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Dr. Yanwu Zhu is a professor in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He received his MS (2003) from Peking University (China) and PhD (2007) from National University of Singapore (NUS), both in physics. He worked as a research fellow in NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative, Singapore before he moved to the University of Texas at Austin, where he joined Prof. Rodney Ruoff’s group for graphene materials studies till July 2011. He has published more than 90 research papers on the topics of nanomaterials, applied physics and applied chemistry. So far these papers have been cited by about 8000 times and the highest citation is about 1800. His H factor is 35. Dr. Zhu was awarded the 2005 President's Graduate Fellowship by National University of Singapore, 2006 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad and 2011 Scopus Young Researcher Award. After he joined USTC, Dr. Zhu was selected as the second batch of Young Talent Thousand program by the central government of China. His current research interest includes 1) Synthesis and characterization of graphene and other novel carbon materials; 2) Photoelectric properties of 2D nanomaterials and 3) High performance energy storage materials and devices.