Biography: Professor Chi-Chang Hu is the Chair Professor of the Chemical Engineering Department at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. 

He received his bachelor and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Chemical Engineering in National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1991 and 1995, respectively. After two-year national service, he started his teaching carrier in National Chung Cheng University as an assistant professor in1997 (becoming associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2003). He joined National Tsing Hua University in 2007 and is presently working as a Chair Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. 

He has more than 360 SCI publications and receives numerous awards (e.g., Thomson Scientific Citation Laureate Award, ISE Tajima Prize, SCEJ Award for Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer, and Outstanding Scholar from National Science Council, Taiwan, etc.) because of high citation (Scopus: total citation >23,000, H-index = 79). He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. Recently, he receives an additional chair-professorship: 2024 NTHU-ASPEED Technology Distinguished Talent Chair and 2025 NTHU-Ching Jing Distinguished Talent Chair.

He concurrently serves as an editorial board member in Journal of the Taiwanese Institute of Chemical Engineers (SCI IF=5.5) and an editorial advisory board member in the Journal of Power Sources (SCI IF: 8.1). He served as Vice Chair in Division 4 of ISE and Committee member in the ECS Individual Membership Committee before. Now, he is the President of the Electrochemical Society of Taiwan and the Regional Representatives of Taiwan in ISE and ECS. He is also a member in the Award Selection Committee of the ISE-Elsevier Prize in Applied Electrochemistry.

His current research interests include design and tailoring of functional materials for the applications of supercapacitors, Li/Na-based batteries, rechargeable Zn-air batteries, electrochemical deionization of brackish water and sea water, and electrochemical separation/ion-recycling. He also focuses on the microstructure (e.g., nanotwin structure) control and corresponding mechanisms of Cu electroplating for energy storage (LIBs and LMBs), electronics, and semiconductor applications. He also employs the Design of Experiments to find and optimize the key factors in the electrochemical/chemical processes.

Prof. Chi-Chang Hu's Electrochemistry and Advance Materials Lab at National Tsing Hua University focus on gaining deeper understanding in various research topics through electrochemical methods and materials designs. We dedicated in rechargable batteries, electrodeposition technique, and electrochemical separation techniques (especially for water purification, valuable ion recovery and concentration, ion-selective removal. Via applying advance materials in diverse research fields, the performances of energy storage devices/electrochemical separation/eletrodeposition have been promoted.

The current research interests include design and tailoring of functional materials for the applications of supercapacitors, Li/Na-based batteries, rechargeable Zn-air batteries, electrochemical deionization of brackish water and sea water, and electrochemical separation/ion-recycling. He also focuses on the microstructure (e.g., nanotwin structure) control and corresponding mechanisms of Cu electroplating for energy storage (LIBs and LMBs), electronics, and semiconductor applications. He also employs the Design of Experiments to find and optimize the key factors in the electrochemical/chemical processes.