Wei Zhao

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Professor

University of Arkansas

Formerly Arkansas Affiliated with University of Arkansas through 2008; recent publications list Shaanxi University of Science and Technology.

Faculty Researcher

55 h-index 281 pubs 9,449 cited

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Wei Zhao's research interests span diverse fields, including the application of signal processing for damage detection in wind turbine systems and structural identification of earthquake-induced damage. He has also investigated advanced materials for energy storage, such as poly (glycidyl POSS)-based electrolytes for quasi-solid-state lithium-ion batteries and cellulose-based electrolytes for lithium metal batteries. His work extends to molecular biology, with research on constructing and optimizing genetic transformation systems for efficient gene expression in plants, specifically for human insulin-GFP fusion genes in flax.

Further research areas include disturbance suppression control methods for underwater propulsion motors using active disturbance rejection control techniques. Zhao has also contributed to the field of machine learning, focusing on quantifying and calibrating prediction confidence for GNN-based recommendation methods. His publication record includes work on the measurement of hyper-Raman hyperpolarizability. Zhao has an h-index of 55 with over 9,400 citations across more than 280 publications.

Metrics

h-index: 55
Publications: 281
Citations: 9,449

Selected Publications

Reduced Graphene Oxide Forward Osmosis Membranes for Lithium Brine Enrichment with Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy for Monitoring (2026)

Applied Spectroscopy DOI OpenAlex
Measurement of a Preresonant Hyper-Raman Hyperpolarizability (2026)

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Tuning Fabrication Factors for Reduced Graphene Oxide Forward Osmosis Membranes (2024)

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 7 citations DOI OpenAlex