Prof. YE Ruquan (叶汝全)

2017-2018 Postdoc, Massachusett Institute of Technology

2012-2017 Ph.D., Rice University

2008-2012 BSc, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Dr. Ruquan Ye obtained his B.Sc in Chemistry from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2012), where he worked on fluorescent molecules under the supervision of Prof. Ben Zhong Tang. Then he received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Rice University (2017) under the supervision of Prof. James M. Tour. During his graduate study, he developed new methodologies for the synthesis of nanomaterials and applications in catalysis and photophysics. Afterwards, he worked as a postdoc associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Prof. Karthish Manthiram on electrochemical CO₂ reduction and alcohol oxidation. He joined the City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor in 2018.

• The use of laser-induced graphene in sustainable energy and environment
• The development of electrocatalysts for water splitting, CO2 reduction and fuel cell technology
• sustainable energy conversion
• environmental science
• fluorescent materials
• AoE:
• Materials Science in Three Major Areas:
  • Sustainable Energy Conversions such as Water Splitting and CO2 Electrification
  • Laser-assisted Materials Manufacturing
  • Fluorescent Nanomaterials

• World’s Top 2% Scientists (Rank 38,478th) by Stanford University, Elsevier BV (2022)
• Emerging Investigators by Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (2022)
• Emerging Stars by Hong Kong Institute of Clean Energy, City University of Hong Kong (2022)
• Rising Star by Small, Wiley (2021)
• World’s Top 2% Scientists (Rank 53,684th) by Stanford University, Elsevier BV (2021)
• World’s Top 2% Scientists (Rank 63,365th) by Stanford University, Elsevier BV (2020)
• The HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers, by HKIE (2019)
• Chinese government award for outstanding self-finance students abroad, by CSC (2016)
• Academic Medal, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2012)