Dr Ye ZHU Assistant Professor

Location BC620a
Phone +852 2766 5677
mail ye.ap.zhu@polyu.edu.hk
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Biography Dr. Ye Zhu is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his undergraduate degree from Tsinghua University in China, and his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008. After graduation, he did postdoc in US and Australia, until joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2016.

Dr. Zhu has dedicated to developing cutting edge microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, and their applications on emerging materials. Applying these techniques, his team has made numerous breakthroughs, including the first discovery of novel 2D antiferroelectricity and ferroelasticity in indium selenide compound. He has published over 120 journal articles, including high-impact journals such as Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Energy, and Physical Review Letters. The impact of his publication is evidenced by over 6300 citations according to Scopus, with an H-index of 31. His strong track record has won him several professional awards such as the “Early Career Award” from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council in 2017, and the Young Scientist award from the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM) in 2014.




Education and Academic Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Master of Applied Science, McMaster University
Bachelor of Engineering, Tsinghua University




Teaching Area Scanning transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy at atomic scale

In-situ electron microscopy on electrochemical dynamics of energy materials

Electron tomography reconstruction of 3D morphology of nano-catalysts