Tung-Han Yang Group

Principal Investigator

Dr. Tung-Han Yang

Dr. Tung-Han Yang is an Associate Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He has published journal articles in Chemical Reviews, Science Advances, JACS, PNAS, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Chemical Science, Acta Materialia, and many others. His research works have been highlighted by NSRRC (Taiwan), NTHU Research News, Georgia Tech Research News, NSF Research News, and many other news media.

Tung-Han received his B.S. in Department of Chemical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in 2009. He then studied in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in 2011 and 2017, respectively. In 08/2015–08/2017 and 08/2019–02/2021, he spent 3.5 years to work as a research scholar and postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology (with Prof. Younan Xia and Prof. Dong Qin), respectively. He starts his independent research career in Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University from 02/2021.

Education & Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2024/08 - Present
High Entropy Materials Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2023/06 - Present
College of Semiconductor Research (CoSR), National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2022/06 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2021/02 - 2024/08
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2019/08 - 2021/02
Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2015/08 - 2017/08
Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2011/09 - 2017/08
M.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2009/09 - 2011/06
B.S., Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 2005/09 - 2009/06

Honors & Awards

Early-Career Investigator Research Achievement Award, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2025. (中央研究院年輕學者研究成果獎)
Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, NSTC, Taiwan, 2025. (國科會吳大猷先生紀念獎)
Academic Advancement Award, TwiChE, Taiwan, 2025. (台灣化學工程學會學術勵進獎)
Research Highlighted by NSRRC Activity Report, Taiwan, 2025. (團隊研究受國家同步輻射研究中心Activity Report報導)
Research Highlighted by Research and Development Office Annual Report, NTHU, 2025. (團隊研究受國立清華大學研發處成果年報報導)
Research Highlighted by Annual Report, NTHU, 2025. (團隊研究受國立清華大學校務年報報導)
Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award, Catalysis Society of Taiwan, 2025. (台灣觸媒學會優秀青年獎章)
Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award, Taiwanese Colloid and Interface Society, 2025. (中華民國界面科學學會優秀年輕學者獎)
Invited to contribute to the Advanced Materials Rising Star special issue, 2025. (Advanced Materials期刊Rising Star特刊邀稿)
LCY Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award, Taiwan, 2024. (李長榮學術研究傑出青年教授獎)
Outstanding Newcomer Research Award, NTHU, Taiwan, 2024. (國立清華大學校級新進人員研究獎)
Outstanding Newcomer Research Award, CoE, NTHU, Taiwan, 2024. (國立清華大學工學院新進人員研究獎)
2030 Cross-Generation Young Scholars Program, NSTC, Taiwan, 2024-2028. (國科會2030跨世代年輕學者方案-新秀學者計畫)
Outstanding Research Paper Award, Catalysis Society of Taiwan, 2024. (台灣觸媒學會傑出研究論文獎)
Outstanding Teaching Award, CoE, NTHU, Taiwan, 2024. (國立清華大學工學院第23屆傑出教學獎)
Research Highlighted by NTHU Research News, 2024. (團隊研究受國立清華大學首頁研究專題報導)
Teaching Incentive Subsidy, NTHU, Taiwan, 2023. (國立清華大學教學獎勵補助)
Excellent International Cooperation Papers Publication Subsidy, NTHU, Taiwan, 2023. (國立清華大學跨國優秀論文出刊補助，發表 Science Advances)
MOST Young Scholar Fellowship, MOST, Taiwan, 2021-2024. (科技部年輕學者養成計畫-愛因斯坦培植計畫)
Postdoctoral Study Abroad Program Scholarship, MOST, Taiwan, 2018. (科技部千里馬計畫博士後獎學金)
Georgia Institute of Technology Scholarship for Visiting Research Scholar, USA, 2017. (美國喬治亞理工訪問學者獎學金)
Graduate Students Study Abroad Program Scholarship, MOST, Taiwan, 2015. (科技部千里馬計畫博士生獎學金)
CTCI Science and Technology Research Scholarship, Taiwan, 2014. (中技社科技獎學金)
Chung Hwa Rotary Educational Scholarship, Taiwan, 2012. (中華扶輪教育獎學金)
Member of the Society by The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, Taiwan, 2012. (斐陶斐榮譽會員 )
President’s Scholarship, NTHU, Taiwan, 2011. (國立清華大學校長獎學金)
Professor Yan-Ping Shi Memorial Scholarship, NCKU, Taiwan, 2009. (國立成功大學石延平教授文教獎學金)

趙翊含 (專任行政助理)

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Ph.D. students

蕭岳君

B.S. Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University

張峻瑋

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

伍政宇

B.S. Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University

林尚澄

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

林瑞泰

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

吳佳穎

B.S. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University

M2-Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

曾敬元

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

蔡昀珊

B.S. College of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University

M4-Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

劉瀚遠

B.S. Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University

M4-Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

Master students

劉瀚遠

B.S. Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University

林翌茹

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung

何宗穎

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

蔡昀珊

B.S. College of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University

李心喬

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

李冠芳

B.S. Department of Chemistry, National Central University

曾建皓

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, Chinese Culture University

許紹瑀

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

吳佩諭

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, Chang Gung University

侯亮宇

B.S. Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University

蔡欣芸

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

林柔儀

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology

巫柏翰

B.S. Department of Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University

Undergraduate Students

蔡佳倫

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

謝仁珍

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

陳又榆

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

黃昱銘

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

Our laboratory life

Prof. Younan Xia from Georgia Tech visited NTHU, 2025

Taiwan International Conference on Catalysis 2025 (TICC 2025) at NTHU

Tung-Han received Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award, Catalysis Society of Taiwan, 2025

Tung-Han received Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award, Taiwanese Colloid and Interface Society, 2025

Tung-Han received LCY Outstanding Young Scholar Research Award, Taiwan, 2024

Tung-Han received Outstanding Newcomer Research Award, NTHU, 09-26-2024

Tung-Han received Outstanding Research Paper Award,

Catalysis Society of Taiwan, 06-20-2024

Tung-Han received Outstanding Newcomer Research Award and Outstanding Teaching Award, CoE, NTHU, 06-06-2024

Tung-Han visited Germany with NSTC,

03-02-2024

Hokkaido University-NTHU Bilateral Symposium (Japan),

07-25-2023

Summer Gathering, 06-26-2023

Tung-Han visited Ho Chi Minh City University of Science (Vietnam) with ChE Department, NTHU, 11-21-2022-11-22-2022

A wonderful discussion with Prof. Jien-Wei Yeh (dubbed the “father of high-entropy alloys”) and Prof. Che-Wei Tasi in High Entropy Materials Center, NTHU, 10-17-2022

Tung-Han visited Italy and Poland with CoSR, NTHU, 09-17-2022-09-29-2022

Summer Gathering, 08-25-2022

Spring Gathering, 03-25-2022

High-entropy alloy (HEA) cubic cake, 01-15-2022

Summer Gathering, Nanliao beach, 09-03-2021

Spring Gathering, ChE Department, NTHU, 04-18-2021

謝佳叡 (U-1)

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

Chia-Jui Hsieh, Yi-Hong Liu, Chi-Yen Tsao, Jui-Tai Lin, Chong-Chi Chi, Chun-Wei Chang, Yueh-Chun Hsiao, Cheng-Yu Wu, Tung-Han Yang*. Bromide‐Mediated Reduction Kinetics and Oxidative Etching for Manipulating the Twin Structure and Facet of Pd Nanocrystals for Catalysis. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2022, 9, 2201036.

Current position: 德國紐倫堡大學

劉奕宏 (M-1)

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

Yi-Hong Liu, Chia-Jui Hsieh, Liang-Ching Hsu, Kun-Han Lin, Yueh-Chun Hsiao, Chong-Chi Chi, Jui-Tai Lin, Chun‐Wei Chang, Shang-Cheng Lin, Cheng-Yu Wu, Jia-Qi Gao, Chih-Wen Pao, Yin-Mei Chang, Ming-Yen Lu, Shan Zhou, and Tung-Han Yang*. Toward controllable and predictable synthesis of high-entropy alloy nanocrystals. Science Advances 2023, 9, eadf9931. (Highlighted by 國家同步輻射中心、國科會化學圖書電子報、材料牛等科學媒體)

Current position: TSMC

洪啟誠 (M-2)

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

Chi-Cheng Hung, Han-Yuan Liu, Yu-Mei Haung, Shang-Cheng Lin, and Tung-Han Yang*. Replacing Pd with Ag Nanocatalysts to Mitigate Hydrogen Embrittlement and Enhance Peel Strength in Industrial-Scale Electroless Cu Deposition on Surface-Modified Substrates . ACS Applied Nano Materials (2025, Accepted)

Chi-Cheng Hung, Cheng-Yu Wu, Jui-Tai Lin, Chia-Hung Wu, An-Pang Tu, Tzu-Chien Wei, and Tung-Han Yang*. Pd Nanocubes Enclosed by {100} Facets for Activating Electroless Cu Deposition on Liquid Crystal Polymer Substrates with Strong Adhesion Strength. Electrochimica Acta (2024, Accepted; Invited Article; With industrial partner-Chang Chun Group)

Current position: TSMC

胡定歆 (M-2)

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

Ting-Hsin Hu, Cheng-Yu Wu, Zong Ying He, Yi Chen, Liang-Ching Hsu, Chih-Wen Pao, Jui-Tai Lin, Chun-Wei Chang, Shang-Cheng Lin, Rachel Osmundsen, Lee Casalena, Kun Han Lin, Shan Zhou, Tung-Han Yang*. "Unconventional Hexagonal Close-Packed High-Entropy Alloy Surfaces Synergistically Accelerate Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution" Advanced Science (2024, Accepted)

Current position: TSMC

高翊庭 (M-2)

B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

I-Ting Kao, Rui-Tong Kuo, Shang-Cheng Lin, Yun-Shan Tsai, Lu-Yu Chueh, Chun‐Wei Chang, Kuan-Fang Lee, Liang-Ching Hsu, Jui-Tai Lin, Chia-Ying Wu, Chih-Wen Pao, Yung-Tin (Frank) Pan, Hong-Kang Tian*, and Tung-Han Yang*. Exploring a Bimetallic Catalyst Family for Hydrogen Oxidation with Insights into Superior Activity and Durability. Nature Communications (2025, Accepted) (IF: 15.7)

Current position: TSMC