Rate My Professor Yizhou Zhu

Yizhou Zhu earned her B.S. degree in Physics in 2011 and M.S. degree in Nuclear Technology in 2014, both from Peking University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, followed by postdoctoral research at Northwestern University. She joined Westlake University in September 2021. Her group has published in leading journals including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and ACS Nano. Key publications include 'Equivariant diffusion solution for inorganic crystal structure prediction' (Nature Communications, 2026), 'Stabilizing Interlayer Repulsion in Layered Sodium-Ion Oxide Cathodes via d-Promoted Cation Mixing' (Advanced Materials, 2024), 'Regulating Surface Faceting as a Kinetic Switch for Core/Shell Nanoparticle Synthesis' (ACS Nano, 2026), 'Rational Design of High-Entropy Garnet Electrolytes via Machine Learning-Accelerated High-Throughput Screening' (Advanced Materials, 2025), and 'qNEP: A Highly Efficient Neuroevolution Potential with ab initio Accuracy' (Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2026). These contributions have advanced the field of computational materials design for sustainable energy technologies.