Yangning Zhang (张杨宁) received her BS in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University in 2016 and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2021. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto from 2021 to 2025. Dr Zhang’s research interests focus on the synthesis, assembly, and functionalization of semiconductor quantum dots for optoelectronic and energy conversion applications.
Education
2016.08-2021.05: University of Texas at Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering, PhD (supervisor: Prof. Brian A. Korgel)
2015.11-2016.05: Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, visiting student (supervisor: Prof. Xin Li)
2012.09-2016.07: Tianjin University, Qiushi Honors College, BS (supervisor: Prof. Jinlong Gong)
Work Experience
2025.05-present: Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Associate Professor
2021.09-2025.05: University of Toronto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Postdoc (supervisor: Prof. Edward H. Sargent)
Selected Awards
2023: Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering, MIT
2020-2021: Phillips 66 Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2020: U.S. Navy Research Award, University of Texas at Austin
Editorial Boards
Youth Editorial Board, Renewables
Early Career Editorial Board, Transactions of Tianjin University
Selected Publications
1. Zhang, Y.;# Imran, M.;# Xia, P.;# Chen, Y.; Gulsaran, G.; Liu, Y.; Nikbin, E.; Rehl, B.; Fan, L.; Dinic, F.; Kim, D. B.; Zeng, L.; Yavuz, M.; Hoogland, S.; Sargent, E. H.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202505179. (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202505179)
2. Zhang, Y.; Thomas, C.; Kim, H. G.; Noh, J.; Aldeen, T. S.; Segapeli, A. J; Smilgies, D.-M.; Korgel, B. A.* Solvent Vapor Annealing of CsPbI3 Nanocrystal Superlattices Followed by in situ X-ray Scattering. J. Phys. Chem. C 2025, 129, 849-857.
3. Zhang, Y.; Xia, P.; Rehl, B.; Parmar, D. H.; Choi, D.; Imran, M.; Liu, Y.; Vafaie, M.; Li, C.; Atan, O.; Pina, J. M.; Paritmongkol, W.; Levina, L.; Voznyy, O.; Hoogland, S.; Sargent, E. H.* Dicarboxylic Acid-Assisted Surface Oxide Removal and Passivation of Indium Antimonide Colloidal Quantum Dots for Short-Wave Infrared Photodetectors. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202316733. (Very Important Paper)
4. Zhang, Y.; Aly, O. F.; De Gorostiza, A.; Aldeen, T. S.; Segapeli, A. J; Korgel, B. A.* Cesium Methylammonium Lead Iodide (CsxMA1-xPbI3) Nanocrystals with Wide Range Cation Composition Tuning and Enhanced Thermal Stability of the Perovskite Phase. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306005. (Hot Paper)
5. Zhang, Y.;# Vafaie, M.;# Xu, J.; Pina, J. M.; Xia, P.; Najarian, A. M.; Atan, O.; Imran, M.; Xie, K.; Hoogland, S.; Sargent, E. H.* Electron-Transport Layers Employing Strongly Bound Ligands Enhance Stability in Colloidal Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2206884.
6. Zhang, Y.; Siegler, T. D.; Thomas, C.; Abney, M. K.; Shah, T.; Gorostiza, A. D.; Greene, R. M.; Korgel, B. A.* A “Tips and Tricks” Practical Guide to the Synthesis of Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 5410–5423. (ACS Editor’s Choice)
7. Zhang, Y.; Shah, T.; Deepak, F. L.; Korgel, B. A.* Surface Science and Colloidal Stability of Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 Nanocrystals and Their Superlattices. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 7962–7969.
8. Zhang, Y.; Thomas, C. J.; Guillaussier, A.; Smilgies, D.-M.; Korgel, B. A.* Thermal Phase Transitions in Superlattice Assemblies of Cuboidal CH3NH3PbI3 Nanocrystals Followed by Grazing Incidence X-Ray Scattering. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 17555–17565.
9. Zhang, Y.;# Kim, S.;# Feng, G.; Wang, Y.; Liu, L.; Ceder, G.*; & Li, X.* The Interaction between Cu and Fe in P2-Type NaxTMO2 Cathodes for Advanced Battery Performance. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2018, 165, A1184-1192.
10. Thomas, C. J.;# Zhang, Y.;# Guillaussier, A.; Bdeir, K.; Aly, O.; Kim, H. G.; Noh, J.; Reimnitz, L. C.; Li, J.; Deepak, F. L.; Smilgies, D.-M.; Milliron, D. J.; Korgel, B. A.* Thermal Stability of the Black Perovskite Phase in Cesium Lead Iodide Nanocrystals Under Humid Conditions. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 9750-9758.
List of publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iD0zzDIAAAAJ&hl=en
个人简介：
张杨宁，2016年本科毕业于天津大学，获化学工程与工艺学士学位（导师：巩金龙教授）。期间前往美国哈佛大学工程与应用科学系开展本科毕业论文工作（导师：Xin Li教授）。2021年毕业于美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校，获化学工程博士学位（导师：Brian A. Korgel教授，美国国家工程院院士）。2021-2025年在加拿大多伦多大学开展博士后研究（合作导师：Edward H. Sargent教授，加拿大工程院院士，加拿大皇家科学院院士）。2025年5月回国加入天津大学化工学院巩金龙教授课题组，任英才副教授。
张杨宁主要围绕面向光电与能源化工应用的半导体量子点精准合成、组装与性能调控开展研究，迄今发表SCI论文22篇，其中以第一作者（含共一）在Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.（3篇）、Adv. Mater.（1篇）、Chem. Mater.（3篇）等刊物发表论文10篇。曾获麻省理工学院评选的“2023 Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering”称号、德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校评选的美国海军研究奖、美国菲利普斯化工奖学金以及天津大学优秀毕业生、天津大学李曙森校长奖学金等奖励和荣誉。现任Renewables和Transactions of Tianjin University（天津大学学报英文版）青年编委。