Academic Profile : Faculty

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Asst Prof Lee Hiang Kwee
Nanyang Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Dr. Hiang Kwee LEE is a Nanyang Assistant Professor at the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University. His research program combines chemistry, nanotechnology, material sciences, and in operando spectroscopy to develop next-generation catalytic ensemble to address global energy/environmental crisis. Prior to being a faculty at NTU, Hiang Kwee worked as a post-doctoral scholar at Stanford University under the Singapore Teaching and Academic Research Talent (START) scheme. He obtained both his doctorate and bachelor degrees in Chemistry from NTU in 2018 and 2013, respectively. He was the recipient of the Nanyang Assistant Professorship, College of Science International Postdoctoral Scholarship (NTU), Dr and Mrs Alex Tan Pang Kee gold medal, A*STAR graduate scholarship, and the Shell Eastern Petroleum Gold medal Cum Cash Award. For more details, please visit website at www.hiangkweelee.com
Plasmonic
Electrocatalysis/photocatalysis/nanocatalysis
Light-to-chemical transformation
Nanotechnology/nanoscience
Material chemistry
Metal-organic framework
Surface chemistry
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering
 
  • Designing organic-inorganic interfacial nanoenvironments for tandem nanocatalysis in emerging environmental applications
  • Enhancing Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution via Plasmonic-Electrocatalysis: Unraveling Interfacial Water Molecule Alignment and Bimetallic Hybridization Effects
  • Multi-Functional Three-Phase Plasmonic Nanoarchitectures for Efficient Photosynthesis of Green Ammonia Fuel from Ambient Air
Courses Taught
CM4061 - Materials Chemistry