2012-2017, University of Notre Dame, USA, Ph.D.

2007-2011, Nanjing University, China, B.S.

2023-present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at China-UK Low Carbon College

2021-2022, University of Houston, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow

2019-2021, Boston College, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow

2017-2019, Nanjing Tech University, China, Research Assistant Professor

1. Electrochemical CO₂ reduction

2. Electrochemical water splitting

3. Synthesis of low-dimensional nanomaterials

We are currently looking for motivated master students. Please contact me for more information.

Selected Publications

(# denotes equal author contribution and * denotes corresponding authors)

1. Y. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y. Ding, Y. Li, X. Xing, D. Wang, C. U. Segre, H. Zhu*, and J. Bao*. Transformation of Co(OH)₂ to CoOOH for Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16, 9716−9721.

Before joining SJTU

1. Y. Wang, Y. Morozov, M. Zhukovskyi, R. Chatterjee, S. Draguta, P. Tongying, B. Bryant, S. Rouvimov, M. Kuno*. Transforming Layered to Nonlayered Two-Dimensional Materials: Cation Exchange of SnS₂ to Cu₂SnS₃. ACS Energy Lett. 2016, 1 , 175–181. 

2. C. Lang^#, J. Li^#, K. R. Yang^#, Y. Wang^#, D. He, J. E. Thorne, S. Croslow, Q. Dong, Y. Zhao, G. Prostko, et al. Observation of A Potential-Dependent Switch of Water-Oxidation Mechanism on Co-Oxide-Based Catalysts. Chem, 2021, 7, 1-17. 

3. Y. Wang*, P. Tongying*. Local Photocatalytic H₂ Generation on Individual Microscale Two-Dimensional CdSe Nanosheets. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019, 487, 253-259. 

4. Y. Wang*, C. Niu, Y. Zhu, D. He, W. Huang*. Tunable Syngas Formation from Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Copper Nanowire Arrays. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 9841-9847. 

5. Y. Wang, M. Zhukovskyi*, P. Tongying, Y. Tian, M. Kuno*. Synthesis of Ultrathin and Thickness-Controlled Cu_2−xSe Nanosheets via Cation Exchange. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014, 5, 3608–3613. 

Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics  2024, 2025

Peer Reviewer         Chemical Communications, ACS Applied Materials&Interface, etc.

High-level overseas talent program of Shanghai government, 2023