Introduction

My main research interests include advanced porous adsorbent materials, adsorptive & membrane separation, carbon capture and conversion, hydrogen energy, ammonia energy, process integration, and electrochemical nanofabrication. I have authored >58 peer-reviewed papers with >5500 citations.

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.

Professional Appointments

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

Professional Memberships

• Member of Chinese Materials Research Society (C-MRS)
• Member of Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)
• Member of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC)
• Member of International Adsorption Society (IAS)
• ECR Member of UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC)
• Associate Editor, Adsorption (Springer Nature, IF=2.9)
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (Frontiers)
• ECR Editorial Board Member, Acta Petrolei Sinica (Petroleum Processing Section)
• ECR Advisory Board Member, Materials Today Sustainability (Elsevier, IF=7.2)
• Editorial Board Member, Membranes (MDPI, IF=4.1)

Research Interests

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)

Physical and Chemical Hydrogen Storage (hydrogen and ammonia)

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

• Porous materials for carbon capture, utilization and storage
• Porous materials for hydrogen storage and separation
• MOF-derived catalysts for ammonia decomposition
• MOF-derived catalysts for ammonia synthesis
• MOF sensors for gas detection
• MOF membranes for water purification

Honors & Awards

• Second Prize of National "Yuanchuang Cup" Competition
• Shanghai Leading Talent (Overseas)
• Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program Award (A)    
• Postdoctoral Membership of Trinity College Cambridge
• 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, as well as postdoctoral researchers with strong backgrounds in chemical engineering, materials science, and chemistry!