Invited Speakers

Topic: Advanced catalyst synthesis

Wei-Hung Chiang

Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Nano/Quantum materials synthesis and aaplications
  2. Plasma synthesis and processing
  3. In situ spectroscopy
  4. Green process

Website: Wei-Hung Chiang-Google Scholar‬‬‬‬

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Chun-Ting Li

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Nanomaterials
  2. Electrochemical Catalysis and Analysis
  3. Dye-Sensitized/Perovskite Solar Cells
  4. Energy Technology

Website: Chun-Ting Li - Google Scholar

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Sarah Sunah Park

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea

Research Interests:

  1. Designing materials by predicting their target properties
  2. Developing general synthetic principles that allow fine control over assembly
  3. fundamentally studying the redox activity, electron/ion conductivity, or magnetic properties of the materials synthesized

Website: hhttps://parklab.postech.ac.kr/

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Xue Wang

Assistant Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research Interests:

  1. Electrocatalysis
  2. Nanomaterials
  3. CO2 Electroreduction
  4. Chemicals/Fuels Electrosynthesis
  5. Energy Storage and Conversion
  6. Reaction Engineering

Website: https://www.xuewang-research.com/home

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Aoni Xu

Lecturer, Sydney Horizon Fellow

School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia

Research Interests:

  1. Electrocatalysis including green hydrogen production, CO2 conversion, green ammonia synthesis
  2. DFT calculations
  3. Microkinetic models
  4. Mass transfer simulation

Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ts6HUl4AAAAJ&hl=en

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Sen Zhang

Associate professor

Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, United States

Research Interests:

    1. Synthetic Methodology for Atomically Precise Materials
    2. Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability
    3. Functional Magnetic and Plasmonic Materials

Website: https://uva.theopenscholar.com/zhang-lab

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Ming Zhao

Assistant Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Research Interests:

  1. Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials for Sustainability
  2. Single-Molecule Imaging of Heterogeneous Catalysis
  3. Operando Imaging Technique Development

Website: https://www.mingzhaogroup.com/

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Huiyuan Zhu

Associate professor

Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, United States

Research Interests:

  1. Electrochemical CO2 conversion
  2. Sustainable nitrogen cycling
  3. Heterogeneous thermocatalytic reactions (e.g., acetylene semi-hydrogenation)

Website: https://uva.theopenscholar.com/nano-energy-and-environmental-catalysis-lab/

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Topic: Advanced characterization for mechanistic understanding

Yu-Chun Chuang

Group leader of Material Science Group, Adjunct Associate Professor

Material Science Group, Scientific Research Division, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center; Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. X-ray crystallography and Crystal Engineering
  2. Charge density analysis from accurate X-ray single crystal diffraction data
  3. Spin crossover materials
  4. Structure Determination from Powder Diffraction data (SDPD)
  5. Pair Distribution Function (PDF)

Website: Yu-Chun Chuang-Google Scholar

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Po-Wen Chung

Associate Research Fellow, Adjoint Associate Professor

Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica; Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Heterogeneous Catalysis
  2. Rational Design of Catalyst
  3. Surface Characterization (In-Situ Technology)
  4. Biomass Conversion
  5. Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  6. X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Website: https://cpwlab.project.sinica.edu.tw/

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Minju Chung

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Research Interests:

  1. Electrified Chemical Synthesis
  2. Heterogeneous Catalysis
  3. Reaction Engineering
  4. Sustainability

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/mchunglab/home

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Hirokazu Kobayashi

Associate Professor

Komaba Institute for Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests:

  1. The catalysis for efficiently using natural resources and plastic waste

Website: https://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kobalabo/index-e.html

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Yan-Gu Lin

Scientist, Adjunct Associate Professor

National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Department of Material Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University; Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Energy Materials
  2. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation
  3. Heterogeneous Catalysis
  4. Electrochemical Capacitor
  5. Fuel Cells

Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ue0eHPkAAAAJ&hl=en

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Ying-Chih Pu

Professor

Department of Materials Science, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Semiconductor nanoheterostructures
  2. Charge carrier dynamics
  3. Photoelectrochemical cells
  4. Artificial photosynthesis
  5. Ultrafast laser spectroscopy

Website: https://nrelnutn.wixsite.com/labwebsite

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Heng-Liang Wu

Associate Research Fellow, Associate Professor

Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University; Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Next-generation batteries
  2. Electrocatalytic and photocatalytic reaction
  3. Electrochemistry
  4. Structure and reactivity of materials
  5. Development of in situ/operando methodology including in situ surface-enhanced IR, Raman and X-ray based spectroscopy. (Home-built in situ optical spectroscopy systems (including FTIR, Raman)

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/hlwugroup/home

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Tzu-Ho Wu

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Nanosynthesis technology to prepare cutting-edge electrochemical energy storage materials
  2. In situ Raman spectroscopic analysis of transition metal oxides
  3. Development of rechargeable zinc-ion battery

Website: https://tzuhowu.wixsite.com/eelab

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Wen-Yueh Yu

Associate professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. CO2 conversion
  2. Upgrading of biomass-based derivates and renewable resources
  3. Low-Temperature Catalytic Removal of NOx and NH3

Website: https://ntucatalysis.wixsite.com/yu-group

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Topic: Biocatalysis

Topic: Computational catalysis

Szu-Chia Chien

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Porous materials
  2. 2D materials
  3. Thermoelectric materials
  4. Corrosion resistant alloys

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/chienresearchgroup/home

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Atsushi Ishikawa

Associate Professor

Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Japan

Research Interests:

  1. Heterogeneous Catalysis
  2. Quantum chemistry
  3. Chemical kinetics

Website: https://ishikawa-group.github.io/en/index.html‬‬‬‬‬

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Kun-Han Lin

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Multiscale simulations
  2. Molecular and material design
  3. Charge transport phenomena
  4. Organic semiconductors
  5. Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/lm2d

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Seiji Mori

Professor

Faculty of Basic Natural Science, Ibaraki University, Japan

Research Interests:

  1. Mechanisms of organic and organometallics reactions
  2. Homogeneous Catalysis
  3. Noncovalent interactions

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/smorigroup/home-en

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Hong-Kang Tian

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Computational catalysts
  2. Interface science
  3. First-principles calculations
  4. Numerical simulations

Website: https://www.tian-group-ncku.com/

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Tzu-Hsiung Yang

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Quantum chemistry modeling
  2. Machine learning (deep learning)
  3. Artificial intelligence
  4. Transition metal complex
  5. Molecular catalysis

Website: https://www.tyanglab.com/en

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Topic: Electrocatalysis

Tsu-Chin Chou

Assistant Professor

Institute of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

  1. Research Interests:
  2. Electrochemical CO2 conversion
  3. Vibrational Spectroscopy
  4. Analytical instrumentations

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/chou-research-group/home

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Sheng-Heng Chung

Associate Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University

Research Interests:

  1. Energy Storage and Conversion
  2. Electrochemistry
  3. Energy Materials

Website: ‪Sheng-Heng Chung‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

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Yanwei Lum

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

National University of Singapore, Singapore

  1. Research Interests:
  2. Electrochemical CO2 conversion
  3. Electroorganic chemistry
  4. Hydrogen production and storage

Website: https://lumyanwei.wixsite.com/lumresearch

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Ken Sakaushi

Associate Professor, Team Leader

Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

  1. Research Interests:
  2. Data Science for Electrochemistry
  3. Model Materials for Electrochemical Property Design
  4. Electrode Process Science

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/sakaushiken/home

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Naoto Todoroki

Associate Professor

Graduate School of Environmental Studies

Tohoku University, Japan

  1. Research Interests:
  2. Electrocatalysis on Well-Defined Solid Surfaces
  3. Electrode and Catalyst Materials for Electrochemical Energy Devices (Fuel Cells, Water Electrolysis etc.).
  4. Surface Modification of Metal and Alloys for Functional Materials

Website: https://researchmap.jp/7000010019?lang=en

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Che-Ning Yeh

Assistant Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

  1. Research Interests:
  2. Reaction Mechanism in Electrochemical Devices
  3. Materials Design for Electrochemical Devices
  4. Synthesis and Assembly of Carbon-Based Nano/Composite Materials

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/yehlab

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Topic: Photocatalysis/Photoelectrochemical catalysis

Kazutaka Akiyoshi

Assistant Professor

Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan

Research Interests:

  1. Compound Nanoparticles
  2. Metal Nanoparticles
  3. Quantum Dots
  4. Ionic Liquid
  5. Plasmonics
  6. Photoelectrochemistry

Website: Kazutaka Akiyoshi-Google Scholar

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Yan Guo

Ph.D

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research Interests:

  1. Photocatalysis
  2. Hydrogen Production
  3. Advanced Oxidation Processes
  4. Water Splitting

Website: GUO Yan-Google Scholar

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Ken-ichi Katsumata

Professor

Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Research Interests:

  1. Development of porous glass with the absorption-desorption ability of useful components in water
  2. Preparation of artificial photosynthetic materials with the adsorption of CO2 and the photo-reduction property
  3. Development of synthetic process of metal oxide single crystal nanosheets with two dimensional structure
  4. Development of novel functions generated by photo-self-reduction of iron oxyhydroxide, and elucidation of the mechanism

Website: https://www.tus.ac.jp/ssi/en/

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Teramura Kentaro

Associate Professor

Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

Research Interests:

  1. Development of Next-generation Clean Energies and Reaction Processes for Green Sustainable Chemistry Using Solar Energy and Photocatalysts

Website: http://www.moleng.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~moleng_04/en/

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Kijung Yong

Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea

Research Interests:

  1. Surface Wettability Control
  2. Solar Energy Conversion
  3. Artificial Photosynthesis
  4. Next Generation Semiconductor Device Processing
  5. Metal Oxide

Website: https://schema.postech.ac.kr/

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Reiner Sebastian Sprick

Associate Professor, Chancellor’S Fellow - Senior Lecturer

Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

Research Interests:

  1. Materials chemistry
  2. Conjugated microporous polymers
  3. Conjugated polymers photocatalysis

Website: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=RhISHFMAAAAJ&hl=en

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Topic: Thermal catalysis

Yuichiro Himeda

Global Zero Emission Research Center (GZR), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Research Interests:

  1. Activation of small molecules.
  2. Development of organometallic catalysts based on new concepts
  3. CO2 utilization for energy storage.

Website: https://www.gzr.aist.go.jp/en/teams/carbon-based-energy-carrier-research-team/

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Koji Kuramoto

Group leader

Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

Research Interests:

  1. Creation of technology for highly efficient conversion of CO2, water, and renewable energy into chemical substances
  2. Development of materials, safety tests, and operation methods based on analysis of electronic states, to realize safe, reliable, and high-performance power storage technology

Website: Koji Kuramoto-Google Scholar

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Shawn D.Lin

Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Metal Catalysts and Their Applications
  2. Catalyst Analysis

Website: https://david212108.wixsite.com/e2-301lab

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Yu-Chuan Lin

Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Research Interests:

  1. Heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering
  2. CO2 and CH4 utilization
  3. Biomass valorization

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/fuelscatalysis/home

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Tawan Sooknoi

Professor

Department of Chemistry, School of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand

Research Interests:

  1. Petrochemicals
  2. Reaction pathway
  3. Zeolite

Website: http://www.tawan.in.th/

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Atthapon Srifa

Associate professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand

Research Interests:

  1. Heterogenous Catalysis
  2. Catalytic reaction engineering
  3. The development of nanostructured catalysts for ammonia decomposition reaction, biomass conversion to biofuels, in particular, deoxygenation of oil palm feedstock into green diesel and bio-jet fuel, and furfural hydrogenation

Website: Atthapon Srifa-Google Scholar

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Young-Woong Suh

Professor, Associate Dean of Planning and Strategy

Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea

Research Interests:

  1. A new class of LOHC material
  2. Conversion of CO2 to Dimethyl Ether (DME)
  3. Ethylene oligomerization
  4. Methanol synthesis

Website: http://gncpl.campushomepage.com/frontpage.asp?catalogid=gncpl&language=ko

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Masazumi Tamura

Professor

School of Engineering Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Osaka Metropolitan University

Research Interests:

  1. Carbon dioxide
  2. Biomass
  3. Plastic
  4. Heterogeneous catalyst

Website: https://www.omu.ac.jp/eng/tamura-lab/‬‬‬‬

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Alex Yip

Professor, Associate Head of Department

Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Research Interests:

  1. Heterogeneous Catalysis.
  2. Zeolite Synthesis and Catalysis
  3. CO2 Utilization
  4. Biomass conversion
  5. Gas Separations

Website: Alex Yip-Google Scholar

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