Dr Yi-Chun Lu received her BSc degree from the National Tsing Hua University in 2007, and a PhD from MIT in 2012. She is an associate professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She is also a founding member of Young Academy of Science of Hong Kong and was the recipient of Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council Early Career Award (2014). Her research interest is developing fundamental understandings and material design principles for clean energy storage and conversion.