Tianyang Chen

Bachelor of Chemistry, Peking University (2017)

Bachelor of Science, Peking University, Chemistry (2017)

Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2023)

Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Inorganic Chemistry (2023)

Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemical Engineering, Stanford

Born in southeastern China, I went to Beijing for undergraduate education after spending 18 years in Zhejiang province. At Peking university, I conducted research in the field of organometallic chemistry in Prof. Zhenfeng Xi's lab in College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering (CCME). Hoping to achieve more in chemical research, I went abroad to the east coast of the US and became a graduate student in Chemistry Department of MIT, under the supervision of Prof. Mircea Dincᾰ. My research interests during graduate school span from electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks and porous organic polymers to electrochemcial energy storage using organic or organic/inorganic hybrid materials. After 6 years at MIT, I traveled accross the country (by driving) to the west coast and am currently a postdoctoral scholar in Prof. Zhenan Bao's lab, working on developing polymeric materials for electrochemical interphase in batteries.