Research Focus

Developing pilot electrochemical reaction devices with novel catalysts integrated for more efficient carbon-neutral energy conversion. Spectroelectrochemical study of the interfacial chemistry and reaction mechanism for Electrocatalysis, with home-built ATR-SEIRAS, DEMS and on-line GC apparatus.

Email: kunjiang@fudan.edu.cn

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Short Bio

Dr Kun Jiang is currently a junior professor of chemistry at Fudan University. He obtained his PhD degree in physical chemistry from Fudan in 2016, held a Baden-Württemberg fellowship at Ulm, and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard, Lawrence Berkeley, and U. C. Berkeley. In late 2019, he began his independent research career as a principle investigator at Shanghai, with his research focused on developing advanced reactor devices and spectroelectrochemical techniques for renewable energy utilization.

Working Experience

2025.01 - present  Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Junior Professor of Chemistry, Independent PI.

2019.10 - 2024.12 School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Associate Professor.

2018.10 - 2019.09 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & University of California, Berkeley, Postdoc Fellow

2016.04 - 2018.09 Harvard University, Postdoc Fellow

Educational Background

2010.09 - 2016.01 Ph.D. of Physical Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai

2015.02 - 2015.07 Ulm University, Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Baden-Württemberg Fellow

2006.09 - 2010.06 Bachelor of Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou

Awards

Emerging Investigator of Chinese Journal of Chemistry(2024)

NSFC Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas) Fund (2021)

Second Class Prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award (2019)

Berkeley Postdoctoral Association Professional Development Award (2019) 

South Texas Section -- AlChE's Best Fundamental Paper Award(2018) 

Baden-Württemberg Fellowship (2015) 

Mentorship 

First Prize on SJTU-LiXin Cup College Student Science Conteston Energy Saving & Emission Reduction (2022)

Excellent Graduates of Shanghai jiao Tong University (JiajunZhao, 2022; Jingwen Wu, 2025)

Social Affiliations

Dr. Jiang is a member of Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), American Chemical Society (ACS), and The The Electrochemical Society (ECS). He also serves as an active reviewer for international renowned research journals including Adv. Mater., ACS Catal., ACS Energy Lett., Environ. Sci. Tech., Chem. Eng. J., Appl. Catal. B Environ., ChemSusChem, J. Electrochem. Soc. etc. 

Early Career Advisory Board of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Journal of Electrochemistry, Frontiers in Energy, Chinese Chemical Letters