Materials Today Rising Star Awards
The Materials Today Rising Star Awards recognize early career researchers in the fields of materials science and engineering. Launched by the Materials Today family of journals in 2018, the Awards are presented to those who have demonstrated exceptional potential to make a real impact and become future leaders in the materials science and engineering fields.
The 2026 Materials Today Rising Star Award winners have been selected! The 2026 Awards were sponsored by 6 of the Materials Today journals: Materials Today, Materials Today Bio, Materials Today Catalysis, Materials Today Energy, Materials Today Nano, and Materials Today Quantum.
Materials Today
Biomaterials: Bowen Li Associate Professor; GSK Chair in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery; Canada Research Chair in RNA Vaccines and Therapeutics, Institute of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Chemistry (cross-appointed), University of Toronto, Canada
Energy Conversion & Storage: Xianbiao Fu Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Materials Data Science & AI: Shijing Sun Associate Professor in Materials Science, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Sustainability: Kurtis Carsch Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, United States of America
Quantum Materials & Electronics: Md Shafayat Hossain Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Materials Today Bio
Biomaterials: Liliang Ouyang Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
Materials Today Catalysis
Energy Conversion & Storage: Yao Yang Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, United States of America
Materials Today Energy
Energy Conversion & Storage: Yuxuan Xiang Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Westlake University, China
Materials Today Nano
Biomaterials: Quanyin Hu Joseph R. and Bonna A. Robinson Distinguished Chair; Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America
Materials Today Quantum
Quantum Materials & Electronics: Jian Tang Assistant Professor, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Nominations are now closed
Nominations for the 2026 Materials Today Rising Star Awards are now closed, and the winners have been selected. Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination. Stay tuned for details on the 2027 Awards!