2012年入选教育部“新世纪优秀人才”支持计划；2009年入选北京市科技新星； 2007年入选北京市优秀人才培养计划；2005年入选北京理工大学首批优秀青年教师资助计划。
任中国储能与动力电池及其材料专业委员会副秘书长，全国燃料电池及液流电池标准化技术委员会委员，第7至16届“动力锂电池技术及产业发展国际论坛”主席团成员。任Science合作期刊Energy Material Advances副主编；Nature Commun., Joule, Adv. Mater., JACS, Angew. Chem.等90多种国际期刊审稿人。
先后主讲本科生专业课《环境管理学》、《材料表征的近代物理技术》、《专业综合技能培训》，主讲本科生通识选修课程《氢能与燃料电池技术》；主讲硕士研究生课程《能源材料及技术工程基础》；主讲博士生课程《环境保护与可持续发展》、《新能源与可再生能源》；参与本科生专业课《学科进展报告》、博士生专业课《环境及能源材料技术进展》等课程讲授。入选北理工第九届“我爱我师”十佳教师。获得北理工优秀教育教学成果一等奖。
指导了国家大学生创新性实验计划、校研究生科技创新活动专项、北京市“翱翔计划”等学生课外科技活动。所指导的研究生荣获了“壳牌”能源研究与创新卓越奖、第十二届动力锂电池技术及产业发展国际论坛最佳墙报奖、工业和信息化部 “工信创新奖学金”团队一等奖、广东省第七届大学生材料创新大赛无机非金属材料赛区一等奖和总决赛二等奖、第十六届和第十八届“世纪杯”一等奖等多个奖项。
作为负责人主持了国家973课题、国家自然科学基金、北京市自然科学基金重点项目、教育部博士点基金等科研项目；2020年获得中国发明协会发明创新二等奖，2019年获得中国产学研合作促进奖（个人），2008年作为主要完成人获得中国有色金属工业协会科学技术一等奖。在包括Nature Commun., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Func. Mater., Adv. Sci., Nano Energy, ACS Energy Lett., Small, Energy Storage Mater., J. Mater. Chem. A等在内的学术期刊发表SCI论文160余篇；申请国家发明专利63项，已获授权35项。

长期从事先进能源材料的研究工作，主要关注能量储存与转体系及其关键材料，包括锂离子电池、钠离子电池、铝二次电池、锂空电池、锌离子电池以及其他二次电池新体系；开展多电子反应电极材料、新型储能材料、洁净能源催化剂的制备、界面、构效关系研究。

1997-2002年，北京理工大学应用化学专业，获工学博士学位。
1993-1997年，北京理工大学精细化工专业，获工学学士学位。

2004年至今，北京理工大学任教。
2002-2004年，中国科学院大连化学物理研究所，博士后、副研究员。

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