We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Haijun Ruan from Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Sciences. Dr. Haijun Ruan obtained the PhD (2019) and Bachelor (2014) degrees in electrical engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University, China. During his PhD period, he was a visiting student researcher with Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, in 2018. His PhD research activities mainly focused on the modeling, low-temperature heating, and charging for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage systems. He got Merit Student of Beijing (2014), National Scholarship (2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018), and Zhixing scholarship (top scholarship for postgraduate students at Beijing Jiaotong University, 2019). In early 2020, he came to the UK to join the University of Southampton as a Research Fellow. In Aug. 2020, he joined the Dyson School of Design Engineering as a Research Associate, working with Dr. Billy Wu, Prof. Gregory Offer, and Dr. Huizhi Wang on multiple research projects at Electrochemical Science & Engineering (ESE) group at Imperial College London. He was supported by the Faraday Institution Industry Fellowship, which allowed him to translate his work on battery diagnostics and control into real-world applications, with the goal of extending battery lifetime. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Haijun Ruan for his participation and support.
May 15, 2024