ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7483-1438
Scopus Author ID: 55320398100
ResearcherID: G-7571-2015
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Metrics for Academic and Research Impact

Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PhD Nanyang Technological University
MEng Zhejiang University
BEng Central South Univeristy

Education

2013,  Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2008,  M. S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China                    

2006,  B. S. in Materials Physics, Central South University, China

Appointment History    

2026 - Present, Full Professor, MSE, City University of Hong Kong

2023 - Present, Core member, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environment Health (SKLMEH), City University of Hong Kong, China

2024 - 2026, Associate Professor, MSE, City University of Hong Kong

2019 - 2024, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, China

2018 - 2019, Senior Process Engineer, Applied Materials (Silicon Valley), USA

2017 - 2018, Process Engineer, Applied Materials (Silicon Valley), USA

2013 - 2017, Postdoc  in Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Dr. Zhiyuan Zeng is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, he is also a core member in State Key Laboratory of Marine Environment Health (SKLMEH), CityU. He received his BSc, MPhil and PhD degrees all in Material Science & Engineering from Central South University, Zhejiang University and Nanyang Technological University in 2006, 2008 and 2013, respectively. He continued his Postdoc training at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2013-2017). Then he jumped into industry in Silicon Valley working for Applied Materials Inc. as a Process Engineer/Senior Process Engineer (2017-2019). Dr. Zeng joined CityU-MSE in 2019. His research interests are using electrochemical lithium intercalation and exfoliation method, in-situ liquid phase TEM technique to investigate TMDs, which can be used for energy and environmental applications. He has published 188 SCI papers (138 IF>10) with total citation 30895 times and H-index 79 (Web of Science), which include Nat. Mater., Nat. Rev. Chem., Nat. Synth., Nat. Protoc., Nat. Water, Nat. Commun., Chem. Soc. Rev., Matter, Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nano Lett., ACS Nano, etc. He was awarded the 2023/2024 Young Collaborative Research Grant (Y-CRF, 4,832,040 HKD) by the University Grants Committee (UGC) of Hong Kong. He was awarded as Lifetime Fellow by the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) (year 2025). He was also awarded the CityUHK CENG Research Excellence Awards for Junior Faculty (year 2025). He has been listed as the Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%, Clarivate Analytics) in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020 and 2018. He has also been listed as the World's Top 2% Scientists in Nanosci. & Nanotechnol. for single year in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 (by Stanford University). His other awards include the Rising Star by Advanced Materials (2022) and Small (2022); the Emerging Investigator by Chemical Communications (2021) and Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2020). He was also invited to review some prestigious fellowships worldwide, such as The Royal Society and The British Academy's "Newton International Fellowships", the European Research Council's "ERC Consolidator Grant", etc.

2025, CityUHK CENG Research Excellence Awards for Junior Faculty

2025, Lifetime Fellow, by the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM)

2024, Young-Collaborative Research Grant (Y-CRF) by UGC of Hong Kong

2024, Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%, World wide), by Clarivate Analytics

2024, World's Top 2% Scientists in Nanosci. & Nanotechnol., by Stanford University

2023, Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%, World wide), by Clarivate Analytics

2023, World's Top 2% Scientists in Nanosci. & Nanotechnol., by Stanford University

2022, Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%, World wide), by Clarivate Analytics

2022, World's Top 2% Scientists in Nanosci. & Nanotechnol., by Stanford University

2022, Rising Star Series, by Advanced Materials (IF: 32.09)

2022, Rising Star Series, by Small (IF: 15.15)

2021, Emerging Investigators by Chemical Communications (IF: 6.065)

2020, Highly Cited Researcher, by Clarivate Analytics

2020,  Emerging Investigators by Journal of Materials Chemistry A (IF: 14.511)

2018,  Highly Cited Researcher, by Clarivate Analytics

(1) Electrochemical Li intercalation & exfoliation for TMDs synthesis and application

(2) In-situ liquid phase TEM for electrochemical processes

(3) TMDs membranes for water purification

(4) Transition metal based composites for environmental Applications