Dr. David Lou received his B.Eng. (1st class honors) (2002) and M.Eng. (2004) degrees from the National University of Singapore. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 2008. Right after graduation, he joined Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor since September 2013, and to Full Professor since September 2015. He has published over 280 papers with a total SCI citation of >48,500, and an H-index of 131 as of July 2018. Among which, 144 papers are ESI highly cited papers. His main research interest is on designed synthesis of nanostructured materials for energy and environmental applications, such as, batteries, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis. He was listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters in 2014 – 2017.