LUM, Yanwei

Presidential Young Professorship - Assistant Professor

Education

  • PhD (Materials Science and Engineering): University of California Berkeley, 2018
  • MSc (Materials Science and Engineering): University of California Berkeley, 2015
  • BEng (Materials Science and Engineering): Imperial College London, 2012

Awards

  • AIChE SLS Outstanding Principal Investigator Award (2024)
  • National Research Foundation Fellowship (2022)
  • MIT TR35 Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific (2022)
  • ASEAN-ROK Next ASEAN Innovator Award (2021)

Research Interests

  • Electrochemical CO2 conversion
  • Electroorganic chemistry
  • Hydrogen production and storage

Selected Publications

(1) Zhang, J.; Huang, L.; Tjiu, W. W.; Wu, C.; Zhang, M.; Bin Dolmanan, S.; Wang, S.; Wang, M.; Xi, S.; Aabdin, Z.; Lum, Y. “Evidence for distinct active sites on oxide-derived Cu for electrochemical nitrate reduction.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13219

(2) Wu, B.; Wang, B.; Cai, B.#; Wu, C.; Tjiu, W. W.; Zhang, M.; Aabdin, Z.; Xi, S.; Lum, Y. “A solid-state electrolyte enables acidic CO2 electrolysis without alkali metal cations by regulating proton transport.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c11564

(3) Wang, B.; Wang, M.; Fan, Z.; Ma, C.; Xi, S.; Chang, L. Y.; Zhang, M.; Ling, N.; Mi, Z.; Chen, S.; Leow, W. R.; Zhang, J.; Wang, D.; Lum, Y. “Nanocurvature-induced field effects enable control over the activity of single-atom electrocatalysts.” Nat. Commun. 2024, 15 (1), 1719.

(4) Wang, M.; Wang, B.; Zhang, J.#; Xi, S.; Ling, N.; Mi, Z.; Yang, Q.; Zhang, M.; Leow, W. R.; Zhang, J.; Lum, Y. “Acidic media enables oxygen-tolerant electrosynthesis of multicarbon products from simulated flue gas.” Nat. Commun. 2024, 15 (1), 1218.

(5) Ling, N.; Zhang, J.; Wang, M.; Wang, Z.; Mi, Z.; Bin Dolmanan, S.; Zhang, M.; Wang, B.; Leow, W. R.; Zhang, J.; Lum, Y. “Acidic Media Impedes Tandem Catalysis Reaction Pathways in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction.” Angew. Chem. 2023, 62, e202308782.