Chunyi ZHI obtained B.S. degree in Physics from Shandong University and Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After two years of a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan, he was promoted to ICYS researcher, researcher, and senior researcher (permanent position) at NIMS. Dr. Zhi is now a chair professor at MSE, City University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Zhi has extensive experience in flexible energy storage, aqueous electrolyte batteries, and zinc ion batteries. He has published over 500 papers with an h-index of 132 and citations of 60000 (Google). He has been granted more than 100 patents.
Dr. Zhi is a recipient of the Outstanding Research Award and President Award of CityU, NML Researcher award, and the Beijing Science and Technology Award (first class). He is a Clarivate Analytics Global highly cited researcher (2019-2023, Materials Science), RSC fellow, member of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences and RGC Senior Research Fellow.