Mengran Li

University of Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Mengran Li is a lecturer and ARC DECRA fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne (UoM). After obtaining his PhD from the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2016, he spent over three years as a postdoctoral research fellow at UQ, working on developing CO2 electrolysis technology for the iron and steel industry. In 2021, Dr. Li joined the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands as a postdoctoral researcher. There, he continued his work on CO2 electrolysis in collaboration with other European institutes and companies, supported by the EU Horizon Project SELECTCO2. He then joined UoM in 2023, the same year he was awarded the ARC DECRA fellowship. At UoM, Dr. Li is leading the Li Energy Lab, which focuses on advancing electrochemical technologies crucial for the global energy transition towards a greener future. His research includes CO2/water electrolysis, reactive carbon capture, fuel cells, and hydrogen separation and compression.