Researcher

Jia Zhang is a Principal Scientist at the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC), where she co-manages the Catalysis and Process Control Group within the Computational Sustainability Division. She earned her B.S. (2000) and M.S. (2003) in Chemistry from Nankai University, China, and her PhD in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore in 2007.

Zhang’s research focuses on advancing a low-carbon future by combining traditional computational methods with machine learning and high-throughput calculations to deepen the understanding of catalytic systems and accelerate catalyst development. Her work has been published in leading journals such as Nature Communications, ACS Catalysis and Angewandte Chemie International Edition. She also co-led the Accelerated Catalyst Development Platform (ACDP), which received the IES Sustainability Award 2023 and the ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award 2023.

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