Yuepeng Zhang
Group Leader, Nanocomposite Materials and Membrane Manufacturing
Argonne National Laboratory
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About
Yuepeng Zhang is a PhD materials scientist with expertise in nanocomposite materials and membrane development, process scale-up, and manufacturing technology advancement. She leads the effort on roll-to-roll manufacturing and printed electronic devices.
- Education
- PhD, MS, Materials Science & Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
- BE, Metallurgy, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
- Experience
- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
- 2023-present: Group Leader, Nanocomposite Materials and Membrane Manufacturing, Applied Materials Division
- 2019-2023: Principal Materials Scientist, Applied Materials Division
- 2017-2019: Materials Scientist, Applied Materials Division
- Western Digital Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA
- 2016-2017: Principal Engineer
- 2014-2016: Senior Staff Engineer
- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
- 2012-2014: Post-doc scholar, Materials Science Division & Energy System Division
- Institute Neel - CNRS, Grenoble, France
- 2010-2012: Post-doc scholar, Micro- and NanoMagnetism Group
- Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
- Honors & Awards
- Impact Argonne award - for notable achievement in Program Development, 2024
- R&D100, 2024
- Argonne SPOT Award for Safety, 2024
- Impact Argonne award – for notable achievement through Extraordinary Effort, 2022
- Argonne Commercialization Excellence “Rising Star” Award, 2020
- Impact Argonne award - for notable achievement in Enhancing Argonne’s Reputation, 2020
- Impact Argonne award – for notable achievement through Extraordinary Effort, 2020
- R&D 100, 2018
- Best Poster award, Government Microcircuit Applications & Critical Technology (GOMACTech) conference, 2018
- DOE Energy I-Corps Cohort 8, 2018
- Innovation Award, Western Digital, 2016
- Excellence in Reviewing, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2013
- Excellent Graduate Award, University of Science & Technology Beijing, 1998
- Honor of Excellent Student & First-rank Merit-based Scholarships, University of Science & Technology Beijing, 1995, 1996, 1997