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Dr Feng Li is an ARC DECRA Fellow at The University of Queensland, specialising in electrochemical CO₂ conversion, electrocatalysis, ion-exchange membranes, electrolysers, and multiscale modelling. His research focuses on developing efficient and durable technologies for converting CO into valuable fuels and chemicals, with particular interests in catalyst design, membrane transport, reactor engineering, and carbon capture and utilisation.

Dr Li received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Waterloo in 2022 , where he investigated structural transformations in nanocatalysts for CO₂ electrolysis using multiscale modelling.

From 2022 to 2026, he worked at the University of Toronto with Prof. David Sinton and Prof. Edward Sargent, developing advanced electrocatalysts, membranes, and electrolyser architectures for CO₂ electrolysis and capture.

His current research integrates electrocatalyst design, membrane science, and computational modelling to understand and control reaction and transport processes from the molecular scale to practical electrochemical systems.

Dr Li has published 42 peer-reviewed articles, including 20 as first, co-first, or corresponding author, in leading journals including Nature Energy, Nature Catalysis, Nature Sustainability, Nature Synthesis, Nature Communications, JACS, Energy & Environmental Science, Joule, and Angewandte Chemie.

Dr Kaige Sun is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide (GETCO2) and UQ Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation at The University of Queensland. He received his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Queensland, where his research focused on electrochemical ion separation and selectivity. His current main research interests centre on green electrochemical techniques for energy and environmental applications, such as electrochemical CO2 capture and conversion, electrochemical deionization, and the development of advanced biomass-derived electroactive materials. To date, he has published over 27 peer-reviewed publications in Nature indexed/top-tier journals, including Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Materials, Environmental Science & Technology, Chemical Reviews, etc.

Topics related to current research interests:

1. Energy-efficient electrochemical CO2 capture and direct air capture

2. Tailoring microenvironment for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to valuable chemicals

3. Electrochemical ion separation and recovery

4. High-value utilization of biomass to electroactive materials