External collaborators:

  • Johnson Matthey Technology Centre
  • Manchester University
  • UCL
  • Queen’s University of Belfast
  • Fritz-Haber Institution of Max-Plank Society
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Xiamen University
  • Fudan University
  • Shandong University
  • Beijing University of Chemical Technology
  • Zhejiang University of Technology

External roles and appointments:

  • Fellow of European Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow and Board member of the British Council of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM).
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
  • Editorial Board Member - “Nano View” and “Carbon and Hydrogen”.
  • “Energy Materials” Editorial Board Member (since 2021)
  • “Nano Materials Science” Editorial Board - Energy Materials (since 2019)
  • “International Journal of Green Energy” Editorial Board (since 2019)
  • Panel of EPSRC energy program (since 2011)
  • Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College
  • Achieved a ranking in the top 6% of the EPSRC College members for participating in peer review activities (2017/18)
  • Science Board of UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Hub
  • Editorial board of Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology (since 2011)
  • Science Board of UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Hub
  • Symposium Organizer and Chairman (e.g., 243rd American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, Symposium on Materials and Catalysis in Fuel Cells, March 2012)
  • International committee (e.g., the 2nd international Symposium on Sustainable Chemical Product and Process Engineering)
  • Section Chair for international conferences (e.g., annual meetings of the International Society of Electrochemistry, etc.)
  • Regular reviewer for major research proposals for EPSRC, Leverhulme Trust, Department of Energy (DOE)/USA, National Natural Science Foundation of China
  •  Regular referee for leading journals (e.g., Nature, Nature Communication,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, JACS,  Advanced Energy Materials, JPC, Chem. Comm., EES, PCCP,  Nano Energy, Chemical Engineering Journal and many others in Electrochemistry, Catalysis, Surface Sciences and Engineering areas)
  • External Examiner for PhD for the University of Manchester (since 2011), University of Sussex (since 2013), University of Nottingham (since 2015), Newcastle University (since 2016), The University of Hong Kong (since 2018), Xiamen University (since 2018), Trinity College of Dublin, University of Dublin (since 2019), University of Exeter (2022 - present).