People | DEEP GROUP

Meet DEEP Team

Principle Investigator

Group Leader

Prof. Jian WANG

Prof. Wang obtained his BEng degree in Energy, Power System, and Automation Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University (China) with distinguished honors (top 0.2%) in 2013. After that, he took one year of postgraduate study at the same university under the supervision of Prof. Tianjian Lu. He worked as a visiting pre-doctor fellow at Northwestern University (USA) in 2017 and received his PhD degree majoring in mechanical engineering with a research excellence award (top 2%) from HKUST in 2018. Before joining the School of Energy and Environment at CityU of Hong Kong in 2021, he worked as an SNU Science Fellow researcher at Seoul National University (Korea).

Email: jian.wang@cityu.edu.hk

Education
2014/09-2018/08 Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, HKUST, Hong Kong SAR, China
2013/08-2014/07 Graduate study majoring in Solid Mechanics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
2010/08-2013/07 Bachelor of Engineering, Energy, Power System and Automation Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
2009/08- 2010/07 Undergraduate study majoring in Clinical Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Careers
10/2021-Present Assistant Professor, School of Energy and Environment, The City University of Hong Kong
09/2020- 05/2021 SNU Science Fellow Researcher, Research Institute of Basic Science, Seoul National University, Korea
(09/2018- 08/2020) Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea

Selected awards and professional services
1. Stanford's top 2% most highly cited scientist (2023)
2. SNU Science Fellowship (2020)
3. JEC Outstanding Engineering Project Award (2016)
4. GE Foundation TECH Award (2015)
5. National Scholarship (2010 & 2012)
6. The Electrochemical Society, Chinese Chemical Society

Current Members

Postdoctoral Researchers

Postdoctoral Researchers

Min JU

2018/09-2023/06 Ph. D in Electrocatalysis, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, China
2014/09-2018/06 Bachelor of Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, China

Selected awards and professional services:
Outstanding Graduates of Beijing City and Peking University (2023)
Academic Innovation Award of Peking University (2021)
Outstanding Scientific Research Award of Peking University (2019)

Research Area: Electrocatalysts for energy conversion reactions.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Hao FEI

2020 - 2024/06 Ph.D. in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University

10/2022 - 09/2023, visiting student, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong

Main research directions: Electrocatalysis of NRR and HER and fully hydrolyzed water

Postdoctoral Researchers

Zhaojian LIANG

2021/09-2024/10 PhD in Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR
2019/09-2020/10 MSc in Thermal Power and Fluids, The University of Manchester, UK
2015/09-2019/6 BEng in Energy and Power Engineering, Hohai University, China

Selected awards:
2024 Hong Kong Young Scientist Award in Physical/Mathematical Science

Research interests:
Electrochemistry, Energy Storage, Thermofluids, Numerical simulation

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Student

Siyuan WANG

2022/09-Present: Ph.D. student, City University of Hong Kong

2018/09-2022.06: B.Sc., Central South University

Research Area: Oxygen reduction reaction, metal-air batteries/fuel cells

Ph.D. Student

Yunze ZHANG

2022/07 - Present: Ph.D. student, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. China

2017/08 – 2021/07: Bachelor of Science, Department of Physics, Jilin University, China

Research Area: Lithium-ion batteries.

Ph.D. Student

Jia LEI

2023/08-Present: Ph.D. student, City University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong SAR, China

2020/08-2023/06: Engineer, Fast Auto Drive Group, China

2017/08-2020/06: Master of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

2013/08-2017/07: Bachelor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Selected awards and professional services:

The Outstanding Master’s Thesis of XJTU (2020)
The Graduate with Honor of XJTU (2020)

Research Area: Water Electrolysis process and devices.

Ph.D. Student

Ziyi WANG

2023/09 - Present: Ph.D. student, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. China

2019/08 - 2023/05: B.E., School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR. China

Selected awards and professional services:

Graduation with First Class Honors Bachelor's Degree from City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research Area: Water Electrolysis process and devices.

Ph.D. Student

Yixiao HUANG

2018/08-2022/05 B.S. in Chemistry, University of Miami, Florida, USA

2023/09-2024/06 MSc. in Chemical and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST), Hong Kong SAR

Research Area: Regeneration and upcycling of spent batteries

Visiting Student

Guanzhen CHEN

2021 - Present Ph.D. student, Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University
06/2024 - 06/2025, visiting student, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Main research directions: Electrocatalytic water splitting

Ph.D. Student

Chi ZHANG

2024/09 - Present: Ph.D. student, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. China

2023/8-2024/5 Bachelor of Engineering,Material Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA

2020/09 - 2023/06: Bachelor of Engineering,Material Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, China

Research Area: Coupling of electrolysis of Water and Solar Cell

Visiting Student

Yiran ZHENG

09/2023 – Present: Ph.D. student, School of Physics, South China Normal University
12/2024 – 10/2025: visiting student, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Main research directions: Sodium-ion Batteries.

Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Junle DANG

2021/08 - present: Undergraduate student, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Research Area: Water Electrolysis process and devices.

Undergraduate

Xinchang YUAN

2021/08 - present: Undergraduate student, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Research Area: Coupling of electrolysis of Water and Solar Cell.

Undergraduate

Jin LI

2021/09-present:B.Sc., Tianjin University
2024/07-2024/09:visiting student, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
Main research directions: Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution process and Lithium-ion batteries

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Students

Reseach Associate

Hongsheng WANG

2022 - Present Research Associate, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong
2019 - 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, University of Tokyo
2017 - 2019 Postdoctoral/Lecturer, Wuhan University, School of Power and Mechanical Engineering
2012 - 2017 PhD, Engineering Thermophysics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2008 - 2012 Bachelor, Energy Power Systems and Automation, Wuhan University
Research directions: solar thermochemical fuel generation, thermodynamics, membrane reactor, OER

Postdoctoral Associate

Miao WANG

2011-2015 Bachelor, Xi'an Jiaotong University

2017 - 2021 Ph.D., Xi'an Jiaotong University

07/2022 - 04/2023 Postdoctoral researcher, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong

06/2023 - Present Postdoctoral researcher, NIMS, Japan.

Visiting Student

Ruoqi LIU

2020 - Present Ph.D. student, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University

10/2022 - 09/2023, visiting student, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong

Main research directions: Electrocatalysis of NRR and HER and fully hydrolyzed water

Postgraduate

Postgraduate

Taidong LIN

2017/10 - 2021/10: B.Sc. in Materials Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), Shantou, China

2023/09 - Present: Postgraduate, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Research Area: Electrocatalysts for energy conversion reactions

Postgraduate

Tingting WANG

2018/09 - 2022/06: Bachelor of Safety Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China)
2023/09 - present: Postgraduate, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Research area: Design of highly active and durable electrode for electrochemical H2O2 synthesis

Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Jin LI