GuanHua Chen Group

Prof. GuanHua Chen

CURRICULUM VITAE
B.Sc. (Fudan), Ph.D. (Caltech)

Group principal investigator

Academic position:
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Honorary Professor, Department of Physics
The University of Hong Kong

Honorary positions:
Guest Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (2005-)
Adjunct Professor, Zhongshan University (2002-2005)
Guest Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (2002-2006)
Guest Professor, Northeast Normal University (1999-)
Senior Visiting Scholar, Fudan University (2003-2005)
Senior Visiting Scholar, Tsinghua University (2005-2011)

Prizes and awards:
1st place in China-US Physics Examination and Application (CUSPEA) program (1985)
HKU Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2001-2002)
National Natural Science Award (First Class), Education Ministry of China (2008)
Outstanding Young Scholar of China, NSFC (2009-2010)
Fellow of American Physical Society (2014)

Professional Services / Standing:
Fellow of American Physical Society (2014-)
Fellow of Royal Chemical Society (2011-)
Vice-President of Hong Kong Institution of Science (2013-2015)

Editorial board membership:
Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
Molecular Simulation
European Physical Journal B
Board member for Journal of Physical Chemistry and Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Scientific pedigree:
* Guanhua Chen obtained his Ph.D. in Physics in June 1992 from Prof. William A. Goddard III, Professor at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) in Pasadena CA
* William A. Goddard III obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering Science in October 1964 at from Prof. Pol Duwez, Professor at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) in Pasadena CA
* Pol Duwez received his D.Sc. in 1933 from Prof. Emile Henriot at U. Brussels in Belgium
* Emile Henriot received his D.Sc. in Physics in 1912 from Marie Curie, Professor at the Sorbonne, Paris France
* Marie Curie received her D.Sc. in 1903 from Prof. Becquerel at the Ecole Phys. Chim. Ind, Paris France

Office: CYMC Rm601
Email: ghc@everest.hku.hk

Guang Jiang

B.Sc. & M.Phil. (HIT)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Phase field
Office: 17W 915
Email: jiangg97@connect.hku.hk

Xuejian Leng

B.Sc. (BIT)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Electrochemistry
Office: 17W 915
Email: lengxj@connect.hku.hk

Yang Zhou

B.E. (ECUST), M.Phil. (SUSTech)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: DFT exchange-correlation functional
Hobbies: Swimming
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: yzhou7@connect.hku.hk

Jianbo Tang

B.Sc. (SEU)

Position: M.Phil. Student
Research interests: TCAD
Hobbies: Electronic Sports, ACGN
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: u3009879@connect.hku.hk

Yalun Zheng

B.Sc. (HIT), M.Sc. (Uni Gottingen)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: AI+QM/MM computation
Hobbies: Swimming & Hiking
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: yalun@connect.hku.hk

Danfei Gu

B.E. (ECUST), M.Sc. (THU)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Electrochemistry
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: flynn228@connect.hku.hk

Pingchao Hao

B.E. & M.Eng. (THU)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Electrochemistry, state estimation
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: u3010682@connect.hku.hk

Chong Han

B.E. & M.Eng. (CSU)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Electrochemistry, lithium-metal battery
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: hanchong@connect.hku.hk

Jianming Li

B.E. (CQUT), M.Eng. (HIT, Weihai)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Lithium battery, battery management system
Hobbies: Hiking
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: jmli@connect.hku.hk

Yiming Guan

B.E. (CSU), M.Eng. (SJTU)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Hobbies: Swimming
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: u3011607@connect.hku.hk

Man Ho Ng

B.Sc. (HKU)

Position: M.Phil. Student
Research interests: TCAD
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: marco668@connect.hku.hk

Mengtian Zhang

B.E. (HUST), M.Eng. (THU)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Batteries
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: u3013141@connect.hku.hk

Chun Yin Yip

BEng & MPhil (HKUST)

Position: Ph.D. Student
Research interests: Automation
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: c.y.yipai@connect.hku.hk

Prof. Zhongmin Su

Current position: Vice president, Northeast Normal University, China

Dr. Satoshi Yokojima

B.Sc. 1990 (Keio Univ., Japan), Ph.D. 1995 (Keio Univ., Japan)

Current position: Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Research interests: Theoretical and computational chemistry, theoretical physics, analysis of many-body systems, such as the dynamics of the electronic systems
Email: yokojima@yangtze.hku.hk

Prof. WanZhen Liang

Ph.D. 2001 (HKU)

Current position: "Minjiang Scholar" endowed Professor, Xiamen University, China
Email: liangwz@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Man Fai Ng (Andy)

B.Sc. 1998 (HKU), Ph.D. 2003 (HKU)

Current position: Senior Research Engineer, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore
Email: ngmf@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg

Prof. XiuJun Wang

B.Sc. (NENU), Ph.D. (Sichuan Univ.)

Current position: Professor and Chairman, Department of Applied Chemistry, Deputy Dean, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, China
Email: xjwang@yangtze.hku.hk

Prof. ChiYung Yam

B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Professor, UESTC (Shenzhen)
Research interests: Theoretical and computational chemistry
Hobbies: soccer
Email: yamcy@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Chi-Chiu Ma (Martin)

B.Sc. 2000 (HKU), Ph.D. 2004 (HKU)

Email: martin@yangtze.hku.hk

Prof. LiHong Hu

B.Sc. & M.S. (NENU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Professor, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, NENU
Research interests: Drug design and quantum dissipation theory
Hobbies: golf, badmiton, swimming, reading novels
Email: lhhu@yangtze.hku.hk

Prof. Xiao Zheng

B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Professor, Fudan University
Research interests: Theoretical and computational chemistry
Hobbies: soccer
Email: xzheng@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Lai Ho Wong

B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Artificial neural network and two electron repulsion integral
Hobbies: basketball
Email: alarry@yangtze.hku.hk

Prof. Fan Wang

Ph.D. (PKU)

Current position: Professor, Sichuan University, China
Email: fan@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Jianzhou Zheng

B.Sc. (XMU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Worked as: Ph.D. Student, Research Associate
Current position: Associate/Assistant Vice Precident, Nomura Singapore Limited
Hobbies: hiking, photography
Email: jzzheng@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Jian Sun

B.Sc. & M.E. (NKU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Research Officer
Research interests: Machine learning, computational simulation
Hobbies: photography, hiking, table tennis, squash

Dr. Xiaojing Ren

B.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Worked as: Ph.D. Student
Current position: China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)
Email: ren@yangtze.hku.hk

XiaoBo Li

B.Sc. (PKU), M.Sc. (HKU)

Worked as: M.Phil. Student
Current position: Project Manager, China Fortune Strategic Investment
Email: clzs@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Yan Mo

B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKUST)

Current position: Associate Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, ECNU
Email: moyan@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Heng Tian

B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: Computational chemistry

Dr. ChunLei Zhang

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: System biology, study of E.coli flagella motor

Dr. Siu Kong KOO

B.Sc., M.Phil. & Ph.D. (HKU)

Worked as: Ph.D. Student, Research Associate
Research interests: Computational chemistry
Email: koo@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Shuguang Chen

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Computational chemistry
Hobbies: photography
Office: 17W 915

Dr. Zhenyu Yin

B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKU)

Worked as: Ph.D. Student, Research Associate
Research interests: Computational chemistry

Dr. Lingyi Meng

B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (ICCAS)

Worked as: Post-doc fellow
Current position: Research Associate, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Xiamen University
Research interests: Computational simulation on electronics
Hobbies: hiking, watching movies
Email: lymeng@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Hang Xie

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (Fudan), Ph.D. (HKUST)

Worked as: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: Molecular electronics, and molecular simulation
Hobbies: Reading books, travel and having fun with friends
Email: xiehang@yangtze.hku.hk

Yang Xie

B.Sc. 2007 (HKU)

Worked as: undergrad helper
Current position: Ph.D. student, Department of Physics, Cornell University, USA
Research interests: Spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscope (SI-STM) studies in strong coupling oxides materials
Hobbies: jogging, traveling, fine arts, foreign cultures
Email: yx48@cornell.edu

Fan Liu

B.Sc. 2009 (Zhejiang University)

Worked as: undergrad helper
Current position: Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, Caltech, USA
Hobbies: chemistry, neuroscience, Tai-chi
Email: liufan.brooks@gmail.com

Nuo Wang

B.Sc. 2010 (HKU)

Worked as: undergrad helper
Current position: Ph.D. student, Department of Chemistry, UCSD, USA
Hobbies: drawing
Email: wolich22@gmail.com

Yuan Shi

B.Sc. (HKU)

Worked as: undergrad helper
Research interests: Synergetic, pattern evolution, density functional theory
Hobbies: violin, hiking, running, poetry
Email: waterfollower@hotmail.com

Tao Jiang

undergrad (HKU)

Worked as: UnderGrad Helper
Research interests: Neural network
Hobbies: Reading Novels, Guitar
Email: jiangtao@yangtze.hku.hk

Karan Handa

undergrad (I.I.T. Guwahati)

Worked as: UnderGrad Helper
Research interests: Computational chemistry, density functional theory
Hobbies: Football,Music
Email: karanhanda97@gmail.com

Dr. Hui Cao

Worked as: Research Associate
Current position: Professor, School of Environment Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Email: caoh@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Tao Song

B.Sc. & M.Sc. (BNU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Worked as: Research Associate
Research interests: Neural network application in first-principle calculation
Email: songtao@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Kit Peng

B.Sc. (SCNU), Ph.D. (SYSU)

Worked as: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: Semiconductor nanodevice simulation
Hobbies: reading, movie, swimming, snow boarding
Email: pengjie@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Rulin Wang

B.Sc. (Qufu Normal Univ.), Ph.D. (USTC)

Worked as: Research Assistant
Research interests: Computational physics
Hobbies: Reading
Email: rulin11@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Qing Zhang

B.Sc. (NJU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Density functional theory, Ehrenfest dynamics

Dr. Yu Zhang

B.Sc. (SYSU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Worked as: Ph.D. student
Current position: Post-doc fellow, Northwestern University
Research interests: Quantum transport and dissipation
Email: zhy@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Ying Huang

B.Sc. (Fudan), Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Computational chemistry
Hobbies: Basketball, Reading

Dr. YanHo Kwok

B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Computational chemistry
Hobbies: jogging, movies, computer games
Office: CYMC Rm607
Email: kwokyanho@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Jiang Wu

B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: DFT exchange-correlation functional development
Office: 17W 915
Email: wujiang@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Jun Li

B.Sc. (Fudan), M.Phil. & Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Fast algorithms in NEGF
Email: lijun@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. JianQiao Zhang

B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Quantum computing
Hobbies: movies, fashion, delicious food

Dr. Stanislav Markov

Ph.D. (Univ. of Glasgow, UK), M.Sc. (Tech. Univ. of Sofia, Bulgaria)

Worked as: Research Assistant Professor
Research interests: Electron device physics and simulation, device variability and reliability, oxide interfaces
Hobbies: swimming; tango argentino

Dr. Yi Zhou

B.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Email: yizhou@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Weijun Zhou

B.Sc. (PKU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Density functional theory
Hobbies: Sightseeing
Email: zwjchem@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Promise L Chin

B.Sc. & Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Computational chemistry
Hobbies: Bridge
Email: prochin@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Ziyao Xu

B.Sc. (Fudan), Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: MD simulation
Email: xuziyao@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. Qizhou Chen

B.Sc. (HKBU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Email: chenqz@yangtze.hku.hk

Dr. GuanYa Yang

B.Eng. (Osaka), Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Machine learning

Dr. Ziyang Hu

B.Sc. (USTC), Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: Open system, AI4Science, battery
Office: 17W 915
Email: ziyanghu@connect.hku.hk

Dr. Lin Xu

B.Sc. (JLU), Ph.D. (PKU)

Worked as: Research assistant professor
Current position: Post-doc fellow, UCSB

Dr. Yuan Zhuang

B.Sc. (SCU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Post-doc fellow, HKQAI
Research interests: DFT exchange-correlation functional development
Office: 17W 915
Email: andyzy13@connect.hku.hk

Dr. Beini Zhang

B.Sc. (CQU), Ph.D. (HKUST)

Worked as: Research assistant professor
Research interests: CV

Dr. Wai Yuet Chiu

B.Sc., Ph.D. (HKU)

Research interests: ML-aided drug discovery
Email: finney@connect.hku.hk

Dr. Shuai Wang

B.Sc. & M.Phil. (BUCT), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: OLED
Hobbies: Sports, music
Email: shuaiw@connect.hku.hk

Dr. Rongzhi Gao

B.Sc. (NKU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Post-doc fellow
Research interests: Open system, molecular dynamics
Office: 17W 915
Email: rzgao@connect.hku.hk

Dr. Xiangyi Zhou

B.Sc. (Tongji), M.Phil. (THU), Ph.D. (HKU)

Current position: Post-doc fellow
Email: u3008673@connect.hku.hk

Yiling Zhu

B.Sc. (SDU), M.Phil. (HKU)

Research interests: Computational chemistry
Email: ylzhu@connect.hku.hk