• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2015 - 2019
• MS in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2011 - 2013
• BS in Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2007 - 2011

 Experience

• Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2025/02 - present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2021/08 - 2025/02
• Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, 2019 - 2021
• Research Intern, BASF, Michigan, USA, 2018
• Teaching staff, National Taiwan University, 2014 - 2015
• Second Lieutenant, R.O.C. army, 2013 - 2014

 Service

Invited Reviewer for SCI Journals: 

Journal of Electronic Materials、Journal of Materials Chemistry A、Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers、Nature Communications、Chemical Engineering Journal、ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering、Journal of Catalysis、ChemCatChem

 Honors and awards

• 2024 台灣化工學會 – 化工傑作獎
• 2024 Journal of Materials Chemistry A – Emerging Investigators
• 2024 成大工學院明日之星
• 2023 成大永續跨領域研究-優良獎

 Teaching

• Unit Operations (2)
• Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
• Mass and Energy Balances
• Electrochemistry – Principles and Green Energy Applications (with Prof. Chung-Wei Kung)
• Special Issues in Computational Chemistry (with Prof. Chi-Cheng Chiu)

 Publications

25. Wang, L.-C., Kuo, Y.-C., Kuo, Y.-T., Chang, K.-L., Chen, Y.-C., Wang, W.-J., Hung, M.-Y., Hsu, F.-Y., Aich, P., Lin, Y.-W., Su, C.-H., Manoharan, D., Chien, Y.-H.*, Li, W.-P.*, Tian, H.-K.*,& Yeh, C.-S.* (2025). Utilizing Electron-Sink-Enhanced Nanoshells for Amplified Nanoplasmonic SERS-Based In Situ Detection of Cancer Cells, Linking Signal Enhancement with Cellular Damage. Advanced Materials, 2417950. (IF: 27.4)

24. Lu, F. F., Luong, H. D., Jang, S. H., Jalem, R., Tateyama, Y.*, & Tian, H. K.* (2025). Dual influence of protonation on Li-ion transport in garnet solid electrolytes: A first-principles study. Journal of Power Sources, 628, 235906. (IF: 8.1)

23. Prameswari, J., Chou, P.-T., Hung, M.-Y., Peng, P.-Y., Lu, Y.-R., Chen, C.-L., Tian, H. K.*., & Lin, Y.-C.* (2024). Boosted reverse water-gas shift activity via exsolved Cu and Ni in silicalite-1. Chemical Communications. (IF: 4.3)

22. Huang, P. W., Zhang, Q. C., Hung, M. Y., Lin, Y. C., Tian, H. K., Lee, Y. L., Jan, J.-S., & Teng, H. (2024). Gel electrolyte design for nonflammable lithium-ion batteries with high-rate and high-voltage characteristics. Chemical Engineering Journal, 157195. (IF: 13.4)

21. Huang, Z. L., Yeh, C. H., Wang, M. Y., Lau, V. W. H., Tian, H. K.*., & Shih, C. F.* (2024). Comprehensive study on phase stability of lead-free Sn-based perovskite FAxMA1-xSnI3. Materials Today Advances, 24, 100534. (IF: 8.1)

20. Chen, H.-K., Tian, H. K.* (2024). Interfacial insights for divergent dendrite formation mechanisms in lithium and magnesium anodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(34), 22584-22596. (IF: 10.7)

19. Zhong, W.-J., Hung, M.-Y., Kuo, Y.-T., Tian, H. K.*, Tsai, C.-N., Wu, C.-J., Lin, Y.-D., Yu, H.-C., Lin, Y.-G., & Wu, J.-J.* (2024). Dual-Vacancy-Engineered ZnIn2S4 Nanosheets for Harnessing Low-Frequency Vibration Induced Piezoelectric Polarization Coupled with Static Dipole Field to Enhance Photocatalytic H2 Evolution. Advanced Materials, 2403228. (IF: 27.4)

18. Hsia, H.-H., Chen, Y.-L., Tai, Y.-T., Tian, H. K., Kung, C.-W.,* & Liu, W.-R.* (2024). Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks/Epoxy Composite Coatings with Superior O2/H2O Resistance for Anticorrosion Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(31),41421-41434. (IF: 8.3)

17. Lee, W. S., Maeda, H., Kuo, Y.-T., Muraoka, K., Fukui, N., Takada, K., Sasaki, S., Masunaga, H., Nakayama, A.,Tian, H. K.*, Nishihara, H.*, & Sakaushi, K.* (2024). Spontaneous-Spin-Polarized 2D π-d Conjugated Frameworks Towards Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Kinetics. Small, 2401987. (IF: 13.3)

16. Wang, L.-C., Chen, H.-K., Wang, W.-J., Hsu, F.-Y., Huang, H.-Z., Kuo, R.-T., Li, W.-P.*, Tian, H. K.*, & Yeh, C.-S.* (2024). Boosting Upconversion Efficiency in Optically Inert Shelled Structures with Electroactive Membrane through Electron Donation. Advanced Materials, 2404120. (IF: 29.4)

15. Chen, C.-H., Chen, H.-K., Huang, W.-H., Chen, C.-L., Choojun, K., Sooknoi, T., Tian, H. K.*, & Lin, Y.-C.* (2023). Reversal of methanation-oriented to RWGS-oriented Ni/SiO2 catalysts by the exsolution of Ni2+ confined in silicalite-1. Green Chemistry 25(19), 7582–7597. (IF: 9.8).

14. Wang, L.-C., Chiou, P.-Y., Hsu, Y.-P., Lee, C.-L., Hung, C.-H., Wu, Y.-H., Wang, W.-J., Hsieh, G.-L., Chen, Y.-C., Chang, L.-C., Su, W.-P., Manoharan, D., Liao, M.-C., Thangudu, S., Li, W.-P.*, Su, C.-H.*, Tian, H. K.*, & Yeh, C.-S.* (2023). Prussian blue analog with separated active sites to catalyze water driven enhanced catalytic treatments. Nature Communications, 14(1), 4709. (IF: 16.6

13. Lu, F.-F., Tian, H.-K.* (2023). Dopant-induced modulation of lithium-ion conductivity in cubic garnet solid electrolytes: a first-principles study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(28), 18973–18982.

12. Trangwachirachai, K., Huang, A. L., Chen, H. K., Chen, C. L., Lee, J. F., Tian, H. K.*, & Lin, Y. C.* (2023). Reduction of supported GaN and its application in methane conversion. Materials Today Chemistry, 30, 101500.

11. Gu, Y. J., Lo, Y. A., Li, A. C., Chen, Y. C., Li, J. H., Wang, Y. Sen, Tian, H. K.*, Kaveevivitchai, W.*, & Kung, C. W.* (2022). A Single Potassium-Ion Conducting Metal-Organic Framework. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(7), 8573–8580.

10. Gao, B., Jalem, R., Tian, H. K., & Tateyama, Y. (2022). Revealing Atomic-Scale Ionic Stability and Transport around Grain Boundaries of Garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 Solid Electrolyte. Advanced Energy Materials, 12(3).

9. Jalem, R., Gao, B., Tian, H. K., & Tateyama, Y. (2022). Theoretical study on stability and ion transport property with halide doping of Na3SbS4 electrolyte for all-solid-state batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(5), 2235–2248.

8. Muto, S., Yamamoto, Y., Sakakura, M., Tian, H. K., Tateyama, Y., & Iriyama, Y. (2022). STEM-EELS Spectrum Imaging of an Aerosol-Deposited NASICON-Type LATP Solid Electrolyte and LCO Cathode Interface. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(1), 98–107.

7. Tian, H. K., Jalem, R., Matsui, M., Mandai, T., Somekawa, H., & Tateyama, Y. (2021). Tuning the performance of a Mg negative electrode through grain boundaries and alloying toward the realization of Mg batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(27), 15207–15216.

6. Tian, H. K., Jalem, R., Gao, B., Yamamoto, Y., Muto, S., Sakakura, M., Iriyama, Y., & Tateyama, Y. (2020). Electron and Ion Transfer across Interfaces of the NASICON-Type LATP Solid Electrolyte with Electrodes in All-Solid-State Batteries: A Density Functional Theory Study via an Explicit Interface Model. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(49), 54752–54762.

5. Tian, H.-K., Chakraborty, A., Talin, A. A., Eisenlohr, P., & Qi, Y. (2020). Evaluation of The Electrochemo-Mechanically Induced Stress in All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(9), 090541.

4. Tian, H. K., Liu, Z., Ji, Y., Chen, L. Q., & Qi, Y. (2019). Interfacial Electronic Properties Dictate Li Dendrite Growth in Solid Electrolytes. Chemistry of Materials, 31(18), 7351–7359.

3. Tian, H. K., Xu, B., & Qi, Y. (2018). Computational study of lithium nucleation tendency in Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) and rational design of interlayer materials to prevent lithium dendrites. Journal of Power Sources, 392, 79–86

2. Tian, H.-K., & Qi, Y. (2017). Simulation of the Effect of Contact Area Loss in All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164(11), E3512–E3521. 

1. Xu, J., Tian, H.-K., Qi, J., Qi, Y., Zhang, Q., & Xiao, X. (2019). Mechanical and Electronic Stabilization of Solid Electrolyte Interphase with Sulfite Additive for Lithium Metal Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166(14), A3201–A3206