About Me

I develop reversible gas–solid reactions to store heat and capture CO₂ — for a carbon-neutral future.

I am currently a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo (東京科学大学) (formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学)), working in the Kato-Takasu Lab.

Address: Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo (2-12-1-N1-22, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan)
E-mail: xiaoyu.c.2070[at-mark]m.isct.ac.jp; chen.x.av[at-mark]m.titech.ac.jp; chenxiaoyu.jp[at-mark]gmail.com

I received my Ph.D. degree in Engineering (Major: Chemical Systems Engineering) from Nagoya University (名古屋大学), Japan, in March 2025. My master (Master degree in Engineering, received in March 2022) and doctoral researches were conducted in the Kita-Kubota-Yamashita Laboratory 1 & 2).

My Ph.D. thesis focused on the development and demonstration of an integrated redox-type thermochemical energy storage system for medium- to high-temperature applications. The research was supported by JSPS and jointly supervised by Dr. KITA Hideki and Dr. KUBOTA Mitsuhiro. My thesis defense committee included Dr. KOBAYASHI Noriyuki, Dr. MACHIDA Hiroshi, Dr. NAGANO Hosei, and Dr. HASEGAWA Yasuhisa.

1997, I was born in Shashi, Jingzhou, a charming riverside (the Yangtze River) town in Hubei Province, located in the heart of China. At about the age of 12, I moved to Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, where I spent most of my adolescence. I later pursued my undergraduate studies in Huizhou, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Huizhou University.

News

• 2026.06 Lab travel to Water Park Nagatoro
• 2026.05 Became a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at Science Tokyo
• 2025.10 Presented at IMPRES 2025 in Sendai
• 2025.06 Lab travel to Lake Sagami
• 2025.04 Joined Science Tokyo as a Project Researcher
• 2025.03 Received my Ph.D. from Nagoya University

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(Last updated: 2026/8/25)