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Dr Shunmin Zhu is a Marie Curie Fellow working at the Department of Engineering, Durham University. Before joining Durham University, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Clean Energy Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London and the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), respectively. Dr Zhu received his Ph.D. degree (Outstanding Graduate Award) from TIPC, CAS in 2020. In 2019, he also gained research experience at the University of Sussex sponsored by the UK-China Newton Fund Ph.D. placement program.
Dr Zhu’s research aims to develop advanced thermal energy technologies for providing power, heating and cooling that can minimize global primary-energy use and reduce CO2 emissions for a sustainable future. Specifically, his research interests include free-piston internal/external combustion and free-piston Stirling engines, novel thermoacoustic power generation technologies, and hybrid renewable energy systems. To date, Dr. Zhu has received 8 research grants from the European Commission, the British Council, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the CAS on energy conversion technologies and systems. He is a holder of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. Dr Zhu has published more than thirty peer-reviewed papers in internationally recognized journals (e.g. Cell Reports Physical Science, Applied Physic Letters, Applied Energy, and Energy Conversion and Management) and granted more than ten patents. His researches have been featured in the world’s leading scientific media such as ‘Advances in Engineering’, ‘EurekAlert’, ‘PhysOrg’, ‘PV magazine’, and so on. In addition, Dr Zhu is serving as an Associate Editor of the journal Frontiers in Thermal Engineering, and is currently leading a special issue named ‘Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for Power, Heating, and Cooling’ in this journal with other 8 guest editors.