Dr.TSE, Edmund Chun Ming

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, HKU

PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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2859 8943
403 Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

Current Research

Advanced electrochemistry to enhance the rate of redox catalysis, modulate the pathway of proton-coupled electron transfer reactions, and discover new cancer-relevant bioinorganic proteins.
Learn more here:
(Overseas): https://et-lab-hku.weebly.com/
(Mainland): https://www.etlab.hku.hk/

Fellowships

Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at Caltech
Croucher Foundation PhD Scholarship at UIUC

Research Interest

Designing electrocatalytic platform for multistep redox reactions
Governing product selectivity by altering the reaction landscapes
Identifying new DNA/RNA-processing proteins that contain redox-active cofactors

Publications and News

Gave a talk at the 9th Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference
Gave a talk at Kyushu University
Gave a talk at 2^nd HK-Osaka Joint Symposium on Materials Research
Published a report on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. titled “Controlling Proton and Electron Transfer Rates Enhances the Activity of an Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst”(Link)
Gave a talk at Southern University of Science and Technology
Secured Croucher Foundation Start-Up Fund
Gave a talk at California State University, Long Beach
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Awards and Honors

2017
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Caltech CTLO Certificate of Interest in University Teaching

2015
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Theron Standish Piper Thesis Award

2014
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Eastman Travel Grant

2013
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Walter Brown Fellowship

2012
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James R. Beck Fellowship

2011
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Therald Moellar Scholarship, Excellent Instructor Recognition

2010-2011
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Echols Scholarship

2010
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UVA College Science Scholarship

2009-2011
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Dean’s List

2009
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Lowcock Scholarship

2008
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Joseph W. N. Cheung Scholarship