2025-now Asso Prof University of Hong Kong 2018-2025 Asst Prof University of Hong Kong 2016-2018 ​ Postdoc California Institute of Technology 2011-2016 ​ PhD Chem University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2008-2011 BSc Chem University of Virginia

(A) Develop non-precious multi-metallic nanomaterials and surface co-catalysts to promote synergistic interfacial electrocatalysis and improve TOF for scalable upcycling (B) Assemble hybrid inorganic-organic platforms to control PCET pathways and product selectivity of ​multi-proton multi-electron redox processes for green energy conversion (C) 3D-printing binderless integrated electrodes at RT and ambient pressure for flow electrochemical reactors to enable sustainable resourcification​

Deng, Y.‡; Mo, X.‡; Lai, S. K.-M.; Haw, S.-C.; Au-Yeung, H. Y.*; Tse, E. C. M.*Journal of the American Society, 2025, 147, 14316-14325.Mechanical and Covalent Tailoring of Copper Catenanes for Selective Aqueous Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electrocatalysis​ DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c18547 Zhai, T.; Gao, X.; Wang, H.*; Cheng, Y.; Gao, J.; Pan, J.; Tse, E. C. M.; Shang, C.; Guo, Z.* Matter, 2025, In Press, 102141. ​Ultrafine Semi-crystalline Y-doped RuO2 for Highly Active and Durable Proton-Exchange-Membrane Water Electrolysis​ DOI:10.1016/j.matt.2025.102141 Shi, Y.-X.; Zhu, L.; Doan, H. S.; Deng, Y.; Mo, X.; Wang, Y.; Tse, E. C. M.; Au-Yeung, H. Y.* Chemistry-A European Journal, 2025, Early View, e202500866. ​A Copper(I) Catenane Decorated Metal-Organic Layer as a Heterogenous Catalyst for Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling​ DOI:10.1002/chem.202500866 Zhou, J.; Chen, J.; Shi, R.*; Gao, Q.; Zhao, X.; Wang, C.-J.; Guo, Z.; Tse, E. C. M.; Liu, F.*; Chen, Y.* Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 513, 163056.Synergistic Pd-CoFe Sites for Efficient and Selective Electrooxidation of Glycerol to Glyceric Acid Coupled with H2 Evolution​ DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2025.163056 Liu, F.; Zhou, J.; Gao, X.; Shi, R.; Guo, Z.; Tse, E. C. M.; Chen, Y.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, Early View, e202422183.Modulating Adsorption Behavior by Single-site Pt on RuO2 for Efficient Electrosynthesis of Glycolic Acid from Plastic Wastes​ DOI:10.1002/anie.202422183 Zeng, T.‡; Liu, J.‡; Cheung, C. W.; Li, Y.; Jia, H.; Tse, E. C. M.; Li, Y.* ChemBioChem, 2024, 25, e202400500.Manganese Complex-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrid for Biofilm Inhibition and Eradication​ DOI:10.1002/cbic.202400500 Zeng, T.‡; Chen, J.‡; Yu, Z. H.; Tse, E. C. M.*Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 31757–31767. CuFe Cooperativity at the Membrane-Electrode Interface Elicits a Tandem 2e–+2e– Mechanism for Exclusive O2-to-H2O Electroreduction​ DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c10625 Cover on JACS by Ruijie Zhou, W.; Mo, X.; Cheung, C. W.;​ Tse, E. C. M.* Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 500, 157129.Precise O-Doping across Dual-Fe Sites Directed by Pulsed Laser Optimized via Taguchi Method for pH-Universal H2O2 Electrosynthesis​ DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2024.157129 Duan, W.; Mu, Y.; Mo, X.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, T.; Ho, Y.; Lyu, D.; Zhang, D.; Zhao, R.; Tse, E. C. M.; Gao, Y.; Wu, H.; Wang, Y.*Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 26505-26515. Chemical Auxiliary for Photocatalytic Active Colloids DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c10100 Liu, F.; Gao, X.; Guo, Z.; Tse, E. C. M.; Chen, Y.*Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 15275-15285.Sustainable Adipic Acid Production via Paired Electrolysis of Lignin-Derived Phenolic Compounds with Water as Hydrogen and Oxygen Sources DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c02835 Tang, M. P.; Zhu, L.; Deng, Y.; Shi, Y.; Lai, S. K.-M.; Mo, X.; Pang, X.-Y.; Liu, C.; Jiang, W.; Tse, E. C. M.; Au-Yeung, H. Y.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202405971.Water and Air Stable Copper(I) Complexes of Tetracationic Catenane Ligands for Oxidative C–C Cross-Coupling​ DOI:10.1002/anie.202405971 Liu, K.‡; Gao, X.‡; Liu, C.-X.; Shi, R.; Tse, E. C. M.*; Liu, F.*; Chen, Y.* Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14, 2304065.Energy-Saving Hydrogen Production by Seawater Splitting Coupled with PET Plastic Upcycling​ DOI:10.1002/aenm.202304065 Li, L.; Han, J.; Lo, H.-Y. G.; Tam, W. W. L.; Jia, H.; Tse, E. C. M.; Taliaferro, J. M.*; Li, Y.*Nucleic Acids Research, 2024, 52, e36.Symmetry-breaking Malachite Green as a Near-infrared Light-activated Fluorogenic Photosensitizer for RNA Proximity Labeling DOI:10.1093/nar/gkae125 Liang, J.; Han, J.; Gao, X.; Jia, H.; Li, R.; Tse, E. C. M.; Li, Y.* Analytical Chemistry, 2024, 96, 685-693. Clickable APEX2 Probes for Enhanced RNA Proximity Labeling in Live Cells​ DOI:10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03614 Trump, B. D.*; Antunes, D.; Palma-Oliveira, J.; Nelson, A.; Hudecova, A. M.; Rundén-Pran, E.; Dusinska, M.; Gispert, I.; Resch, S.; Alfaro-Serrano, B.; Afantitis, A.; Melagraki, G.; Tse, E. C. M.; Trump, J.; Kohl, Y.; Linkov, I.Environment Systems and Decisions, 2024, 44, 177-188.Safety-by-Design and Engineered Nanomaterials: the Need to Move from Theory to Practice​ DOI:10.1007/s10669-023-09927-w Wang, W.; Chen, J.; Tse, E. C. M.*Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 26678-26687.Synergy between Cu and Co in a Layered Double Hydroxide Enables Close to 100% Nitrate-to-Ammonia Selectivity​. DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c08084 Gao, X.; Tse, E. C. M.*Small, 2023, 20, 2306311.Unraveling the Performance Descriptors for Designing Single-Atom Catalysts on Defective MXenes for Exclusive Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electrocatalytic Upcycling. DOI:10.1002/smll.202306311 Liu, F.; Gao X.; Shi, R.; Xiong, J.; Guo, Z.; Tse, E. C. M.*; Chen, Y.* Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 34, 2310274. Graphdiyne as an Electron Modifier for Boosting Electrochemical Production of Adipic Acid​ DOI:10.1002/adfm.202310274 Yau, H. T.; Yu, Z. H.; Tse, E. C. M.* Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, 10, 7308-7318.Protonic Nanoenvironment Engineering for Tuning the Electrocatalytic Efficiency and Product Selectivity of O2 Reduction. DOI:10.1039/D3QI01756G Liang, J.; Gao, X.; Xu, K.; Lu, J.; Liu, D.; Zhao, Z.; Tse, E. C. M.*; Peng, Z.; Zhang, W.; Liu, J.*Small, 2023, 19, 2304889.Unraveling the Asymmetric O─O Radical Coupling Mechanism on Ru─O─Co for Enhanced Acidic Water Oxidation​ DOI:10.1002/smll.202304889 Shiu, S. C.-C.; Kinghorn, A. B.; Guo, W.; Slaughter, L. S.; Ji, D.; Mo, X.; Wang, L.; Tran, N. C.; Kwok, C. K.; Shum, A. H. C.; Tse, E. C. M.; Tanner, J. A.*Methods in Molecular Biology, 2023, 2639, 301-337.​Aptamers as Functional Modules for DNA Nanostructures DOI:10.1007/978-1-0716-3028-0_17 Wang, S.‡; Gao, X.‡; Mo, X.; Phillips, D. L.; Tse, E. C. M.* ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 5599-5608.​Immobilization of Molecular Copper Complex and Carboxylate-terminated Co-catalyst on Metal Oxide Electrode for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction​ DOI:10.1021/acscatal.3c00384 Mo, X.‡; Deng, Y.‡; Lai, S. K.-M.; Gao, X.; Yu, H.-L.; Low, K.-H.; Guo, Z.; Wu, H.-L.; Au-Yeung, H. Y.*; Tse, E. C. M.*Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 6087-6099.​Mechanical Interlocking Enhances the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Activity and Selectivity of Molecular Copper Complexes DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c10988 He, X.; Gao, X.; Chen, X.; Hu, S.; Tan, F.; Xiong, Y.; Long, R.; Liu, M.; Tse, E. C. M.; Wei, F.; Yang, H.*; Hou, J.*; Song, C.*; Guo, X.* Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 327, 122418.​Dual-Optimization Strategy Engineered Ti-based Metal Organic Framework with Fe Active Sites for Highly Selective CO2 Photoreduction to Formic Acid DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122418 Liu, F.‡; Gao, X.‡; Shi, R.; Guo, Z.; Tse, E. C. M.*; Chen, Y.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202300094.​Concerted and Selective Electrooxidation of Polyethylene-Terephthalate-Derived Alcohol to Glycolic Acid at an Industry-Level Current Density over a Pd−Ni(OH)2 Catalyst DOI:10.1002/anie.202300094 Mo, X.; Bouchet Fabre, B.; Herlin-Boime, N.*; Tse, E. C. M.*SmartMat, 2023, 4, e1181.​Rapid Laser Synthesis of Surfactantless Tantalum-based Nanomaterials as Bifunctional Catalysts for Direct Peroxide–peroxide Fuel Cells DOI:10.1002/smm2.1181 Mo, X.; Gao, X.; Gillado, A. V.; Chen, H.-Y.; Chen, Y.; Guo, Z.; Wu, H.-L.*; Tse, E. C. M.* ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 12202-12213.Direct 3D Printing of Binder-Free Bimetallic Nanomaterials as Integrated Electrodes for Glycerol Oxidation with High Selectivity for Valuable C3 Products DOI:10.1021/acsnano.2c02865 Zeng, T.; Gautam, R. P.; Ko, D. H.; Wu, H.-L.; Hosseini, A.*; Li, Y.*; Barile, C. J.*; Tse, E. C. M.*Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022, 6, 862-880.Hybrid Bilayer Membranes as Platforms for Biomimicry and Catalysis​ DOI:10.1038/s41570-022-00433-2 Liu, F.; Gao, X.; Shi, R.; Tse, E. C. M.; Chen, Y.*Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 6571-6577. A General Electrochemical Strategy for Upcycling Polyester Plastics into Added-value Chemicals by a CuCo2O4 Catalyst​ DOI:10.1039/D2GC02049A Sun, Z.; Ma, W.; Cao, Y.; Wei, T.; Mo, X.; Chow, H. Y.; Tan, Y.; Cheung, C. H. P.; Liu, J.; Lee, H. K.; Tse, E. C. M.; Liu. H.; Li, X.* Chem, 2022, 8, P2542-2557. Superfast Desulfurization for Protein Chemical Synthesis and Modification​ DOI:10.1016/j.chempr.2022.07.017 Li, D.; Wang, X.; Mo, X.; Tse, E. C. M.; Cui, X.*Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 4648.Electronic Gap Characterization at Mesoscopic Scale via Scanning Probe Microscopy under Ambient Conditions. DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-32439-1 Wang, W.; Tse, E. C. M.*European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 25, e202200291.Enhanced Nitrite Electrovalorization to Ammonia by NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide DOI:10.1002/ejic.202200291 Fang, M.‡; Gao, X.‡; Liang, J.‡; Guo, B.; Zou, L.; Lu, J.; Gao, Y.; Tse, E. C. M.*; Liu, J.* Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022, 10, 7013-7019.Bioinspired NiFe–Gallate Metal–Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis DOI:10.1039/D2TA01293F Li, K.; Ngo, F. M.; Yau, A. Y. L.; Tam, W. W. L.; Tse, E. C. M.; Tsoi, J. K. H.; Yiu, C. K. Y.* Dental Materials, 2022, 38, 1149-1161.Mussel-Inspired Monomer - A New Selective Protease Inhibitor Against Dentine Collagen Degradation DOI:10.1016/j.dental.2022.05.002 Wu, K.-J.; Tse, E. C. M.; Shang, C.; Guo, Z.* Progress in Materials Science, 2021, 123, 100821.Nucleation and Growth in Solution Synthesis of Nanostructures – From Fundamentals to Advanced Applications​ DOI:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2021.100821 Wang, W.; Tse, E. C. M.* Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60, 6900-6910.Proton Removal Kinetics That Govern the Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidation Activity of Heterogeneous Bioinorganic Platforms​ DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03743 Liang, J.‡; Gao, X.‡; Guo, B.; Ding, Y.; Yan, J.; Guo, Z.; Tse, E. C. M.*; Liu, J.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 12770-12774. Ferrocene-Based Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets as a Robust Oxygen Evolution Catalyst​ DOI:10.1002/anie.202101878 Wei, Z.‡; Wang, W.‡; Li, W.; Bai, X.; Zhao, J.; Tse, E. C. M.*; Phillips, D. L.*; Zhu, Y.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 8236-8242.Steering Electron‐Hole Migration Pathways using Oxygen Vacancies in Tungsten Oxides to Enhance their Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance. DOI:10.1002/anie.202016170 Ngo, F. M.; Tse, E. C. M.* Chemistry Letters, 2021, 50, 974-986. Bioinorganic Platforms for Sensing, Biomimicry, and Energy Catalysis DOI:10.1246/cl.200875 Zeng, T.; Gautam, R.; Barile, C. J.*; Li, Y.*; Tse, E. C. M.* ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 13149-13155. Nitrile-Facilitated Proton Transfer for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction by Hybrid Electrocatalysts DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c03506 Saunders, S. H.; Tse, E. C. M.; Yates, M. D.; Otero, F. J.; Trammell, S. A.; Stemp, E. D. A.; Barton, J. K.*; Tender, L. M.*; Newman, D. K.* Cell, 2020, 182, P919-932.E19.