Education
- PhD (Phys. Chem.), British Columbia, 1989
- BSc (Chem.), Xiamen, 1982
Awards and Honours
- 2019: Academician, Asia Pacific Academy of Materials
- 2017: Outstanding Researcher Award (ORA), AICHE (Singapore)
- 2016: The Most Cited Researchers (Materials Science and Engineering), Shanghai Ranking
- 2014: The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds, ISI Thomson Reuters
- 2014: Highly Cited Researchers (2002‐2012), ISI Thomson Reuters
- 2011: Faculty Research Award, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore
- 2010: Top 100 Chemists 2000‐2010, Thomson Reuters & Times Higher Education
- 2008: Global Research Partnership Award, KAUST
Research Interests
- Synthesis Architecture of Nanomaterials
- Self-Assembly for Complex Nanostructures
- Nanostructured Catalysts
Selected Publications
B. W. Li and H. C. Zeng, “Synthetic Chemistry and Multifunctionality of Amorphous Ni-MOF-74 Shell on Ni/SiO2Hollow Catalyst for Efficient Tandem Reactions”, Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 31 (2019) pp. 5320-5330.
Y. C. Tan and H. C. Zeng, “Low-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Diverse Functional Roles in Catalysis”, ChemCatChem, Vol. 11 (2019) pp. 3138-3165 (Invited Review).
B. W. Li and H. C. Zeng, “Architecture and Preparation of Hollow Catalytic Devices”, Advanced Materials, Vol. 31 (2019) 1801104 (Progress Report).
Y. C. Tan and H. C. Zeng, “Lewis Basicity Generated by Localised Charge Imbalance in Noble Metal Nanoparticle-Embedded Defective Metal–Organic Frameworks”, Nature Communications, Vol. 9 (2018) 4236 (Editors’ Highlights).
G. W. Zhan and H. C. Zeng, “Hydrogen Spillover through Matryoshka-Type (ZIFs@)n-1ZIFs Nanocubes”, Nature Communications, Vol. 9 (2018) 3778 (Editors’ Highlights).
G. W. Zhan and H. C. Zeng, “Smart Nanocatalysts with Streamline Shapes”, ACS Central Science, Vol. 3 (2017) pp. 794-799.