Hongtao Zhong

I am a postdoc in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. In October 2022, I received my Ph.D. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. Back in July 2017, I received my Bachelor degrees from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) in Energy & Power Engineering and Economics .

My current work focuses on plasma-assisted carbon capture and laser-induced plasma photonic crystals. My general research interests span from gas-phase chemical kinetics, reactive flows, weakly ionized plasmas to laser diagnostics. I envision immense opportunities for future research in sustainable energy conversion, non-equilibirum chemical manufacturing, and advanced propulsion.

Hongtao is actively searching for a tenure track assistant professor position!

News

1. 01/29/2024: Hongtao presented a poster entitled "Non-Equilibrium Regeneration of Sorbent Materials for Carbon Capture" at the Stanford Government Energy Summit 2024.
2. 01/12/2024: Hongtao gave a talk entitled "Pulsed laser photolysis for understanding excited oxygen atom kinetics with oxygenated fuels" at the Short-Pulsed Lasers Discussion Group in AIAA SciTech 2024.
3. 12/21/2023: Hongtao gave a talk entitled "Understanding non-equilibrium chemistry for carbon capture and utilization" at the International Online Plasma Seminar.
4. 11/30/2023: Our work about atmospheric-pressure plasma for extreme-temperature synthesis was published by Nature. Take a look!
5. 10/24/2023: Our work about high-pressure CO₂ splitting with nanosecond pulsed discharges was accepted by Plasma Sources Science and Technology. Check it out now :)

Last Updated 02/04/2024 by Hongtao