Principal Investigator

Dr. Xinglong Zhang, Zhang Lab Principal Investigator

Dr. Xinglong Zhang

Vice-Chancellor Assistant Professor

xinglong.zhang@cuhk.edu.hk

Departmental Profile

About me

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Education

2016–2019

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Oxford, UK

2015–2016

Master of Science

University of Oxford, UK

2011–2014

Bachelor of Arts

University of Cambridge, UK

Position

2024–now

Assistant Professor
(On No-Pay Leave)

CUHK, Hong Kong

2020-now

Research Scientist
(No-Pay Leave Oct '24)

IHPC, A*STAR, SG

2019–2020

Postdoctoral Scholar

Caltech, USA

2014–2015

Laboratory Officer

IBN, A*STAR, SG

2009–2010

National Service

Singapore Armed Forces

Awards

2025

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award

2024

ASEAN-Republic of Korea Next ASEAN Innovator Awardee

2023

ASEAN-Republic of Korea Next ASEAN Innovator Finalist

2018

The Leathersellers’ Company Scholarship, University of Oxford

2017-2019

Stipendiary Lectureship in Physical Chemistry (undergraduate teaching), University of Oxford

2017

Graduate Travel/Research Grant, New College, University of Oxford

2015

National Science Scholarship (PhD), A*STAR, Singapore

2013, 2014

E. M. Burnett Prize, Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge

2013

BP Prize for the most outstanding performance in Part IB Chemistry A (ranked 1/118 in the whole univeristy), University of Cambridge

2012

BP Prize for the most outstanding performance in Part IA Chemistry (ranked 1/466 in the whole univeristy), University of Cambridge

2009

National Science Scholarship (BS), A*STAR, Singapore

Competitve Funding

2024/ 2025

CUHK Academic Equipment Grant (AEG), for High Performance Computing Facilities, as PI, HKD$1,536,000

2022

MTC Young Investigator Research Grants (YIRG), as PI, S$309,400

2021

A*STAR Career Development Fund, as PI, S$234,000



Team





Graduate Students


Zihan Li, PhD Student at Zhang Lab

Zihan Li

Year 1 PhD Student (from Aug 2025)

MPhil, Wuhan University of Technology, 2025

BSc, Wuhan University of Technology, 2022

zihanli4011@gmail.com


Jingyi Liu, PhD Student at Zhang Lab

Jingyi Liu

Year 1 PhD Student (from Aug 2025)

MSc, Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, 2024

BSc, Tongji University, 2022

jingyiliu171@gmail.com


Huiwen Tan, PhD Student at Zhang Lab

Huiwen Tan

Year 1 PhD Student (from Aug 2025)

BAdvSc(Hons), University of Queensland, 2024

huiwen.tan25@outlook.com

Personal Website



Undergraduate Students


Sum Ming Cho, Undergraduate Student at Zhang Lab

Sum Ming Cho

Year 4 Undergraduate Student (from Aug 2025)

BSc in Chemistry

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2026 (Expected)

1155176719@link.cuhk.edu.hk



Internship Students


Ansh Arora, Internship Student at Zhang Lab

Ansh Arora

Year 2 Undergraduate Student (from 12th May 2025)

BTech in Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi, 2027 (Expected)

ch1230433@iitd.ac.in


Yu Xie, Internship Student at Zhang Lab

Yu Xie

Year 1 Undergraduate Student (from 7th July 2025)

BA in Natural Sciences

University of Cambridge, UK, 2027 (Expected)

yx418@cam.ac.uk



Collaborators

Professor Robin Yonggui Chi, NTU Collaborator

Professor Robin Yonggui Chi, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Professor Debabrata Maiti, IIT Bombay Collaborator

Professor Debabrata Maiti, FRSC, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), India 

Associate Professor Ming Joo Koh, NUS Collaborator

Associate Professor Ming Joo Koh, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 

Assistant Professor Ru-Yi Zhu, NUS Collaborator

Assistant Professor Ru-Yi Zhu, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 

Dr. Benjamin W. J. Chen, A*STAR Collaborator

Dr Benjamin W. J. Chen, IHPC, A*STAR, Singapore 

Dr. Jinquan Wang, A*STAR Collaborator

Dr Jinquan Wang, ISCE2, A*STAR, Singapore 

Professor Xingxing Wu, Guizhou University Collaborator

Professor Xingxing Wu, Guizhou University, China 

Professor Zhichao Jin, Guizhou University Collaborator

Professor Zhichao Jin, Guizhou University, China 

Professor Xing Yang, Hunan Normal University Collaborator

Professor Xing Yang, Hunan Normal University, China 

Associate Professor Haibo Ge, Texas Tech University Collaborator

Associate Professor Haibo Ge, Texas Tech University, USA 



Past Industrial Collaborators

The Dow Chemical Company, Past Industrial Collaborator

The Dow Chemical Company 

Entegris, Inc, Past Industrial Collaborator

Entegris, Inc 

Contact

Run Run Shaw Science Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China

xinglong.zhang@cuhk.edu.hk

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