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Dr. Zhou Yuanyuan
Department of Physics
Since joining the Department of Physics in 2020, Dr. Zhou Yuanyuan has wasted no time on producing high-impact studies on perovskite semiconductors, bringing the University to the forefront of this frontier field of research. As a young scientist, he has already earned a distinguished reputation for publishing in world-leading journals, securing research grants, and being acknowledged with several honours and awards, including the China Rising Stars in Science and Technology 2021.
Dr. Zhou has established himself as an achieving researcher. Within the first year of joining the Department, he has published eight papers in renowned journals such as Joule, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Matter, and ACS Energy Letters. These add to his stellar publication record, having authored or co-authored over 100 papers, co-filed 7 US patents, and published nearly 40 papers as a corresponding or (co-)first author in top-tier journals with impact factor of 15 and above.
The influence of Dr. Zhou’s work is evidenced in over 8,200 citations in Google Scholar, and a H-index of 49. Based on high citation impacts, he has been named in the Stanford-Elsevier list of the World’s Top 2% Scientist consecutively in 2019, 2020 and 2021. His international ranking in this prestigious list is rapidly rising, regardless of being a younger generation.
Dr. Zhou has swiftly secured government funding from the Early Career Scheme (ECS) of the Research Grants Council (RGC) upon joining the University. In his previous work, he has served as the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on several US federal grants from National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Defence, totalling nearly US$1 million. With a keen interest in interdisciplinary research being promoted by the University, he joined the Smart Society Lab and was awarded funding from its Interdisciplinary Matching Scheme.
Being an active contributor to the research community, Dr. Zhou’s leadership is evident in the field. He has chaired or co-chaired in the Materials Research Society (MRS) perovskite-topic symposia, the most authoritative event in the field, for six times between 2018 and 2021. He has also been invited to speak at notable conferences of major professional bodies, like the MRS, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE); and to give guest lectures at reputable institutes like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, and Duke University, etc.
Dr. Zhou serves as a sector editor for the Journal of Energy Chemistry (recently honoured with the Best Editorial Board Member Award from the journal), an invited guest editor for Advanced Energy Materials, Matter, Journal of Applied Physics, and EcoMat. He also serves as an invited reviewer for numerous esteemed journals including Science, Nature, Nature Materials, and Nature Energy, and an invited grant reviewer for the NSF, US Department of Energy (DOE), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), European Research Council (ERC), and the Israel Ministry of Science and Technology.
Dr. Zhou has clearly distinguished himself as an excellent young researcher in the field of perovskite semiconductors. With a solid track record of achievements, he has actively participated in services for the international research community, creating a shining global image of HKBU. The Selection Committee has found Dr. Zhou deserving of the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance as Early Career Researcher.
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