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 (2023)
- 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.; Zhang, C.; Wang, M.; Mao, Y.; Wu, B.; Yang, Q.; Wang, B.; Mi, Z.; Zhang, M.; Ling, N.; Leow, W.R.; Wang, Z.; Lum, Y. Isotopic labelling of water reveals the hydrogen transfer route in electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 334–343.
(2) Yang, Q.; Wang, X.; Zhang, J.; Mao, Y.; Xi, S.; Liu, Y.; Hsu, Y.; Zhang, L.; Bin Dolmanan, S.; Wang, M.; Wang, B.; Zang, Y.; Zhang, M.; Leow, W.R.; Hung, S.; Wang, Z.; Lum, Y. Ethylene electrosynthesis at low voltages enabled by dopant-induced modulation of the rate-determining step. Nat. Synth. 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s44160-025-00850-3.
(3) Wang, M.; Li, Y.; Jia, J.; Ghosh, T.; Luo, P.; Shen, Y.; Wang, S.; Zhang, J.; Xi, S.; Mi, Z.; Zhang, M.; Leow, W.R.; Johannessen, B.; Abdin, Z.; Hung, S.; Zhang, J.; Lum, Y. Tuning catalyst-support interactions enable steering of electrochemical CO2 reduction pathways. Sci. Adv. 2025, eado5000.
(4) 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, 146, 44, 30708–30714.
(5) 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.