Personal Biography

My research primarily focuses on theoretical materials science and computational modeling. I employ multiscale simulation methods to investigate semiconductor surface structures, the intrinsic mechanisms of catalysis, materials growth kinetics, and the electronic structural and physical properties of quantum materials. I have published 13 research papers as the first or corresponding author in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including Phys. Rev. Lett., J. Am. Chem. Soc., and ACS Catalysis. I have led projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project.

Education Background

2008.09 – 2014.07

Ph.D., Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China

2004.09 – 2008.06

B.S., Department of Physics, Liaocheng University

Working Experience

2025.03 – Present

Associate Research Fellow, Shenzhen International Quantum Academy

2021.05 – 2024.02

Assistant Research Fellow, Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

2020.07 – 2020.12

Research Assistant Professor, Futian Institute for Quantum Technology and Engineering, Shenzhen

2019.05 – 2020.06

Specially-Appointed Associate Professor, School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology

2017.02 – 2019.03

Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Physics, The University of Sydney

2014.10 – 2016.10

Postdoctoral Researcher, International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials, University of Science and Technology of China

Papers and Patents

1. Influence of Different Configurations of Pt Supported on Al^V-Rich ASA on Their Catalytic Performance in Chemoselective Hydrogenation Evaluated by DFT Modeling and Experimental Validation, Yutong Zhao^#, Ping Wu^#, Lizhuo Wang, Wenjie Yang, Zichun Wang, Catherine Stampfl, Dedong He, Yongming Luo, Alfons Baiker, Jun Huang*, Yijiao Jiang*, ACS Catal. 15, 16, 13916–13928, (2025)

2. Hierarchical Pore Carbon Nanocages Embedding with CoTe as Sulfur Host: Synergistic Mass Transfer and Polysulfides Catalytic Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries, Wei-Xu Dong^#, Ping Wu^#, Lei Hu^#, Hao-Nan Guo, Jia-Wei Qian, Li-Feng Chen*, Shu-Hong Yu*, CCS Chemistry DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.025.202505569, (2025)

3. Highly durable FeNiS_x/NiFe(OH)_x electrocatalyst for selective oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline simulated seawater at high current densities, Nutthaphak Kitiphatpiboon, Meng Chen, Changrui Feng, Yasuki Kansha, Shasha Li, Abuliti Abudula, Ping Wu*, Yufei Ma*, Guoqing Guan*, Int. J. Hydrogen Energ. 48, 34255-34271, (2023)

4. Cooperation of Ni and CaO at Interface for CO₂ Reforming of CH₄: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study, Ping Wu, Yongwen Tao, Huajuan Ling, Zibin Chen, Jia Ding, Xin Zeng, Xiaozhou Liao, Catherine Stampfl,* and Jun Huang*, ACS Catal. 9, 10060−10069 (2019).

5. Fe–Si networks in Na₂FeSiO₄ cathode materials, Ping Wu, Shunqing Wu*, Xiaobao Lv, Xin Zhao, Zhuo Ye, Zijing Lin, Cai- Zhuang Wang, and Kai-Ming Ho*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 23916-23922

6. Carbon Dimers as the Dominant Feeding Species in Epitaxial Growth and Morphological Phase Transition of Graphene on Different Cu Substrates, Ping Wu, Yue Zhang, Ping Cui, Zhenyu Li,* Jinlong Yang, and Zhenyu Zhang* Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015, 114, 216102.

7. Lattice Mismatch Induced Nonlinear Growth of Graphene, Ping Wu, Huijun Jiang, Wenhua Zhang, Zhenyu Li,* Zhonghuai Hou,* and Jinlong Yang. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6045-6051.