个人简介

Prof. Meng Ni received his Bachelor (2000) and Master (2003) degrees in Aero-engine Engineering. He joined The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2003 as a research student and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from HKU in 2007. Then Prof. NI stayed in HKU as a Post-doctoral researcher for 2 years, before joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as an Assistant Professor in July 2009. Prof. Ni was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2012 and Full Professor in July 2016. Prof. Ni conducted collaboration research at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany in 2017, as a Humboldt Fellow. Prof. Meng Ni’s research interests include fuel cells, rechargeable metal-air batteries, electrochemical water-splitting and energy recovery from wastes. Prof. Ni is serving as an active reviewer for over 80 academic journals including Science and Nature Communications. He served as Associate Editor for Science Bulletin in 2015-2017. Currently, he is a Senior Editor for Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments(Elsevier) and an Associate Editor for International Journal of Green Energy(Taylor & Francis) and International Journal of Energy Research (Wiley). Honours and Awards 2019 Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2018 2018 BRE Award for Outstanding Research Performance 2017/18, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2017 2016 Best Associate Editor Award, Science Bulletin (over 90 Associate Editors) 2016 Humboldt Research Fellowship (for experienced researchers), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany 2016 2015 Best Associate Editor Award, Science Bulletin (over 90 Associate Editors) 2016 Highly cited researcher in the field of Energy Science and Technology, by Shanghairanking and Elsevier 2015/ 2016 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing Awards, for Applied Energy, Applied Thermal Engineering, Energy Conversion and Management, Chemical Engineering Science, Electrochimica Acta, Journal of Power Sources 2016 Departmental Research Publication Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2015 Departmental Research Publication Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2014 Departmental Research Publication Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2013 Departmental Research Funding Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2012 Departmental Research Publication Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2011 Departmental Research Publication Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2011 Top Reviewer Award, International Journal of Applied Energy, Elsevier 2007 Young Scientist Award in Engineering Science, Hong Kong Institution of Science 2007 Diploma for “Excellent Scientific Activity in Hydrogen Energy” by International Association for Hydrogen Energy and HTM-2007 organizing committee, Donetsk, Ukraine, May 2007 2006 Student bursary, Conference Committee, Fuel Cell Science & Technology 2006, Scientific Advances in Fuel Cells, 13-14 September 2006, Turin, Italy