YITIAN WANG

ywang1057@ucr.edu

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SKILLS

Software / Programming

• Python (advanced), MATLAB (advanced), SolidWorks (intermediate)
• GSAS-II (advanced), Mantid (advanced), ImageJ (intermediate)

Experimental Techniques

• FZ Crystal Growth (advanced), PVD (intermediate), CVD (intermediate)
• SEM (advanced), XRD (advanced), INS (advanced), Raman (intermediate), FTIR (intermediate)
• PPMS (advanced), DSC (intermediate), TGA (intermediate)
• Battery Assembly (advanced), Impedance Spectroscopy (intermediate)

EDUCATION

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA Mar. 2021 - Dec. 2025 (expected)

Award: MRS 2023 Spring Highly Commended Student Talk Award
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY Aug. 2019 - Feb. 2021

Master of Science, Material Science and Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA Jul. 2017 - Aug. 2017

Summer Session

Beijing Normal University

Beijing, CN Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2019

Award: ‘Jingshi’ Scholarship
Bachelor of Science, Physics

PROJECTS

Thermal transport and ionic mobility in solid electrolytes

University of California, Riverside Jun. 2021 - Jun. 2025

Riverside, CA

• Grew single crystal samples with floating zone method using image furnace.
• Studied the physical properties in comparison with other solid electrolytes.

Inelastic neutron scattering on LLZTO single crystal

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Jan. 2022 - Jul. 2023

Oak Ridge, TN

• Conducted inelastic neutron scattering experiments using TAX and ARCS.
• Processed and analyzed the data with Mantid and Python.

Two-channel fitting model for thermal conductivity

University of California, Riverside Mar. 2022 - Sep. 2023

Riverside, CA

• Developed an expandable fitting model for thermal conductivity data in MatLab.

Advanced separator of lithium-ion battery

Columbia University Oct. 2019 - Jan. 2021

New York, NY

• Made composite battery separator with γ-C₃N₄ and PVDF.
• Assembled full cell batteries and tested electrochemical properties.

First-principle calculation of olivine structure

Columbia University Sep. 2019 - Jan. 2020

New York, NY

• Calculated the stable olivine structure with hydrogen defects with Quantum ESPRESSO.

Low temperature uniaxial strain device

Beijing Normal University Sep. 2018 - May 2019

Beijing, CN

• Modeled devices in Solidworks to apply uniaxial pressure on film samples utilizing thermal expansion.
• Tested the strain induced detwinning effect with PPMS.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Glass-like thermal transport in polycrystalline perovskite lithium-ion conductor Li₃/₈Sr₇/₁₆Hf₁/₄Ta₃/₄O₃
  Chemical Communications (2025)
  Wang, Y., Jia, Q., Li, S., Shi, L., Li, Y., & Chen, X.

• Low thermal conductivity and lattice anharmonicity of NaSICON-type solid electrolyte Na₃Zr₂Si₂PO₁₂
  Tungsten (2025) (Accepted)
  Wang, Y., Jia, Q., Li, S., Shi, L., Li, Y., & Chen, X.

• Origin of intrinsically low thermal conductivity in a garnet-type solid electrolyte: Linking lattice and ionic dynamics with thermal transport
  PRX Energy (2025)
  Wang, Y., Su, Y., Carrete, J., Zhang, H., Wu, N., Li, Y., Li, H., He, J., Xu, Y., Guo, S., Cai, Q., Abernathy, D. L., Williams, T., Kravchyk, K. V., Kovalenko, M. V., Madsen, G. K. H., Li, C., & Chen, X.

• Thermal properties and lattice anharmonicity of Li-ion conducting garnet solid electrolyte Li₆.₅La₃Zr₁.₅Ta₀.₅O₁₂
  Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2024)
  Wang, Y., Li, S., Wu, N., Jia, Q., Hoke, T., Shi, L., Li, Y., & Chen, X.

• Enhanced magnon thermal transport in yttrium-doped spin ladder compounds Sr₁₄₋ₓYₓCu₂₄O₄₁
  Journal of Applied Physics (2024)
  Li, S., Guo, S., Wang, Y., Li, H., Xu, Y., Carta, V., Zhou, J., & Chen, X.

• Size-dependent magnon thermal transport in a nanostructured quantum magnet
  Cell Reports Physical Science (2024)
  Guo, S., Li, H., Bai, X., Wang, Y., Li, S., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E., Zhou, J., & Chen, X.

• Crystal structure and thermoelectric properties of layered van der Waals semimetal ZrTiSe₄
  Chemistry of Materials (2022)
  Xu, Y., Barani, Z., Xiao, P., Sudhindra, S., Wang, Y., Rezaie, A. A., Carta, V., Bozhilov, K. N., Luong, D., Fokwa, B. P. T., Kargar, F., Balandin, A. A., & Chen, X.

• Single crystal growth and electrochemical studies of garnet-type fast Li-ion conductors
  Tungsten (2022)
  Wang, Y., & Chen, X.

Extra-Curricular

GSA Python Coding Contest

August 2020

COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling

January 2017

BNU Physics Department Soccer Team

2015 - 2019