Energy Materials Modelling Group
Department of Engineering and System Science (ESS),
College of Semiconductor Research,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan
Associate Prof. Hsin-Yi Tiffany Chen
(202108 – )Department of Engineering and System Science (ESS),
(202202 – )College of Semiconductor Research,
(202208 – )Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
National Tsing Hua University (NTHU)
E-mail: hsinyi.chen@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Office: ESS building R513
Tel: 03-5715131 #34248
Lab: ESS building R519W
Tel: 03-5715131 #34288
ESS building R522E
Tel: 03-5715131 #35821
ESS building R523E
Tel: 03-5715131 #34328
RESEARCH INTERESTS
KEYNOTE/KEYNOTE SPEECH OF "CURRENT JOB"
Combining multiscale modelling and machine learning for the exploration of mechanisms, design and optimization of materials in catalysis, energy storage, two-dimensional, and semiconductor applications
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(2017)3rd Association of Computational Mechanics in Taiwan (ACMT)
How does TiO2 catalyst reduction help in biomass conversion? 19 –10 Oct. Tainan, Taiwan
INVITED SPEAKERS AT CONFERENCE "CURRENT JOB"
EDUCATION
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PhD, Chemistry University College London, London, UK (in Professor C.Richard A. Catlow, FRS's Lab)
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MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (under Dr. Ching-Ming Wei in Ab-initio Simulation Lab)
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BEng (Honours), Resources Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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(2025)Centre de Mécanique Ondulatoire Appliquée "QSCP Promising Scientist Prize of CMOA"
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(2025)Taiwan Catalysis Society "Outstanding Research Paper Award"
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(2025)National Science Council "Mr. Wu Ta-you Memorial Award"
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(2023)The Honorable Mention Award of the 3rd R&D Service Platform Highlight Achievement Award
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(2023)Member of Young Elite Award , Taiwan Ceramic Society
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(2022)Outstanding Youth Award ,TACT
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(2022)Outstanding Young Scholar Award ,MRS-Taiwan Annual Meeting
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(2021)New Faculty Research Award, NTHU
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(2021)Teaching undergraduate student Cheng-Hsi Yeh for winning the "110 Annual Energy Science - College Student Outstanding Creation Award"
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(2020)National Tsing Hua University Excellent Research Scholar Award
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(2016-2019)Rewards for Outstanding New Assistant Professors
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(2016-2017)MOST Special Outstanding Talent Award
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Graduate School Awards – Graduate School Student Conference Fund from University College London, UK
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Department Studentship, University College London, UK
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Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Studentship, UK
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Elite Overseas Study Scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Taiwan
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Conference Bursary Sponsored by the K.T. Li Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology, Taiwan
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An Honorary Member of The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, Taiwan
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(2024) International Symposium on Carbon for CATALYSIS
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(2024) Chemistry Annual Meeting Revealing Hydrogen Spillover Mechanisms on Ru-Based Ammonia Conversion Catalysts Using Density Functional Theory Calculations.
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(2024) Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica Revolutionizing materials design and development by computational simulations.
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(2024) Institute of Photonics Technologies,NTHU Colloquium
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(2024) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NYCU Colloquium
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(2024) TACT
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(2023) Chemistry National Meeting
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(2023) Taiwan International Conference on Catalysis
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(2023) ICMS 2023 The 6th International Conference on Molecular Simulation
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(2023) NMCD’23 Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference
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(2023) Annual Meeting of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
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(2022) Taiwan Association for Coating and Thin Film Technology Conference
The impact of density functional theory in materials science. 11 Nov. -
(2022) Taipei International Conference on Catalysis
What Can Hydrogen Spillover Help Enhance Catalytic Efficiency? A Density Functional Theory Study. 20–22 July, Taipei, Taiwan. -
(2022) National Center for High-Performance Computing Computing Resources Sharing Session
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(2022) Chinese Materials Research Society The 38th Second Academic Committee Meeting: Online Exchange Meeting for Candidates of the 2022 Outstanding Young Scholar Award.
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(2022)15th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM-XV) & 8th Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM-VIII)
Catalytic Performance Affected by Hydrogen Spillover Mechanism: A DFT Study. 31 Jul. – 5 Aug. Yokohama, Japan. -
(2022) Chemistry National Meeting
The Importance of Hydrogen Spillover Mechanism in Catalysis: A DFT Study. 11–13 Mar. NTNU, Taiwan. -
(2021) Materials Research Society-Taiwan International Conference
Density function theory investigation of catalytic mechanisms and applications. 17 Nov. virtual. -
(2020) 7th H-energy and CO2 reduction mtg
Density functional theory investigation of metal-support interactions in catalysis. 29 Jul. IAMS, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. -
(2020) The 18th Workshop on First-Principles Computational Materials Physics
The Impact of Density Functional Theory Calculations on Catalysis. 7 Jul. NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan. -
(2020) Chemistry and Materials Simulation and Industrial Application Forum
The impact of first-principles calculations on catalysis. 18 June. Hsinchu, Taiwan. -
(2019) TACT2019 International Thin Films Conference
Density functional theory investigation of catalytic materials. 17–20 Nov. NTUT, Taipei, Taiwan. -
(2019) EITC-New Materials 2019 at the NCTU
Model core-shell catalyst design applied to ORR in fuel cells. 12–13 Sep. NCTU. -
(2017) IUMRS International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA)
How does catalyst reduction help in biomass conversion — A case study of TiO2. 5–9 Nov. Taipei -
(2017) Advances in Computational and Experimental Studies of Solids
Hydrogen spillover mechanisms on metal supported material. 10–12 Apr. Abingdon, UK -
(2016) 6th NTHU-UoL Bilateral Joint Workshop: Computational Modelling on Science and Engineering
Mechanistic Studies on Metal-Oxide Catalysts” 29–30 Nov. BaiPu, Taiwan.
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Associate Professor – Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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Assistant Professor – Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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Postdoctoral Research Associate – Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy(In Prof. Gianfranco Pacchioni's Quantum Chemistry Lab)
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Research Assistant – Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan(under Dr. Ching-Ming Wei in Ab-initio Simulation Lab)
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Teaching Assistant – Materials Science & Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan