CV
Education
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- Ph.D in Chemical engineering, University of Manchester, 2023
Work experience
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- Postdoctoral research associate (2023.05-2025.10)
- Work with the Prof. Alessandro Troisi (ERC Advanced) at the Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool
- Joint Postdoctoral research associate (2023.05-2025.10)
- Work with the Prof. Paola Carbone at the Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester
- Research assistant (2022.04-2023.04)
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester
- Graduate teaching assistant (2019.04-2023.04)
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Manchester
Publication
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- Wei, Z*., Makki, H., Troisi, A*. (2025). The relation between the doping level and structures in semicrystalline polymeric ionic-electronic conductors under the constant electrochemical potential. In preparation.
- Wei, Z*., Makki, H., Carbone, P*., Troisi, A*. (2025). Simulation of charge distribution and microstructure in semicrystalline polymeric ionic-electronic conductors using classical simulation and constant electrochemical potential. Manuscript.
- Zhang, Z*,1., Wei, Z1., Meng, Y., Cheng, D., Xiang, Y., Zhang., L*. (2025). Machine learning for hydrogel biosensors: materials design, methods and applications. Manuscript. (co-first author)
- Chen, J*., Du, W., Wei, Z., et al. (2025). Unlocking Advanced Proton Exchange Membrane Functionality Through Asymmetric Design and Advanced Manufacturing. (Under peer review in Nature energy)
- Wei, Z., Elliott, J., Papaderakis, A*., Dryfe, R*., Carbone, P*. Relation between double layer structure, capacitance and surface tension in electrowetting of graphene and aqueous electrolytes. J. Am. Chem. Soc 146, 760-772, (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10814
- Smith, L., Wei, Z., Williams, C., Chiricotto, M., Fonte, C., Carbone, P*. Relationship between Capillary Wettability, Mass and Momentum Transfer in Nano-Confined Water: the Case of Water in Nanoslits of Graphite and Hexagonal Boron Nitride. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c10738
- Papaderakis, A*,1., Leketas, M1., Wei, Z1., Hwang, I1., Carbone, P1., Juel, A1., Dryfe., R1. Electrowetting of carbon-based materials for advanced electrochemical technologies. ChemElectroChem 11, e202400143, (2024). DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400143 (co-first author)
- Wei, Z., Chiricotto, M., Elliott, J., Martelli, F., Carbone, P*. Wettability of graphite under 2D confinement. Carbon 198, 132-141, (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2022.07.019
- Williams, C. D., Wei, Z., Shaharudin, M. R. bin & Carbone, P*. A molecular simulation study into the stability of hydrated graphene nanochannels used in nanofluidics devices. Nanoscale 14, 3467–3479 (2022). DOI: 10.1039/d1nr08275b
Conference
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- Graphene Conference 2023, UK (Poster)
- European/Japanese Molecular Liquids Group 2022, Spain (Poster)
- The 27th Thermodynamics Conference 2022, UK (Oral)
- Annual meeting of computer simulation committee (CCP5), UK (Oral)
- Molecular Simulation 2022: Present, Past and Future, Italy (Poster)
- Midlands Computational Chemistry Meeting, UK (Oral)
Skill
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- Software: GROMACS, Gaussian, DFTB+, VASP, CP2K, Materials Studio, Grace, VMD, Origin, Microsoft (Excel, Words, PowerPoint).
- Language: Python (Computational language), Chinese, English.