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Dr. Yijin Liu received his bachelor of science (2004) and PhD (2009) degrees from the Physics Department at the University of Science and Technology of China. He joined Stanford University as a postdoctoral scholar in 2009 and became an associate staff scientist at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in 2012, a staff scientist in 2015 and a lead scientist in 2020. In August 2023, Liu joined the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT Austin as an associate professor. In his previous role as a national lab scientist, Liu led technical developments and scientific applications for the transmission X-ray microscopy program at SLAC/Stanford.

With over 15 years of experience in this field, Liu has developed and applied X-ray characterization methods for a broad range of research fields. In more recent years, Liu’s research focused on studying energy storage materials using high-throughput experimental methods as well as machine learning-assisted statistical analysis. Specific areas of focus include battery manufacturing, safety, degradation and failure analysis.