Zhang Hua

Dr. Zhang Hua is the chair professor of  the  Department of Chemistry in City University of Hong Kong, and is currently the Herman Hu Chair Professor of Nanomaterials.

Dr. Zhang's current research interests focus on phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN) and controlled epitaxial growth of heterostructures, including the synthesis of ultrathin two-dimensional nanomaterials, novel metallic and semiconducting nanomaterials, novel amorphous nanomaterials, and their hybrid composites for various applications, such as catalysis, clean energy, (opto-) electronic devices, chemical and biosensors, and water remediation.

He has published 6 invited book chapters, 80+ patent applications and over 550 papers. He is the co-editor-in-chief of SmartMat (2020-) and co-chairman of the Editorial Board of ChemNanoMat.

In 2020, he was elected as a foreign fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc). In 2015, he was elected as an academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM). In Nov. 2014, he was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). In 2015-2021, he was listed in the "Highly Cited Researchers" in Chemistry and Materials Science (Clarivate Analytics/Thomson Reuters).