ProfessorAlex Yip

Professor Alex Yip received his BE(Hon) in Chemical Engineering from UNSW (Australia) in 2003. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2009), studying heterogeneous catalysis. Professor Yip is the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Catalysis at the University of Canterbury. His research focuses on the design of supported metal catalysts, micro/mesoporous zeolites, converting biomass, syngas and carbon dioxide into useful chemicals and fuels. Combining state-of-the-art computational methods, Yip’s research group is also interested in identifying mechanisms and pathways for important catalytic reactions relevant to sustainable energy. Professor Yip studies the relationship between the catalyst structure, including morphology and pore size/shape, and reactions.

He has published over 100 papers in top international journals, including Advanced Functional Materials, JACS, Angew. Chem., J. Materials Chem. A, Chem. Mater., and Chem. Eng. J., etc. He is currently an editorial board member of ChemPlusChem, Adv. Powder Technol. and an associate editor of Frontiers in Catalysis: Heterogeneous Catalysis.