应纳米材料与化学研究部俞书宏教授和谢毅教授的邀请，12月28日，新加坡南洋理工大学楼雄文教授（Xiong Wen (David) LOU）前来实验室进行学术交流与访问，并为广大师生做“Synthesis of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Materials and Their Application in Li-ion Batteries”的学术报告。
　　Dr. David Lou’s research is focused on design and synthesis of novel nanostructured materials, for example, hollow structures, for applications in energy conversion and storage devices, such as lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors and electrocatalysis.
　　He received his B.Eng. (1st class honors) (2002) and M.Eng. (2004) from the National University of Singapore. He obtained his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 2008. For his excellent PhD thesis work, he was awarded the Austin Hooey Prize and the Liu Memorial Award. Right after graduation, he joined Nanyang Technological University as an Assistant Professor. As a leading author, he has published over 80 papers in good journals, including one invited review article in Advanced Materials on the subject of hollow micro-/nano-structures. His papers have been cited over 2250 times according to ISI web of science with an H-index of 21. He also holds several patents in nanostructured electrode materials for high-performance lithium-ion batteries.