Qing Chen is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Department of Chemistry at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also a core member of the Energy Institute of HKUST. He received his bachelor’s degree from Zhejiang University and his PhD in Materials Science from Arizona State University. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University before joining HKUST. His research aims to understand and control structural evolution of metallic materials for designing efficient, durable electrochemical devices such as metal anodes, flow batteries, and electrolysers. His long interest in nanoporous metal, a product of alloy corrosion, has driven his recent work into the theme of mass transport in nanopores, exploring effects of size and geometry and their implications in functional applications.