Seeking highly motivated, domestic PhD candidates (scholarship available). For further details, please contact Dr Xiaomin Xu via xiaomin.xu@curtin.edu.au

Dr Xiaomin Xu is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Curtin Centre for Advanced Energy Materials and Technologies (CAEMT), Western Australian School of Mines (WASM), Curtin University. He obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Curtin University under the supervision of John Curtin Distinguished Professor Zongping Shao. His research interests are mainly focused on the development of functional materials for applications in electrochemical energy storage and conversion, with a special focus on water electrolysis, CO2 conversion, and metal-air batteries. He has received many prestigious awards, including the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award(DECRA) (Australian Research Council), 2026 WA Young Tall Poppy Science Award (Australian Institute of Policy and Science, 2026), Energy and Fuels Rising Stars (American Chemical Society, 2025), 2023 Early-Career Research Award (Science and Engineering Pro Vice-Chancellor StaffExcellence Awards Ceremony, 2024), Curtin University Aspire Award (Business Events Perth, 2023), and EDRACI Young Electrochemist Award (Metrohm ANZ, 2022). He was named a finalist for the Early Career Scientist of the Year in the 2025 Premier’s Science Awards (Government of Western Australia). He serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering (Wiley) and a Youth Editorial Board Member for several journals, including Future Batteries (Elsevier), Carbon Energy (Wiley), Energy Reviews (Elsevier), and ChemElectroChem(Wiley).