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ZHU Shunmin
ZHU Shunmin　/　Professor

State Key Laboratory of Cryogenics Science and Technology

Email：zhushunmin@mail.ipc.ac.cn
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Executive Guest Editor of Applied Thermal Engineering; Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports; Senior Member of Chinese Society for Engineering Thermophysics; EPSRC Peer Review College Member; UKRI Talent Peer Review College Member

Educational：9/2015-7/2020, Ph.D., Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China; 7/2019-10/2019, Visiting Ph.D. student, Department of Engineering and Design, University of Sussex, UK; 9/2011-6/2015, B.Eng., School of Energy and Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China.

About

• 12/2025-Present, Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• 7/2025-12/2025, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Durham University, UK
• 9/2023-7/2025, Marie Curie Fellow, Department of Engineering, Durham University, UK
• 9/2021-9/2023, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
• 7/2020-9/2021, Postdoctoral Researcher, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China

Research Areas

• Free-piston Stirling engine generators;
• Thermoacoustic engine generators;
• Thermomagnetic generators;
• Liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic generators;
• Magnetic lead screw;
• Hybrid renewable energy systems.

Publications

[1]   S Zhu, T Wang, C Jiang, Z Wu*, G Yu, J Hu, C N Markides, E Luo*. Numerical and experimental study on a liquid metal magnetohydrodynamic generator for thermoacoustic power generation. Applied Energy 2023, 348: 121453.
[2]   S Zhu, K Wang, I González-Pino, J Song, G Yu, E Luo*, C N Markides*. Techno-economic analysis of a combined heat and power system integrating hybrid photovoltaic-thermal collectors, a Stirling engine and energy storage. Energy Conversion and Management, 2023, 284: 116968.
[3]   S Zhu, G Yu*, W Tang, J Hu, E Luo*. Thermoacoustically driven liquid-metal-based triboelectric nanogenerator: A thermal power generator without solid moving parts. Applied Physics Letters. 2021;118(11):113902. .
[4]   S Zhu, J M O, G Yu*, T Xu, Z Wu, W Dai, E Luo. Modelling and experimental investigation of a free-piston Stirling engine-based micro-combined heat and power system. Applied Energy, 2018, 226: 522-533.
[5]   Y Chen, G Yu*, Y Chen*, S Zhu*, J Luo, Y Sun, E Luo. Post-positioned gas spring enables ultra-high output power of hybrid thermoacoustic electric generators. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024, 5;101835.

Awards and Honors

1. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships
2. Young Scientist for the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
3. CAS President Award