Xianbiao Fu | 付先彪
Assistant Professor (1/2025 )
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
College of Design and Engineering
National University of Singapore
Phone: (+65) 85550651
Email: xbfu@nus.edu.sg
Office: E2-05-10
Lab: E3A-03-04
Professional Appointments
2025 - Now Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
2021 - 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow, Technical University of Denmark
(Advisor: Prof. Ib Chorkendorff, Co-advisor: Prof. Jens K. Nørskov)
Research Interests
Electrocatalysis, Electrochemical engineering, Electrosynthesis, Sustainable energy, Electrochemical ammonia synthesis, Ammonia energy, Nitrogen activation, Rational design of catalysts, Design of electrochemical reactor, Non-aqueous electrochemistry, Solid electrolytes, Electrochemical organic synthesis
Education
2016 - 2021 Ph.D., University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
2019 - 2020 Visiting Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University
2017 - 2019 Visiting Graduate Student, Northwestern University (USA)
2012 - 2016 B.S., Central South University
Scientific Community Service
2025 - now Early Career Board, Nano Letters
2025 - 2028 Young Editorial Board, Journal of Energy Chemistry
2025 - 2027 Promotion Editors, Science China Materials
2024 - now Early Career Advisory Board, Materials Today Catalysis
2024 - now Young Scientist Committee Member, National Science Open
2023 - now Young Editorial Board Member, eScience
2023 - now Young Star Editors, Nano Research
2023 - now Community Board Member, Materials Horizons
2023 - now Next Generation Editorial Board, Applied Research
Academic self-media
Created the WeChat Official Account “Catalysis Breaks New Ground” (80,000+ followers, over 1500 posters, over 10,000 daily views), Editor-in-chief of the WeChat Official Accounts.
Selected Honors and Awards
35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35) for China by MIT Technology Review, 2024
Carbon Future Young Investigator Award, 2024
Best Editor Award 2023 of Nano Research, 2024
Winner of the 1st Rising Stars in Materials Today Catalysis, 2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships, 2022
The Most Outstanding Students Award of UESTC (The Highest Honor), 2020
The Most Outstanding Student Award of CSU (The Highest Honor), 2014