Xile Hu
Professor Xile Hu | |
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Xile Hu in 2017 | |
| Born | 1978 (age 47–48) |
| Awards | Bau Family Award in Inorganic Chemistry(2016) Swiss Science Prize Latsis (2017) Tajima Prize, International Society of Electrochemistry (2017) Caltech's Resonate Award of Sustainability Science (2018) RSC Homogeneous Catalysis Award (2019) International Catalysis Award (2020) Swiss Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award (2022) Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis (2023) UPAC-Zhejiang NH International Award for Green Chemistry Experienced Chemist Award (2023) Highly Cited Researcher (2017-2024) Fellow, European Academy of Sciences(2019) Member, Academia Europaea (2020) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Peking University University of California, San Diego California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Karsten Meyer |
| Other advisor | Jonas C. Peters |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Chemistry |
| Sub-discipline | CatalysisElectrochemistry |
| Institutions | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
| Main interests | Biocatalysis Electrocatalysis Energy materials Membranes Electrochemical energy conversion Synthetic methodology Homogeneous catalysis |
| Website | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lsci/ |
Xile Hu (born 1978 in Putian, China) is a Swiss chemist specialized in catalysis. He is a professor in chemistry at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and leads the Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis at the School of Basic Sciences.