Guohua CHEN
Chair Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
About
Professor Guohua CHEN obtained his BEng from Dalian University of Technology in 1984, MEng and PhD from McGill University respectively in 1989 and 1994. He joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as a Visiting Scholar in 1994, and became as an Assistant Professor in 1997, promoted to Associate Professor in 2002, Full Professor in 2008. He worked as the Head of Department, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering during 2012 and 2016. He moved to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as Chair Professor of Energy Conversion and Storage in 2017 and served concurrently as an Associate Vice President (Research Support) during 2017-2021. He served as Dean, School of Energy and Environment (2022-2024), worked as Chair Professor of Smart Energy Conversion and Storage, City University of Hong Kong (2022-2025) .
Research Interests
Advanced materialsBatteryElectrochemistryEnergy conservationElectrochemical energy technologiesDrying of solidsEnvironmental electrochemical technologiesEnvironmental pollution treatmentFunctional polymerLithium ion batteriesMass transferMaterials synthesis and characterization,Municipal solid waste recycling (MSW) processingNanotechnologyWaste treatment processesEnvironmentEnvironmental technologiesEnergy and environmentElectric vehiclesEnergy production and storage
Last updated: 4/10/2026