Kai Sun
Associate Research Scientist
Education:
Research Interests:
Research focuses on characterization of materials by analytical electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy techniques and synthesis of nanostructured materials by electron and focused ion beams as well as wet chemical methods. Currently I am working on the studies of microstructures of CdTe solar cells, Li-battery and fuel cell materials using electron microscopy and energetic beam interactions with materials.
Prior Experience:
Associate Research Scientist (September 1, 2010- )
Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Assistant Research Scientist (April 1, 2006-August 31, 2010)
Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Senior Research Laboratory Specialist (September 1, 2003- March 31, 2006)
Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Research Fellow (March 1, 2002-August 31, 2003) with Professor Lumin Wang
Department of Nuclear Engineer and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (http://www-ners.engin.umich.edu/people/wang.html)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (March 1, 2000- February 28, 2002) with Professor Nigel D. Browning* and Professor Jingyue Liu**
Interface Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA (*Now at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: http://www.pnl.gov/science/staff/staff_info.asp?staff_num=7730) and Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, USA (** Now at Arizona State University: https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/1816322)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (September 25, 1998-February 28, 2000) with Professor Xiaodong Zou
Electron Crystallography Group, Division of Structural Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (http://www.mmk.su.se/page.php?pid=155&id=338)
Research Assistant (April 1994-July 1998) with Professor Kehsin Kuo
Beijing Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (http://www.blem.ac.cn)