Biography

Academic Experience

• Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2020-present
• Associate Professor/Lecturer, School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, 2019-2020
• Research Fellow, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2016-2018
• Research Fellow/Research Associate, Energy Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2015-2016

Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Power Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2015
• M.Sc. in Power Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2008
• B.E. in Electrical Engineering, Wuhan University, 2007

Editorial Services

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2025-present
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2023-present
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2022-present
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2022-present
• Associate Editor, IEEE Power Engineering Letters, 2023-present
• Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Special Issue on Advanced and Innovative Control Technologies for Grid-Resilience-Enhancing Energy Storage Systems, 2023-2025
• Guest Editor, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, Special Section on Advanced Modeling, Control, Application and Safety of Energy Storage Systems, 2024-2025
• Guest Editor, IET Renewable Power Generation, Special Issue on Smart Energy Storage System Management for Renewable Energy Integration, 2023-2024
• Guest Editor, Applied Energy, Special Issue on Intelligent Energy Storage Systems for Electrified Transportation and Smart Grid, 2021-2022

Conference Services

• IEEE IECON
  • Technical Track Chair, 2024 (Chicago), 2025 (Madrid)
  • Session Chair, 2023
• IEEE SPEC
  • TPC Co-Chair, 2024
• IFAC World Congress
  • Special Session Chair, 2023

Reviewer for Journals

• IEEE TIE/TII/JESTIE/OJ-IES/IEM/TMECH
• IEEE TTE/TPEL/OJ-PEL
• IEEE TEC/TSTE/TPWRS/TSG
• IEEE TIA/OJ-IA
• IEEE TAC/TCST/L-CSS
• IEEE TVT/TIV/T-ITS/OJ-VT

Awards and Fellowships

• World’s Top 2% Scientists, Stanford, 2023, 2024
• Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2023, 2024
• Star Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2023
• Distinguished Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2022
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF), European Commission, 2020
• Best Paper Award, 4th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Green Building and Smart Grid, 2019

Publications

Constrained ensemble Kalman filter for distributed electrochemical state estimation of lithium-ion batteries

Yang Li, Binyu Xiong, Don Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, Zhongbao Wei, Changjun Xie, and Changfu Zou, "Constrained ensemble Kalman filter for distributed electrochemical state estimation of lithium-ion batteries," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 240-250, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TII.2020.2974907.

Dispatch planning of wide-area wind power-energy storage scheme based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition technique

Mengting Li, Yang Li, and San Shing Choi, "Dispatch planning of wide-area wind power-energy storage scheme based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition technique," IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1275-1288, Apr. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2020.3042385.

Faulted feeder identification based on active adjustment of arc suppression coil and similarity measure of zero-sequence currents

Jinrui Tang, Binyu Xiong, Yang Li, Chengqing Yuan, and Yuanchao Qiu, "Faulted feeder identification based on active adjustment of arc suppression coil and similarity measure of zero-sequence currents," IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 3903-3913, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TPWRD.2021.3051040.

Electrochemical model-based fast charging: Physical constraint-triggered PI control

Yang Li, D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, Evelina Wikner, Zhongbao Wei, Xinan Zhang, Torbjörn Thiringer, Torsten Wik, and Changfu Zou, "Electrochemical model-based fast charging: Physical constraint-triggered PI control," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 3208-3220, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2021.3065983.

Deep deterministic policy gradient-DRL enabled multiphysics-constrained fast charging of lithium-ion battery

Zhongbao Wei, Zhongyi Quan, Jingda Wu, Yang Li, Josep Pou, and Hao Zhong, "Deep deterministic policy gradient-DRL enabled multiphysics-constrained fast charging of lithium-ion battery," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 2588-2598, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3070514.

Adaptive ensemble-based electrochemical-thermal degradation state estimation of lithium-ion batteries

Yang Li, Zhongbao Wei, Binyu Xiong, and D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, "Adaptive ensemble-based electrochemical-thermal degradation state estimation of lithium-ion batteries," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 7, pp. 6984-6996, Jul. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3095815.

Model order reduction techniques for physics-based lithium-ion battery management: A survey

Yang Li, Dulmini Karunathilake, D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, Yateendra Mishra, Troy W. Farrell, San Shing Choi, and Changfu Zou, "Model order reduction techniques for physics-based lithium-ion battery management: A survey," IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 36-51, Sep. 2022, doi: 10.1109/MIE.2021.3100318.

Offline and online blended machine learning for lithium-ion battery health state estimation

Chengqi She, Yang Li, Changfu Zou, Torsten Wik, Zhenpo Wang, and Fengchun Sun, "Offline and online blended machine learning for lithium-ion battery health state estimation," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 1604-1618, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2021.3129479.

Control-oriented modeling of all-solid-state batteries using physics-based equivalent circuits

Yang Li, Torsten Wik, Changjun Xie, Yicun Huang, Binyu Xiong, Jinrui Tang, and Changfu Zou, "Control-oriented modeling of all-solid-state batteries using physics-based equivalent circuits," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 2080-2092, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2021.3131147.

Multistage state of health estimation of lithium-ion battery with high tolerance to heavily-partial charging

Zhongbao Wei, Haokai Ruan, Yang Li, Jianwei Li, Caizhi Zhang, and Hongwen He, "Multistage state of health estimation of lithium-ion battery with high tolerance to heavily-partial charging," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 7432-7442, Jun. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2022.3144504.

Peak power estimation of vanadium redox flow batteries based on receding horizon control

Binyu Xiong, Sidi Dong, Yang Li, Jinrui Tang, Yixin Su, and Hoay Beng Gooi, "Peak power estimation of vanadium redox flow batteries based on receding horizon control," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 154-165, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2022.3152588.

Machine learning-based fast charging of lithium-ion battery by perceiving and regulating internal microscopic states

Zhongbao Wei, Xiaofeng Yang, Yang Li, Hongwen He, Weihan Li, and Dirk Uwe Sauer, "Machine learning-based fast charging of lithium-ion battery by perceiving and regulating internal microscopic states," Energy Storage Materials, vol. 56, pp. 62-75, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2022.12.034.

Physics-based model predictive control for power capability estimation of lithium-ion batteries

Yang Li, Zhongbao Wei, Changjun Xie, and D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, "Physics-based model predictive control for power capability estimation of lithium-ion batteries," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 10763-10774, Nov. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TII.2022.3233676.

Knee-point-conscious battery aging trajectory prediction of lithium-ion based on physics-guided machine learning

Xinyu Jia, Caiping Zhang, Yang Li, Changfu Zou, Le Yi Wang, and Xue Cai, "Knee-point-conscious battery aging trajectory prediction of lithium-ion based on physics-guided machine learning," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1056-1069, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2023.3266386.

Ensemble nonlinear model predictive control for residential solar battery energy management

Yang Li, D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa, Daniel E. Quevedo, Chih Feng Lee, and Changfu Zou, "Ensemble nonlinear model predictive control for residential solar battery energy management," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 2188-2200, Sep. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TCST.2023.3291540.

Multilevel data-driven battery management: From internal sensing to big data utilization

Zhongbao Wei, Kailong Liu, Xinhua Liu, Yang Li, Liang Du, and Fei Gao, "Multilevel data-driven battery management: From internal sensing to big data utilization," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 4805-4823, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2023.3301990.

Nonlinear model inversion-based output tracking control for battery fast charging

Yang Li, Torsten Wik, Yicun Huang, and Changfu Zou, "Nonlinear model inversion-based output tracking control for battery fast charging," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 225-240, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TCST.2023.3306240.

Hybrid physics-based and data-driven prognostic for PEM fuel cells considering voltage recovery

Hangyu Wu, Wei Wang, Yang Li, Wenchao Zhu, Changjun Xie, and Hoay Beng Gooi, "Hybrid physics-based and data-driven prognostic for PEM fuel cells considering voltage recovery," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 601-612, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2023.3311460.

A flow-rate-aware data-driven model of vanadium redox flow battery based on gated recurrent unit neural network

Binyu Xiong, Yang Li, Jinrui Tang, Peng Zhou, Shaofeng Zhang, Xinan Zhang, Chaoyu Dong, and Hoay Beng Gooi, "A flow-rate-aware data-driven model of vanadium redox flow battery based on gated recurrent unit neural network," Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 74 B, Dec. 2024, Art no. 109537, doi: 10.1016/j.est.2023.109537.

Real-time reconfiguration-based all-cell flexibility and capacity maximum utilization of second-life batteries

Zhongbao Wei, Hao Cui, Xinhua Liu, Yang Li, and Rui Wang, "Real-time reconfiguration-based all-cell flexibility and capacity maximum utilization of second-life batteries," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1035-1047, Feb. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2024.3399218.

Data-driven state of health estimation method of lithium-ion batteries for partial charging curves

Jinrui Tang, Yang Li, Shaojin Wang, Binyu Xiong, Xiangjun Li, Jinxuan Pan, Qihong Chen, and Peng Wang, "Data-driven state of health estimation method of lithium-ion batteries for partial charging curves," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 2230-2243, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2024.3407136.

MINN: Learning the dynamics of differential-algebraic equations and application to battery modeling

Yicun Huang, Changfu Zou, Yang Li, and Torsten Wik, "MINN: Learning the dynamics of differential-algebraic equations and application to battery modeling," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 46, no. 12, pp. 11331-11344, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TPAMI.2024.3456475.

Modeling of PEMEL hydrogen production systems: Comprehensive multivariate sensitivity analysis considering mass-energy dynamic equilibrium

Banghua Du, Yongkang Li, Yang Li, Changjun Xie, Xinming Wang, Wenchao Zhu, Yang Yang, Li You, Leiqi Zhang, and Bo Zhao, "Modeling of PEMEL hydrogen production systems: Comprehensive multivariate sensitivity analysis considering mass-energy dynamic equilibrium," Applied Energy, vol. 377, C, Jan. 2025, Art no. 124644, doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124644.

A unified model for active battery equalization systems

Quan Ouyang, Nourallah Ghaeminezhad, Yang Li, Torsten Wik, and Changfu Zou, "A unified model for active battery equalization systems," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 685-699, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TCST.2024.3496439.

A stable lithium-ion battery SOH estimation framework for suppressing measurement noise with unknown distribution

Wentao Ma, Jingsong Xue, Yang Li, Peng Guo, Xinhua Liu, Zhongbao Wei, Yiwen Wang, and Badong Chen, "A stable lithium-ion battery SOH estimation framework for suppressing measurement noise with unknown distribution," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TTE.2025.3554735.

Smart electric vehicle charging algorithm to reduce the impact on power grids: A reinforcement learning based methodology

Federico Rossi, Cesar Diaz-Londono, Yang Li, Changfu Zou, and Giambattista Gruosso, "Smart electric vehicle charging algorithm to reduce the impact on power grids: A reinforcement learning based methodology," IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, vol. 6, pp. 1072-1084, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.1109/OJVT.2025.3559237.

Degradation capacity spatial-temporal embedding RUL prediction framework for lithium-ion batteries

Laijin Luo, Yu Wang, Yang Li, and Qiushi Cui, "Degradation capacity spatial-temporal embedding RUL prediction framework for lithium-ion batteries," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 2025, doi: 10.1109/JESTIE.2025.3561664.

A systematic study of pipe and electrical connections for multi-stack vanadium redox flow battery modules considering electrolyte transport delays

Shaojin Wang, Yang Li, Chengyan Li, Xifeng Lin, Wenbo Ma, Nannan Tong, and Binyu Xiong, "A systematic study of pipe and electrical connections for multi-stack vanadium redox flow battery modules considering electrolyte transport delays," Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, Art no. 164929, doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.164929.