Professor Eileen Yu

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Research interests

  • Electrochemical, bioelectrochemical systems for Energy and Environmental applications
  • Biosensor and Bioelectronics for Biomedical Applications
  • Materials for Electro and Bioelectrochemical systems

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

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Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • Electrochemical, bioelectrochemical systems for Energy and Environmental applications
  • Biosensor and Bioelectronics for Biomedical Applications
  • Materials for Electro and Bioelectrochemical systems

Current research

Electrochemical, bioelectrochemical systems for Energy and Environmental applications:

  • Electrocatalysis for CO2 utilisation, fuel oxidation, oxygen reduction and pollutant remediation etc.
  • Wastewater treatment and resource recovery
  • Microbial electrochemical synthesis
  • Environmental sensors
  • Energy harvesting from waste and renewable energy
  • Reactor design and sustainable integrated processes and systems

Biosensor and Bioelectronics for Biomedical Applications:

  • Enzymatic fuel cells as power sources for implantable medical devices
  • Electrochemical biosensors for diagnosis (with disease biomarkers), monitoring and management diseases/treatment

Materials for Electro and Bioelectrochemical systems:

  • Catalysts, Membranes & Nanomaterials