Chair Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Chunyi ZHI obtained a B.S. degree in Physics from Shandong University and a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan, he was promoted to ICYS researcher, researcher, and senior researcher (permanent position) at NIMS. Dr. Zhi is now a chair professor at MSE, City University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Zhi has extensive experience in aqueous electrolyte, solid-state, and zinc ion batteries. He has published over 500 papers with an h-index of 145 and citations of >70000 (Google). He has been granted more than 100 patents.

Dr. Zhi is a recipient of the Outstanding Research Award and President Award of CityU, the NML Researcher Award, and the Beijing Science and Technology Award (first class). He is a Clarivate Analytics Global highly cited researcher (2019-2023, Materials Science), RSC fellow, member of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences, and RGC Senior Research Fellow.