Argonne National Laboratory

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Hua Zhou

Physicist

Physicist & APS Beamline Scientist CHEX

Biography

Research Interests

Surface/Interface X-ray Scattering, Coherent X-ray Scattering, Multimodal X-ray Microscopy, In-situ X-ray studies of thin film growth and surface processing, quantum heterostructures for information science, electrolyte gating for reconfigurable control, fundamental interactions at solid-liquid interfaces for energy conversions and storage

Education

  • University of Vermont  Ph.D. in Materials Science, 2007
  • Beijing University of Technology B.S., 2002

Experience

  • Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab, 11/2016–Present, Physicist
  • Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab, 10/2011–10/2016, Assistant Physicist
  • Chemical Science and Engineering Division, Argonne National Lab, 01/2010–10/2011 Postdoctoral Fellow
  • National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Lab, 10/2007–12/2009 Research Associate

Award/Recognition

  •  2024 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate
  •  2023 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate
  •  2022 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate
  •  2022 World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University
  •  2021 Argonne Physical Sciences and Engineering Excellence Award
  •  2018 Gopal K. Shenoy Excellence in Beamline Science Award

Editorial Positions

Founding Associate Editor of Photon Science (ACS publication)
Section Editor of Journal of Energy Chemistry (Elsevier)

Selected Publications

  1. J. H. Zhang, X. B. Fu, S. Kwon, K. F. Chen, X. Z. Liu, J. Yang, H. R. Sun, Y. C. Wang, T. Uchiyama, Y. Uchimoto, S. F. Li, Y. Li, X. L. Fan, G. Chen, F. J. Xia, J. S. Wu, Y. B. Li, Q. Yue, L. Qiao, D. Su, H. Zhou, W. A. Goddard III, and Y. J. Kang, Science 387, 48 (2025).
  2. Y. Xi, H. Zheng, Y. Li, H. Cao, D. P. Phelan, H. Zheng, Z. Zhang, H. Hong, G. Y. Wang, Y. Z. Liu, A. Bhattacharya, H. Zhou*, and D. D. Fong*, Science Advances 11, ado4572 (2025).
  3. Y. Li, C. J. Liu, H. Zheng, J. D. Jiang, Z. H. Zhu, X. Yan, H. Cao, K. Narayanachari; B. Paudel, K. P. Koirala, Z. Zhang, B. Fisher, H. H. Wang, E. Karapetrova; C. J. Sun; S. Kelly; D. Phelan; Y. G. Du; B. Buchholz, J. Mitchell, A. Bhattacharya, D. D. Fong*, and H. Zhou*, Advanced Materials 38, 2402484 (2024).
  4. L. Zhang, C. J. Liu, H. Cao, A. J. Erwin, D. D. Fong, A. Bhattacharya, L. P. Yu, L. Stan, C. W. Zou, M. V. Tirrell*, H. Zhou*, and Wei Chen*, Advanced Materials 37, 2308871 (2024).
  5. S. Nair, Z. F. Yang, D. Y. Lee, S. L. Guo, J. T. Sadowski, S. Johnson, A. Saboor, Y. Li, H. Zhou, R. B. Comes, W. C. Jin, K. A. Mkhoyan, A. Janotti, and B. Jalan, Nature Nanotechnology 18, 1005 (2023).
  6. H. Han, H. Zhou, C. Guillemard, M. Valvidares, A. Sharma, Y. Li, A. K. Sharma, I. Kostanovskiy, A. Ernst, and S. S. P. Parkin, Advanced Materials 35, 2207246 (2023).
  7. X. Yan, F. Wrobel, I. C. Tung, H. Zhou*, H. Hong, F. Rodolakis, A. Bhattacharya, J. L. McChesney*, and D. D. Fong*, Advanced Materials 34, 2200866 (2022).
  8. J. Jiang, L. F. Zhang, C. Ming, H. Zhou, P. Bose, Y. W. Guo, Y. Hu, B. W. Wang, Z. Z. Chen, R. Jia, S. Pendse, Y. Xiang, Y. B. Xia, Z. H. Lu, X. X. Wen, Y. Cai, C. L. Sun, G. C. Wang, T. M. Lu, D. Gall, Y. Y. Sun, N. Koratkar, E. Fohtung, Y. F. Shi, and J. Shi, Nature 607, 480 (2022).
  9. H. Cao, H. L. Guo, Y. C. Shao, Q. X. Liu, X. F. Feng, Q. W. Lu, Z. P. Wang, A. D. Zhao, A. Fujimori, Y. D. Chuang, H. Zhou*, and X. F. Zhai*, Nano Letters21, 3981 (2021).
  10. C. J. Liu, X. Yan, D. F. Jin, Y. Ma, H. W. Hsiao, Y. L. Lin, T. M. Bretz-Sullivan, X. J. Zhou, J. Pearson, B. Fisher, J. S. Jiang, Wei Han, J. M. Zuo, J. G. Wen, D. D. Fong, J. R. Sun, H. Zhou, A. Bhattacharya, Science 371, aba5511 (2021). 
  11. G. Wan, J. W. Freeland, J. Kloppenburg, G. Petretto, J. N. Nelson, D. Y. Kuo, C. J. Sun, J. G. Wen, J. T. Diulus, G. S. Herman, Y. Q. Dong, R. H. Kou, J. Y. Sun, S. Chen, K. M. Shen, D. G. Schlom, G. M. Rignanese, G. Hautier, D. D. Fong*, Z. X. Feng*, H. Zhou*, Jin Suntivich*, Science Advances 7, eabc7323 (2021).
  12. C. Liu, J. Qian, Y. F. Ye, H. Zhou, C. J. Sun, C. Sheehan, Z. Y. Zhang, G. Wan, Y. S. Liu, J. H. Guo, S. Li, H. Shin, S. Hwang, T. B. Gunnoe, W. A. Goddard III, and S. Zhang, Nature Catalysis 4, 36 (2020).
  13. M. Q. Zeng, J. X. Liu, L. Zhou, R. G. Mendes, Y. Q. Dong, M. Y. Zhang, Z. H. Cui, Z. H. Cai, Z. Zhang, D. M. Zhu, T. Y. Yang, X. L. Li, J. Q. Wang, L. Zhao, G. X. Chen, H. Jiang, M. H. Rümmeli, H. Zhou*, and L. Fu*, Nature Materials19, 528 (2020).
  14. Y. Y. Zhou*, H. Zhou*, J. J. Deng, W. Cha, and Z. H. Cai, Matter 2, 360 (2020). 
  15. Y. Zhong, B. R. Cheng, C. B. Park, A. Ray, S. Brown, F. Mujid, J. U. Lee, H. Zhou, J. K. Suh, K. H. Lee, A. J. Mannix, K. B. Kang, S. J. Sibener, D. A. Muller, J. W. Park, Science 366, 1379 (2019).
  16. J. Li, S. Y. Hwang, F. M. Guo, S. Li, Z. W. Chen, R. H. Kou, K. Sun, C. J. Sun, H. Gan, A. P. Yu, E. A. Stach, H. Zhou*, and D. Su*, Nature Communications 10, 2224 (2019). 
  17. I. C. Tung, A. Krishnamoorthy, S. Sadasivam, H. Zhou, Q. Zhang, K. L. Seyler, G. Clark, E. M. Mannebach, C. Nyby, F. Ernst, D. L. Zhu, J. M. Glownia, M. E. Kozina, S. H. Song, S. Nelson, H. Kumazoe, F. Shimojo, R. K. Kalia, P. Vashishta, P. Darancet, T. F. Heinz, A. Nakano, X. D. Xu, A. M. Lindenberg, and H. D. Wen, Nature Photonics (2019).
  18. Y. K. Yuan, Y. F. Lu, G. Stone, K. Wang, C. M. Brooks, D. G. Schlom, S. B. Sinnott, H. Zhou*, and V. Gopalan*, Nature Communication 9, 5220 (2018).
  19. H. Liu, Y. Dong, D. Xu, E. A. Karapetrova, S. Lee, L. Stan, P. Zapol, H. Zhou,* D. D. Fong*, Advanced Materials 1804775 (2018). 
  20. H. J.  Liu, Y. Q. Dong, M. J Cherukara, K. Sasikumar, B. Narayanan, Z. H. Cai, B. Lai, L. Stan, S. B. Hong, M. K. Y. Chan, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, H. Zhou*, D. D Fong*, ACS Nano 12, 4938 (2018).
  21. Z. Zhang, D. Schwanz, B. Narayanan, M. Kotiuga, J. A Dura, M. Cherukara, H. Zhou, J. W. Freeland, J. R. Li, R. Sutarto, F. Z. He, C. Z. Wu, J. X. Zhu, Y. F. Sun, K. Ramadoss, S. S. Nonnenmann, N. F. Yu, R. Comin, K. M. Rabe, S. K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan, and S. Ramanathan, Nature 553, 68 (2017).
  22. Y. Zhou, X. F. Guan, H. Zhou, K. Ramadoss, S. Adam, H. J. Liu, S. S. Lee, J. Shi, M. Tsuchiya, D. D. Fong, and S. Ramanathan, Nature 534, 231 (2016).
  23. T. H. Kim, Y. K. Yuan, D. Puggioni, L. Xie, N. Campbell, H. Zhou, P. J. Ryan, Y. S. Choi, J. W. Kim, S. W. Ryu, J. R. Patzner, J. Podkaminer, J. Irwin, Y. J. Ma, X. L. Ke, C. J. Fennie, M. S. Rzchowski, X. Q. Pan, J. M. Rondinelli, V. Gopalan, and C. B. Eom, Nature 533, 68 (2016).
  24. H. Zhou* and D. D. Fong*, ​“In situ X-ray Scattering of Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films”, Book Chapter of Epitaxial Growth of Complex Metal Oxides, Edited by G. Koster, G. Rijnders and M. Huijben, Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier) (2015).

Conferences and Workshops Organization

  1. 2017 APS/CNM Joint User Meeting Workshop WK10
  2. 2017 International Materials Research Congress Symposium F6
  3. 2017 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting Symposium TC07
  4. 2018 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting Symposium EN20
  5. 2018 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting Symposium ET12
  6. 2019 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting Symposium ES03
  7. 2019 APS/CNM Joint User Meeting Workshop WK02
  8. 2019 Materials Science & Technology Meeting Symposium: Emergent Materials under Extremes and Decisive In-situ Characterizations
  9. 2019 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting Symposium MQ03
  10. 2020 Electronic Materials and Applications Meeting Symposium S09
  11. 2020 Materials Science & Technology: Functional Defects in Electroceramic Materials
  12. 2021 Electronic Materials and Applications Meeting Symposium S09
  13. 2021 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting Symposium CT04
  14. 2022 Electronic Materials and Applications Meeting Symposium S09
  15. 2022 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting Symposium EQ02
  16. 2022 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting Symposium SF05
  17. 2023 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting Symposium EN07
  18. 2023 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting Symposium EN10
  19. 2024 Electronic Materials and Applications Meeting Symposium S17
  20. 2024 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting Symposium EN10
  21. 2025 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting Symposium QT04
  22. 2025 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting Symposium CH05