Zihui Zhou, Assistant Professor
Email: zihuizhou@tsinghua.edu.cn
Address: Hetian Building, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
EDUCATION
2017.08–2021.06 BSc in Chemistry, Tsinghua University
2021.08–2025.08 PhD in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025.09–2025.10 Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
2025.10–2026.06 BIDMaP Fellow, College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, University of California, Berkeley
2026.07–Present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), Direct Air Capture (DAC), AI × Materials × Chemistry (AIMATRY)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute (ENSI) Thesis Prize
2025 Young Innovator of the Year Award, Future of CCUS Summit (San Diego, CA)
2025 Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute (ENSI) Graduate Student Fellowship
2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Graduate Award, Beijing
2019 National Scholarship, China
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1.Z. Zhou, T. Ma, H. Zhang, S. Chheda, H. Li, K. Wang, S. Ehrling, R. Giovine, C. Li, A. H. Alawadhi, M. M. Abduljawad, M. O. Alawad, L. Gagliardi, J. Sauer*, O. M. Yaghi*. Carbon dioxide capture from open air using covalent organic frameworks. Nature 2024, 635, 96–101. (Highlighted 100+ media worldwide, including Forbes, The Guardian, CGTN, NBC, ABC, CBS, Scientific American)
2.Z. Zhou#, T. Ma#, H. Zhang, N. Sabeva, O. M. Yaghi*. Fast and selective CO2 capture from outdoor air by covalent organic frameworks. Nat. Sustain. 2026, 9, 431–438. (Highlighted by Nat. Rev. Chem.)
3.H. Zhang#, Z. Zhou#, C. Zhu, O. M. Yaghi*. Crystalline coumarin-linked covalent organic frameworks. Nat. Synth. 2025, 4, 1376−1385. (Highlighted by Nat. Synth.)
4.H. Li#, Z. Zhou#, T. Ma, K. Wang, H. Zhang, A. H. Alawadhi, O. M. Yaghi*. Bonding of polyethylenimine in covalent organic frameworks for CO2 capture from air. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 35486−35492. (Selected as ACS Editors’ Choice)
5.H. Daglar#, Z. Zhou#, R. Zhu, P. Parihar, J. I. Siepmann*, O. M. Yaghi*, L. Gagliardi*. Discovery of stacking heterogeneity, layer buckling, and residual water in COF-999-NH2 and implications on CO2 capture. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 1614–1622. (Selected as ACS Editors’ Choice)
