Biography
Guo Zheng Xiao is Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Materials Science in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at the University of Hong Kong. He received his BSc degree from Northeastern University, China, and his PhD degree from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Professor Guo is an internationally recognized materials scientist whose research spans the synthesis and simulation of clusters, catalysts, and nanostructures, as well as thermal, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical catalysis.
Professor Guo is an elected Member of Academia Europaea (2020), a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM, 2022), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, 2016). He has served as Honorary Professor at University College London since 2018 and has been actively engaged in international scientific leadership and policy development. He has advised numerous organizations and initiatives, including the Shenzhen Graphene Alliance, the National Magnesium Energy Storage Innovation Alliance, and the EU Energy Research Alliance (EERA), where he served as the UK Representative and Sub-Programme Coordinator for Advanced Materials and Processes for Energy Applications.
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Selected Publications
- J Xie, C Fu, MG Quesne, J Guo, C Wang, L Xiong, CD Windle, S Gadipelli, ZX Guo*, W Huang*, CR Catlow*, J Tang*, Nature 2025, 639,368-374.
- A Pei, R Xie, L Zhu*, F Wu, Y Pang, Y Chang, G Chai*, C Pao, Q Gao, C Shang, G Li, J Ye, H Zhu, Z Yang, ZX Guo*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 3185–3194.
- G Jia, S Sun, Y Wang, X Cui, ZX Guo*, F Fan* and JC Yu*, Nature Comm. 2024, 15, 4746:1-10.
- L Luo, X Han, K Wang, J Ma, ZX Guo*, J Tang*, Nature Comm. 2023,14, 2690:1-13.
- Z Li, S Gadipelli, H Li, CA Howard, D Brett, P Shearing, ZX Guo*, IP Parkin*, F Li*, Nature Energy 2020, 5,160-168.
- Y Wang, X Liu, X Han, R Godin, W Zhou, C Jiang, JF Thompson, MK Bayazit, S Shevlin, JR Durrant, ZX Guo* J Tang*, Nature Comm. 2020, 11, 2531 (1-9)
- Y Zhang, W Zhang, F Zhang, Y Xiao, G Jia, W Wang, FS Ke and ZX Guo*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2024, e202402694: 1-10
- W Wang, L Du, R Xia, R Liang, T Zhou, H Luo, Z Yan, DL Phillips*, ZX Guo*, Energy & Env. Science 2023,16, 460-472.
- A Pei, R Xie, Y Zhang, Z Wang, Z Huang, L Zhu*, G Chai*, ZYang, Q Gao*, H Ye, C Shang, B Chen, ZX Guo*, Energy Env. Science, 2023, 16, 1035-1048.
- G Chai, K Qiu, M Titirici, C Shang & ZX Guo*, Energy & Env. Sci. 2017,10 1186-1105.