Principal Investigator

​Haipeng LU
​Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Email: haipenglu@ust.hk      
Phone: (852) 3469 2097​     
​Office: Room 4533​

​2020-, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2017-2020, Postdoc, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Advisor: Matthew C. Beard)
2017, Ph.D., University of Southern California (Advisor: Richard L. Brutchey)
2012, B.S., Nanjing University

• HKUST School of Science Research Award, 2025.
• World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, Elsevier BV, 2023, 2024.
• Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Chemistry Frontiers Emerging Investigator, 2024.
• Royal Society of Chemistry Nanoscale Emerging Investigator, 2022.
• American Chemical Society PHYS Young Investigator Award, 2019.

• Editorial Board Member of Chiral Chemistry.
• Early Career Advisory Board of JACS Au.
• Early Career Advisory Board of Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

Postdoc

Jian Qiu
Postdoc
Ph.D. National University of Singapore (NUS)
jianqiu@ust.hk
 

Zhou Wu
Postdoc
Ph.D. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
zhouwu@ust.hk
 

Research Postgraduate Students


Kin Ting (Rex) Chang
Graduate Student (Year 4)
B.S. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
ktchang@connect.ust.hk


Hyo Cheol Lee
Graduate Student (Year 2, HKPFS)
M.S. Degu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
B.S. Hanyang University
hcleeas@connect.ust.hk
 

Pui Ying (Chloe) Wong
Graduate Student (Year 2, RedBird PhD Award)
B.S. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
pywongax@connect.ust.hk
 
Ziji Bai
Graduate Student (Year 1)
M.S. National University of Singapore
B.S. Jilin University
zbaiaf@connect.ust.hk
Zixuan Chu
Graduate Student (Year 1)
B.S. Shandong University
zchuac@connect.ust.hk
Jiaxin Luo
Graduate Student (Year 1)
M.S. Nanjing University
B.S. Nanjing University of Science and Technology
jluobw@connect.ust.hk
Undergraduate Student
Yikuan Cui
Sijia Lin
Kai Kin Li


Alumni

Postdoc:
Dr. Feng, Tanglue; Associate Professor, Zhengzhou University
Dr. Yao, Jingwen; Associate Professsor, Chongqing Normal University
Dr. Wu, Jin; Senior Application Scientist, Rigaku Shanghai Corporation

Postgraduate Students:
Qinxuan Cao (PhD, 2025); Postdoc at University of Chicago
Zhongwei Chen (PhD, 2025); Senior Engineer at CATL
Zhiyu Wang (PhD, 2025); Postdoc at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jie Xue (PhD, 2025); Postdoc at Linköping University
Zixuan Zhang (PhD, 2025); Postdoc at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chi Wa Chow (MPhil, 2025)

Selected Undergraduate Students:
Frederick Gabriel Jusmin (2025); PhD student at City University of Hong Kong (HKPFS)
Boyu Ouyang (2024); PhD student at EPFL
Pang Ho Yeung (2024); PhD student at HKU
Pui Ying Wong (2024); PhD student at HKUST
Chi Wa Chow (2023); MPhil student at HKUST
Kin Ting Chang (2022); PhD student at HKUST

Summer Research Program
Zihang Sun (2024); PhD student at University of Southern California
Chunting Wu (2024); PhD student at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Xinyu Zhang (2023); PhD student at Brown University