Guochen
JIA
賈國成
PhD, The Ohio State University
Chair Professor of Chemistry
Senior Fellow of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
Research Area
Energy Storage & Distribution
Research Interests
Synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, catalysis
Design, synthesis, and characterization of inorganic and organometallic compounds
Profile
Prof. Guochen Jia received his PhD degree in 1989 from The Ohio State University with the supervision of Profs Devon Meek and Andrew Wojcicki. After carrying out postdoctoral work with Prof Robert H. Morris at University of Toronto and with Prof Richard J. Puddephatt at The University of Western Ontario, he joined The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1992 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to an Associate Professor in 1998, and to a full Professor in 2005. He is now a Chair Professor of Chemistry and Senior Fellow of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.