On the afternoon of August 20, Professor Yao Yan from the University of Houston, USA, was invited by Professor Huang Hui from the School of Materials Science and Technology to visit our school for an academic visit, and gave an academic report entitled "Application of Organic Electrodes in Lithium Batteries" at Xueyuan 2-302. Combined with his own research experience, he briefly described the urgency of current energy sources and the research progress of lithium batteries. Huang Hui's research group, Liu Xiangfeng's research group members and Professor Yao had a lively discussion.

      Yao Yan graduated from Fudan University, and then obtained his Ph.D. in Yang Yang's research group at UCLA. After two years of working in Polyera Corp., he entered Stanford to follow Professor Cui Yi to carry out research on electrochemical storage. Joined the University of Houston in 2012 to conduct independent research. His current research interests are the design of organic electrode materials and their applications in electromagnetism.