{"id":3262,"date":"2026-06-11T20:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/?page_id=3262"},"modified":"2026-06-11T20:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:35:35","slug":"likun-zhu-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/likun-zhu-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Likun\u00a0Zhu Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><div  class=\"section has-padding-bottom-small  page-layout-wide page-layout-two-column\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dir-zhu.jpg\" alt=\"Likun Zhu\" class=\"wp-image-1858\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-aged-gold-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1e19b9713bce495db481e2638e0b3715\"><strong><strong><strong>Likun&nbsp;Zhu<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assistant Vice Provost for Indianapolis Faculty Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6889481b5b4f6e2622aae46b83841a97 wp-block-paragraph\">Likun Zhu is a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and serves as assistant vice provost for Indianapolis faculty affairs. He began his academic career at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in 2009 and joined Purdue University in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8baabda92c2caeff21739c5eb23cb506 wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Zhu\u2019s research focuses on advanced battery materials, solid-state and lithium-ion batteries, in situ and operando characterization and battery manufacturing and design optimization. His work integrates experimental techniques with modeling and data-driven approaches to understand dynamic processes in energy storage systems and develop next-generation battery technologies. His research has been supported by federal agencies and industry, including NSF, U.S. Department of Defense and Ford Motor Company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0ef06dec1cacaf8dc254e4b6f5a2d660 wp-block-paragraph\">He has received several honors, including the Abraham M. Max Distinguished Professor Award and the IU Trustees Teaching Award. Dr. Zhu serves on the editorial boards of Applied Materials Today and Energy &amp; Environmental Materials and has contributed extensively to the advancement of energy storage science and engineering through research, education and leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3262\/revisions\/3263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}