The Urban Gruppo

sizhuoyang[at]lbl.gov

Sizhuo joined the Urban group in March 2020. He received his PhD degree in physical chemistry from Marquette University (2014-2020). His current research focuses on the development of hybrid nanocomposites as a cathode material for solid state batteries. He also works on the design and synthesis MOFs/COFs materials for energy conversion/gas separation.

lchen7[at]lbl.gov

Linfeng joined the Urban group in Jan 2023. He received his PhD degree in inorganic chemistry from University of California, San Diego (2017-2022) where he studied the tunable synthesis of Polyoxometalate coordination networks to understand the process of photoreduction in metal oxides. His current research focuses on the development of nanocomposites for high-capacity hydrogen storage.

ShuoLiu[at]lbl.gov

Shuo Liu obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Since September 2024, he has been a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His work has focused on the development of novel inorganic materials, including metastable materials, high-entropy materials, mesoporous materials, MOFs, alloy nanoparticles, ceramics, and explored their applications in thermal catalysis, electrochemistry, sensing, thermal management, and solid waste recycling. Shuo Liu is currently working on the development and application of thermal energy storage materials.