Rate My Professor Yan Wang

Professor Wang has significantly impacted the field through innovative commercialization efforts, co-founding Ascend Elements Inc. (previously Battery Resourcers Inc.) in 2015 and AM Batteries Inc. in 2016 based on his laboratory technologies. His key publications include “Self-driven aldol condensation enabling high-purity Li2CO3 recovery from spent lithium metal anodes” published in Joule (2025), “Etching-assisted Upcycling of Ni-lean to Ni-rich Cathode Materials” in Journal of Power Sources (2025), “Rethinking Graphite Recycling” in Chem Circularity (2026), and book chapters such as “Energy Conversion and Storage Through Nanoparticles” in the RSC Handbook on Nanomaterials (2012). He holds patents including “Developing Additive Manufactured Battery Electrodes.” Professor Wang’s achievements have been recognized with awards such as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2025), Tech Power Players 50 (2024), Faces of American Innovation from the Bayh-Dole Coalition (2023), Manufacturing Champion from the Worcester Business Journal (2023), Better World Project Award (2022), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2022), and the Board of Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship (2019). His work advances clean energy, renewable technologies, and sustainable manufacturing practices.