Education：
2006.9-2010.6 Chemistry, Fudan University，B.S.
2010.8-2014.9 Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University，Ph.D.
Working experience：
2014.9-2017.6 Department of Chemistry, DOE-EFRC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Postdoc
2017.7-2025.2 Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Researcher
2025.3-now School of Chemical Science and Engineering，Tenured Associate Professor
Research Area：
1. Photo-driven electron transfer kinetics and dynamics; time-resolved spectroscopy
2. Photoelectrochemistry for the activation of small molecules (H2O, CO2, N2) and biomass valorization; solar energy conversion through photoelectrochemical cells
Honors & Awards：
National Young Talent Awardee
2023 ACS Fall National Meeting I&EC Excellent Research Advisor Award
International Conference on Photochemical Conversion & Storage of Solar Energy（IPS-22）Young Talent Lecture Prize
Harry and Cleio Greer Fellowship (Johns Hopkins University)
Chin. Chem. Lett. young editorial board member
Projects：
National Key R&D Project, MOST 2023-2026
National Natural Science Foundation of China 2022-2025
National Natural Science Foundation of China (International Collaboration and Exchange) 2024-2025
Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai 2021-2024
National Natural Science Foundation of China 2019-2022
National Key R&D Project, MOST 2019-2022
Representative Publications：
[1] Lin, Z.; Yu, X.; Zhao, Z.; Ding, N.; Wang, C.; Hu, K.*; Zhu, Y.*; Guo, J.* Controlling Crystallization in Covalent Organic Frameworks to Facilitate Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16 (1), 1940-1950.
[2] Zhao, Z.; Li, J.; Yuan, W.; Cheng, D.; Ma, S.; Li, Y.-F.; Shi, Z.-J.; Hu, K.*, Nature-Inspired Photocatalytic Azo Bond Cleavage with Red Light. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146 (2), 1364-1373. (Selected as the Supplementary Cover Article)
[3] Weng, W.; Lin, Z.; Zhang, H.; Niu, F.; Wang, C.; Hu, K.*; Guo, J.*, Effect of ESIPT-Induced Photoisomerization of Keto–Enamine Linkages on the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Performance of Covalent Organic Frameworks. JACS Au 2023, 3 (12), 3391-3399.[4] Zhao, Z.; Niu, F.; Li, P.; Wang, H.; Zhang, Z.; Meyer, G. J.*; Hu, K.*, Visible Light Generation of a Microsecond Long-Lived Potent Reducing Agent. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7043-7047. (Selected as the Front Cover Article)
[5] Li, P.; Deetz, A.; Hu, J.; Meyer, G. J.*; Hu, K.*, Chloride Oxidation by One- or Two-Photon Excitation of N-phenylphenothiazine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144 (38), 17604−17610.
[6] Niu, F.; Zhou, Q.; Han, Y.; Liu, R.; Zhao, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Hu, K.*, Rapid Hole Extraction Based on Cascade Band Alignment Boosts Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Efficiency. ACS Catal. 2022, 12 (16), 10028-10038.
[7] Hu, K.; Sampaio, R. N.; Schneider, J.; Troian-Gautier, L.; Meyer, G. J.*, Perspectives on Dye Sensitization of Nanocrystalline Mesoporous Thin Films. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 16099-16116.
[8] Hu, K.; Blair, A. D.; Piechota, E. J.; Schauer P. A.; Sampaio, R. N.; Parlane, F. G. L.; Meyer, G. J.*; Berlinguette, C. P.* Kinetic Pathway for Interfacial Electron Transfer from a Semiconductor to a Molecule. Nat. Chem. 2016, 8, 853-859.
[9] Hu, K.; Robson, K. C. D.; Beauvilliers, E. E.; Schott, E.; Zarate, X.; Arratia-Perez, R.*; Berlinguette, C. P.*; Meyer, G. J.* Intramolecular and Lateral Intermolecular Hole Transfer at the Sensitized TiO2 Interface. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1034-1046.
[10] Hu, K.; Robson, K. C. D.; Johansson, P. G.; Berlinguette, C. P.*; Meyer, G. J.*, Intramolecular Hole Transfer at Sensitized TiO2 Interfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8352-8355.
