Dr. Shanyu Zhao

Dr Shanyu Zhao is a senior scientist at the Building Energy Materials and Components Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Laboratory for Materials Science and Technology (Empa). He received his PhD in materials science from Dalian University of Technology (2011) and spent a year as a visiting researcher in the Chemistry Department at Brown University (2009). He has worked on scientific research and product development with a strong focus on technical project management in the areas of functional porous and energy materials. His research interests range from sol-gel chemistry and additive manufacturing to biopolymers, aerogels, and nanocomposites.