Energy -- Hydrogen Storage Research:

Recent research have focused on conventional materials such as light complex
metal hydrides (eg. alkali alanates, imides, amdes, magnesium hydride) and
chemical hydrides where hydrogen atoms are held in strong covalent/ionic
bonds. The other class of materials that are actively pursued involves
carbon nanostructures and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In the former,
the desorption temperature of hydrogen is high and the kinetics are not
favourable；in the latter, the desorption temperature is too low. The
challenge is thus to find materials that can store hydrogen with large
gravimetric and volumetric density but with fast kinetics and favourable
thermodynamics. My talk will discuss this challenge in details and further
explore the effect of  nanostructuring on hydrogen binding with the audience.

Biomedical - Anti-cancer Drug Research:

CisPlatin and its analogs have been used as chemotherapy anti-cancer drugs
for many years. But the thermodynamics and kinetics of these reactions are
still largely unknown. My research aims to use computer simulations to shed
light on understanding this mechanism, and design novel crosslink anti-
cancer drugs that are more effective and less toxic than cispaltin.

报告人简介：

李飒，理学博士。1998年学士毕业于华中师范大学物理系，保送本系研究生。2000年赴
瑞典乌普萨拉（Uppsala）大学攻读博士学位。2004博士毕业，获乌普萨拉年度最佳毕业
论文奖。毕业后，赴美国弗吉尼亚联邦大学做博后。2009年任弗吉尼亚联邦大学研究助
理教授以及华中师大客座教授至今。

在过去11年国外的学习及工作中，主要从事第一性原理的计算工作。在高能储氢料，高
性能陶瓷材料，纳米材料及高压相变方面做出了有国际影响力的成果。已经发表论文45
篇，包括Science, PRL等杂志。论文总引用超过800次，H因子为15。