Research Associate
Vlad Paserin, PhD, P. Phys. is currently a Research Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
He holds PhD (Physics) and MASc (Management Science) degrees from University of Waterloo and is a member of the Canadian Association of Physicists. He is the author of several patents and publications in the area of metal foams, chemical vapor deposition and nanomaterials. His PhD thesis, completed in 2009, describes the laboratory evaluation of a laser-driven chemical vapor deposition approach to metal deposition onto 3-D substrates, a form of metal additive manufacturing. Prior to coming to Waterloo in 2018, he spent 26 years working for Inco (Vale) Limited on vapometallurgy of nickel and iron, and 3 years working on water-atomized metal powder research at Rio Tinto Metal Powders in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. Vlad’s previous roles at the University of Waterloo include Managing Director, Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing group (2018-20) and Research Associate, Centre for Advanced Materials Joining (2020-21).
Postdoctoral fellow Bai Sun
2019-2021
Current position: Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University
PhD degree in Materials and Energy, Southwest University (2015)
Publications
(1) Bai Sun, Yuanzheng Chen, Ming Xiao, Guangdong Zhou, Shubham Ranjan, Wentao Hou, Xiaoli Zhu, Yong Zhao, Simon AT Redfern, and Y. Norman Zhou. "A unified capacitive-coupled memristive model for the nonpinched current–voltage hysteresis loop." Nano letters 19, no. 9 (2019): 6461-6465.
(2) Bai Sun, M. Xiao, G. Zhou, Z. Ren, Y. N. Zhou, and Y. A. Wu. "Non–zero-crossing current-voltage hysteresis behavior in memristive system." Materials Today Advances 6 (2020): 100056.
(3) Bai Sun, Guangdong Zhou, Tao Guo, Y. Norman Zhou, and Yimin A. Wu. "Biomemristors as the next generation bioelectronics." Nano Energy (2020): 104938.
(4) Bai Sun, S. Ranjan, G. Zhou, T. Guo, Y. Xia, L. Wei, Y. N. Zhou, and Y. A. Wu. "Multistate resistive switching behaviors for neuromorphic computing in memristor." Materials Today Advances 9 (2021): 100125.
(5) Bai Sun, Tao Guo, Guangdong Zhou, Jinggao Wu, Yuanzheng Chen, Y. Norman Zhou, and Yimin A. Wu. "A Battery-Like Self-Selecting Biomemristor from Earth-Abundant Natural Biomaterials." ACS Applied Bio Materials (2021).
(6) Ranjan Shubham, Bai Sun, Guangdong Zhou, Yimin A. Wu, Lan Wei, and Y. Norman Zhou. "Passive filters for nonvolatile storage based on capacitive-coupled memristive effects in nanolayered organic–inorganic heterojunction devices." ACS Applied Nano Materials 3, no. 6 (2020): 5045-5052..
(7) Tao Guo, Bai Sun, Shubham Ranjan, Yixuan Jiao, Lan Wei, Y. Norman Zhou*, Yimin A. Wu*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 54243−54265.
(8) Tao Guo, Bai Sun, Shubham Ranjan, Cheng Du, Bryce Joseph Kieffer, Joel Philip Mills, Yongcheng Tong, Lan Wei, Y. Norman Zhou, and Yimin A. Wu. Electrocatalytic Hydrolysis Modulated Multistate Resistive Switching Behaviors in Memristors. physica status solidi (a), (2021)
(9) Bai Sun, Tao Guo, Guangdong Zhou, Shubham Ranjan, Yixuan Jiao, Lan Wei, Y. Norman Zhou, and Yimin A. Wu. "Synaptic devices based neuromorphic computing applications in artificial intelligence." Materials Today Physics (2021): 100393.
Postdoctoral fellow Cheng Du
2020-2022
Current position: Editor, Royal Society of Chemistry (Beijing Office)
PhD in chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science
Publications
(1) Cheng Du, C., X. Wang, W. Chen, S. Feng, J. Wen, and Y. A. Wu. "CO2 transformation to multicarbon products by photocatalysis and electrocatalysis." Materials Today Advances 6 (2020): 100071.
(2) Joel P. Mills, Cheng Du, Zuolong Chen, Tao Guo, Yimin A. Wu*, Catalyst design strategies for aqueous N2 electroreduction. Applied Materials Today, 2021, 25, 101184
(3) Chen, Zuolong, Xiyang Wang, Joel P. Mills, Cheng Du, Jintae Kim, John Z. Wen, and Yimin A. Wu. "Two-dimensional Materials for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: Materials, In Situ/Operando Characterizations, and Perspective." Nanoscale (2021).
(4) Tao Guo, Kangqing Pan, Yixuan Jiao, Bai Sun, Cheng Du, Joel P. Mills, Zuolong Chen et al. "Versatile Memristor for Memory and Neuromorphic Computing." Nanoscale Horizons (2022).