Mo Jiang

Drawn to Arizona State University’s strong momentum in innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration on clean energy systems, Mo Jiang is enthusiastic about the opportunities ahead as an engineering educator and researcher. Joining ASU also brings the added benefit of being closer to family.

Jiang welcomes students from all academic backgrounds who are enthusiastic or curious about research in the renewable energy area. He believes that everyone deserves a chance to get involved and is committed to nurturing students’ interests and growth.  

“I’m looking forward to working with students through mini-projects that integrate knowledge across multiple disciplines,” he says. “These hands-on lab experiences, combined with modeling, will foster creativity and connect learning to emerging challenges in energy and medicine.”

Jiang is an associate professor in The Polytechnic School, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and will be a faculty member in the clean energy systems program.

His path into engineering began with a fascination for how microscopic particles, like those in life-saving drugs, impact performance and manufacturing. As a biology undergraduate, he gradually realized that particle uniformity, in both physical forms and chemical purity, was critical. Traditional batch crystallization methods often failed to produce consistent results at desired length or time scales, sparking his interest in engineering solutions for better control.

Recognizing shared challenges among critical societal needs, including personalized medicine, energy storage and energy conversion, Jiang’s research today focuses on intensifying solid transition processes to offer unified solutions that integrate these disciplines. He creates simple but scalable, low-variability methods for autonomous material production and resource recovery, addressing shared challenges in quality precision, scalability and energy efficiency towards advanced products and systems.

“I’m excited to explore new collaboration opportunities in clean energy systems, especially those that bridge traditionally separate fields,” he says.

While Jiang has received several awards of his own, one being the AIChE Particle Technology Forum George Klinzing Best PhD Award, he takes the most pride in how his students succeed.

“Regardless of prior experience or knowledge, most of my mentees have quickly transformed into experts, earning prestigious awards like the DoD SMART Scholarship or university-level distinguished dissertation honors, and secured competitive job offers.”

Outside of work, Jiang enjoys growing plants, tennis and hiking. A recent fun discovery found that half of his decade-old refrigerator magnet collection is Arizona-themed.

Meet the newest faculty members of the Fulton Schools of Engineering here.

Written by Joy Gaeraths