEM, and the first anode-free magnesium battery with five times the energy density of standard magnesium batteries.
Zhi Wei Seh has authored more than 130 papers and 20 patents/know-hows, receiving over 30,000 citations and a h-index of 60. He has published in many top journals such as Science, Science Advances, Nature Energy, Nature Materials, Nature Reviews Materials, Nature Catalysis, Nature Machine Intelligence, Nature Synthesis, and Nature Communications. He also received awards including Highly Cited Researchers, World's Top 2% Scientists, Central Research Fund Award, Vebleo Fellow Award, Ten Outstanding Young Persons, Emerging Investigators, Singapore NRF Fellowship, Innovators under 35 Asia, MRS Graduate Student Award, and National Science Scholarship.
Zhi Wei Seh has authored more than 130 papers and 20 patents/know-hows, receiving over 30,000 citations and a h-index of 60. He has published in many top journals such as Science, Science Advances, Nature Energy, Nature Materials, Nature Reviews Materials, Nature Catalysis, Nature Machine Intelligence, Nature Synthesis, and Nature Communications. He also received awards including Highly Cited Researchers, World's Top 2% Scientists, Central Research Fund Award, Vebleo Fellow Award, Ten Outstanding Young Persons, Emerging Investigators, Singapore NRF Fellowship, Innovators under 35 Asia, MRS Graduate Student Award, and National Science Scholarship.