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About Prof. Dr. Di Wei
Prof. Di Wei serves as the Principal Investigator at BINN and heads the Iontronics Laboratory. As Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (MEASA), Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (FEurASc), Life Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (FNAI) USA, Foreign Member of the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in Finland (LSTV), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) UK, Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM) UK and Life Senior Member of Wolfson College at Cambridge University, he has published over 150 papers including Nat. Energy, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., PNAS, Joule, Matter, Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Energ. Environ. Sci., Chem. Soc. Rev. etc. as the first/corresponding author. Prof. Wei also has a portfolio of over 200 international patents (including PCT). Notably, 120+ patents have been successfully granted, many of which have been transferred to leading companies like Nokia in Finland and Lyten in the USA. Additionally, Prof. Wei has edited 6 English books, published by Wiley, Nature Springer and Cambridge University Press etc., focusing on nanotechnology for energy and information technology. He previously led the Flexible Energy Sub-project of the EU Graphene Flagship, has served as symposium chair at multiple international conferences, and has delivered numerous keynote and plenary lectures. He has been listed among the global top 2% of scientists in both the lifetime and annual rankings compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier. He has also been invited to give featured lectures at Stanford University, EPFL, and universities in Finland. His achievements have been recognized by the first prize of the Nokia Global Innovation and Excellence Award, Brian Conway Prize in Physical Electrochemistry from the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) and various other prizes from ISE and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).