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Grace Wei

Headshot of Grace Wei
Program Year:
3
University:
University of California, Berkeley
Field of Study:
Computational Materials Science
Advisor:
Gerbrand Ceder
Degree(s):
B.S.E. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 2022

Practicum Experience(s)

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2023)

Practicum Supervisor(s):
Ross
Larsen
Practicum Title:
Bottom-up Construction of Kinetic Monte Carlo Model for Perovskite Growth

Annual Program Review Abstracts

Fellow Poster
: Ultrafast Lithium-Ion Diffusion in Oxyhalides (
2023
)

Publications

Yang, X., Chen, Y., Wei, G. et al. Harnessing Cation Disorder for Enhancing Ionic Conductivity in Lithium Inverse Spinel Halides. ACS Energy Lett. 2025, 10, 1338−1346.

Jun, K.*; Wei, G.*; Yang, X.; Chen, Y; Ceder, G. Exploring the soft cradle effect and ionic transport mechanisms in the LiMXCl4 superionic conductor family. Matter (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2025.102001

Jun, K., Chen, Y., Wei, G. et al. Diffusion mechanisms of fast lithium-ion conductors. Nat Rev Mater 9, 887-905 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-024-00715-9

Wei, G.; Kaplan, A. B.; Zhang, H.; Loo, Y.-L.; Webb, M. A. Effects of Ligand Chemistry on Ion Transport in 2D Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites. Advanced Energy Materials, 2401087. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401087.

* indicates co-authorship

Awards

Highest Honors, Princeton University
Outstanding Materials Science Student, Princeton University, May 2022
SABIC Senior Thesis Award, Princeton University, May 2022
NSF GRFP Awardee, 2022
Reiner G. Stoll Undergraduate Summer Fellowship in Chemical Engineering (June - September 2021)