Education
2012.08-2016.05, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Separation processes), National University of Singapore, Singapore.
2009.09-2012.03, M.Sc. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics (Drug delivery), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China.
2005.09-2009.06, B.Eng. in Polymer Materials and Engineering (Surface patterning), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Work Experience
2021.11-Present, Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020.03-2021.10, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brunel University London
2017.07-2020.02, Research Associate, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
2016.06-2017.06, Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
Biographic Information
His main research interests include advanced porous adsorbent materials, adsorptive & membrane separation, carbon capture and conversion, hydrogen energy, ammonia energy, process integration, and electrochemical nanofabrication. Zhigang has authored >58 peer-reviewed papers with >5300 citations. He served as an Independent Reviewer for world leading journals, such as Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, AIChE Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, etc. He is the Early Career Researcher (ECR) of UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC) and Member of International Adsorption Society (IAS). He is now an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (Frontiers), Editorial Board Member for Membranes (MDPI), and ECR Board Member for Materials Today Sustainability (Elsevier).
Research Interests
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
Hydrogen-Ammonia Conversion
Selected Publications
Zhigang Hu,* Yuxiang Wang, and Dan Zhao,* Modulated Hydrothermal Chemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks, Accounts of Materials Research, 2022, 3, 1106-1114. (Supplementary Cover)
Zhigang Hu,* Yuxiang Wang, and Dan Zhao,* The Chemistry and Applications of Hafnium and Cerium (IV) Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemical Society Reviews, 2021, 50, 4629-4683. (ESI Highly Cited Paper in Chemistry, Top 1% paper of Chemistry)
Zhigang Hu,* Tanay Kundu, Yuxiang Wang, Yao Sun, Kaiyang Zeng, and Dan Zhao,* Modulated Hydrothermal Synthesis of Highly Stable MOF-808(Hf) for Methane Storage, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8, 17042-17053.
Zhigang Hu*, Yuxiang Wang, Bhuvan B. Shah, and Dan Zhao,* CO2 Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks: An Engineering Perspective, Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2019, 3, 1800080. (Inside Front Cover, ESI Highly Cited Paper in Materials Science, Top 1% paper of Materials Science).
Zhigang Hu, Yuxiang Wang, Shamsuzzaman Farooq, and Dan Zhao,* A Highly Stable Metal-Organic Framework with Optimum Aperture Size for CO2 Capture, AIChE Journal, 2017, 63, 4103-4114. (Session's Best Paper at 2016 AIChE Meeting, Top Downloaded Article 2017-2018)
Zhigang Hu, Ezwan Mahmoud Mahdi, Yongwu Peng, Yuhong Qian, Bin Zhang, Ning Yan, Daqiang Yuan, Jin-Chong Tan, and Dan Zhao,* Kinetically controlled synthesis of two-dimensional Zr/Hf metal–organic framework nanosheets via a modulated hydrothermal approach, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 8954-8963. (Inside Back Cover)
Zhigang Hu, Yongwu Peng, Zixi Kang, Yuhong Qian, and Dan Zhao,* A Modulated Hydrothermal (MHT) Approach for the Facile Synthesis of UiO-66-Type MOFs, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 4862-4868. (ESI Highly Cited Paper in Chemistry, Top 1% paper of Chemistry)
Zhigang Hu, Maninder Khurana, Yong Huang Seah, Mei Zhang, Zhengang Guo, and Dan Zhao, Ionized Zr-MOFs for highly efficient post-combustion CO2 capture, Chemical Engineering Science, 2015, 124, 61-69.
Research Projects
(1)MOFs for carbon capture, utilization and storage
(2)MOFs for hydrogen storage and separation
(3)MOF-derived catalysts for ammonia decomposition
(4)MOF-derived catalysts for ammonia synthesis
(5)MOF sensors for gas detection
(6)MOF membranes for water purification
Honors & Awards
2022 Shanghai Leading Talent (Overseas)
2022 Second Prize of National "Yuanchuang Cup" Competition
2022 Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program Award (A)
2018 Postdoctoral Membership of Trinity College Cambridge
2017 Outstanding Postgraduate Researcher Award, AIChE Singapore Section
Others
We have established long-term collaborative opportunities with world-leading universities and research groups, such US, UK, EU, Australia, Singapore, Japan, etc. We are consistently recruiting part-time (visiting) and full-time bachelor, master and doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers with strong backgrounds in chemical engineering, materials science, and chemistry!