:Xile Hu

Hu studied chemistry at Peking University and received his Bachelor’s degree in 2000. During his undergraduate, he worked with Jianhua Lin. He then joined the lab of Karsten Meyer at University of California, San Diego as PhD student and graduated with a thesis on "Metal complexes of tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: synthesis, structure, bonding, and reactivity."{{Cite web|last=Xile|first=Hu|date=|title=Metal Complexes of Tripodal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, Bonding, and Reactivity|url=https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lsci/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/HuThesis.pdf|access-date=|website=}}{{Cite journal|last1=Hu|first1=Xile|last2=Castro-Rodriguez|first2=Ingrid|last3=Olsen|first3=Kristian|last4=Meyer|first4=Karsten|date=2004-02-01|title=Group 11 Metal Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Nature of the MetalCarbene Bond|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/om0341855|journal=Organometallics|volume=23|issue=4|pages=755–764|doi=10.1021/om0341855|issn=0276-7333}} In 2005, he went to work as postdoctoral researcher with Jonas C. Peters at the California Institute of Technology. Here he initiated and developed a research project on molecular electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution.{{Cite journal|last1=Hu|first1=Xile|last2=Brunschwig|first2=Bruce S.|last3=Peters|first3=Jonas C.|date=2007-07-01|title=Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution at Low Overpotentials by Cobalt Macrocyclic Glyoxime and Tetraimine Complexes|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja067876b|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=129|issue=29|pages=8988–8998|doi=10.1021/ja067876b|pmid=17602556|issn=0002-7863}}

In 2007, he became Assistant Professor of chemistry at EPFL. In 2013, he was promoted as Associate Professor, and in 2016, he became Full Professor at EPFL. Since 2007 he has led the Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis at EPFL's School of Basic Sciences.

Hu's research group directs an interdisciplinary research program to develop catalysis for sustainable synthesis of added-value chemicals and for cost-effective production of solar fuels.{{Cite web|title=Research|url=https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lsci/research/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.epfl.ch|language=en-GB}} They aim at the development of catalysts that are made of Earth-abundant elements and that enable the chemical transformations important in synthesis, energy, and sustainability.{{Cite journal|last1=Morales-Guio|first1=Carlos G.|last2=Liardet|first2=Laurent|last3=Mayer|first3=Matthew T.|last4=Tilley|first4=S. David|last5=Grätzel|first5=Michael|last6=Hu|first6=Xile|date=2015|title=Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production in Alkaline Solutions Using Cu2O Coated with Earth-Abundant Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201410569|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|language=en|volume=54|issue=2|pages=664–667|doi=10.1002/anie.201410569|pmid=25403656|issn=1521-3773}} They focus on base metal catalyzed organic synthesis,{{Citation|last1=Vechorkin|first1=Oleg|title=Bis[(2-dimethylamino)phenyl]amine Nickel(II) Chloride|date=2011|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/047084289X.rn01347|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis|publisher=American Cancer Society|language=en|doi=10.1002/047084289x.rn01347|isbn=978-0-470-84289-8|access-date=2020-11-26|last2=Hu|first2=Xile}} electrochemical water splitting,{{Cite journal|last1=Thalluri|first1=Sitaramanjaneya Mouli|last2=Bai|first2=Lichen|last3=Lv|first3=Cuncai|last4=Huang|first4=Zhipeng|last5=Hu|first5=Xile|last6=Liu|first6=Lifeng|date=2020|title=Strategies for Semiconductor/Electrocatalyst Coupling toward Solar-Driven Water Splitting|url= |journal=Advanced Science|language=en|volume=7|issue=6|pages=1902102|doi=10.1002/advs.201902102|issn=2198-3844|pmc=7080548|pmid=32195077}} CO₂ reduction,{{Cite journal|last1=Gu|first1=Jun|last2=Hsu|first2=Chia-Shuo|last3=Bai|first3=Lichen|last4=Chen|first4=Hao Ming|last5=Hu|first5=Xile|date=2019-06-14|title=Atomically dispersed Fe 3+ sites catalyze efficient CO 2 electroreduction to CO|journal=Science|language=en|volume=364|issue=6445|pages=1091–1094|doi=10.1126/science.aaw7515|pmid=31197014|bibcode=2019Sci...364.1091G|s2cid=189816234|issn=0036-8075|doi-access=free}} fuel cell catalysis,{{Cite journal|last1=Chang|first1=Jinfa|last2=Feng|first2=Ligang|last3=Liu|first3=Changpeng|last4=Xing|first4=Wei|last5=Hu|first5=Xile|date=2014-04-17|title=Ni2P enhances the activity and durability of the Pt anode catalyst in direct methanol fuel cells|url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/ee/c4ee00100a|journal=Energy & Environmental Science|language=en|volume=7|issue=5|pages=1628–1632|doi=10.1039/C4EE00100A|issn=1754-5706}} and the development of synthetic models for the active site of metalloenzymes.{{Cite journal|last1=Xu|first1=Tao|last2=Wodrich|first2=Matthew D.|last3=Scopelliti|first3=Rosario|last4=Corminboeuf|first4=Clemence|last5=Hu|first5=Xile|date=2017-02-07|title=Nickel pincer model of the active site of lactate racemase involves ligand participation in hydride transfer|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=114|issue=6|pages=1242–1245|doi=10.1073/pnas.1616038114|issn=0027-8424|pmc=5307482|pmid=28115700|bibcode=2017PNAS..114.1242X |doi-access=free }}

In 2011, Hu won the Werner prize of the Swiss Chemical Society. In 2012 he was selected as an extraordinary young scientist by the world economic forum. In 2013, he received the Chemical Society Reviews Emerging Investigator Lectureship. In 2014, he won the European Medal for Bio-Inorganic Chemistry at the Eurobic conference. In 2015, he received the Young Researcher Award from the European Federation of Catalysis Societies. In 2016, he received the Bau Family Award in Inorganic Chemistry. In 2017, he was awarded with the National Latsis Prize by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the International Latsis Foundation,{{Cite web|title=National Latsis Prize 2017 awarded to chemist Xile Hu - SNF|url=http://www.snf.ch/en/researchinFocus/newsroom/Pages/news-180116-national-latsis-prize-2017-awarded-to-xile-hu.aspx|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.snf.ch}} the Organic Letters Outstanding Publication of the Year Lectureship for 2017, and the Tajima Prize by the International Society of Electrochemistry.{{Cite web|title=International Society of Electrochemistry|url=https://www.ise-online.org/awards/taj.php|access-date=2021-04-23|website=www.ise-online.org}} In 2018, he received the Resonate Award from Caltech,{{Cite web|title=Resonate Awards 2018|url=http://resnick.sites.caltech.edu/programs/past-programs/resonate-awards/resonate-awards-2018|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Resnick Sustainability Institute|language=en}} in 2019, the Homogeneous Catalysis Award by Royal Society of Chemistry,{{Cite web|title=Homogeneous Catalysis Award|url=https://www.rsc.org/prizes-funding/prizes/archives/homogeneous-catalysis-award/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Royal Society of Chemistry|language=en-GB}} and in 2020, the International Catalysis Award by the International Association of Catalysis Societies.{{Cite web|title=17th International Congress in Catalysis {{!}} June 14–19, 2020 • San Diego, CA USA|url=https://2020icc.com/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=2020icc.com}} Hu was named "Highly Cited Researcher" by Publons (Clarivate Analytics) for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.{{Cite web|title=xile hu's Publons profile|url=https://publons.com/researcher/2847042/xile-hu/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=publons.com|language=en}}

In 2014, he became a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK),{{Cite journal|date=2019|title=Xile Hu|journal=ChemCatChem|volume=11|issue=14|pages=3127|doi=10.1002/cctc.201900931|s2cid=221548027|issn=1867-3899|doi-access=free}} and in 2019 fellow of the European Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web|title=European Academy of Sciences - Xile Hu|url=https://www.eurasc.org/user/693/xile-hu|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.eurasc.org}} Since 2020 he is a member of the Academia Europaea.{{Cite web|title=Academy of Europe: Hu Xile|url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Hu_Xile|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.ae-info.org}}

• {{cite journal |doi=10.1021/jacs.9b05268|title=A Cobalt–Iron Double-Atom Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction|year=2019|last1=Bai|first1=Lichen|last2=Hsu|first2=Chia-Shuo|last3=Alexander|first3=Duncan T. L.|last4=Chen|first4=Hao Ming|last5=Hu|first5=Xile|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=141|issue=36|pages=14190–14199|pmid=31418268|s2cid=201019959 |url=https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/271066/files/SI-rev-Hu2.pdf}}
• {{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.aaw7515|title=Atomically dispersed Fe3+ sites catalyze efficient CO2 electroreduction to CO|year=2019|last1=Gu|first1=Jun|last2=Hsu|first2=Chia-Shuo|last3=Bai|first3=Lichen|last4=Chen|first4=Hao Ming|last5=Hu|first5=Xile|journal=Science|volume=364|issue=6445|pages=1091–1094|pmid=31197014|bibcode=2019Sci...364.1091G|s2cid=189816234|doi-access=free}}
• {{cite journal |doi=10.1038/s41557-019-0266-1|title=A catalytically active [Mn]-hydrogenase incorporating a non-native metal cofactor|year=2019|last1=Pan|first1=Hui-Jie|last2=Huang|first2=Gangfeng|last3=Wodrich|first3=Matthew D.|last4=Tirani|first4=Farzaneh Fadaei|last5=Ataka|first5=Kenichi|last6=Shima|first6=Seigo|last7=Hu|first7=Xile|journal=Nature Chemistry|volume=11|issue=7|pages=669–675|pmid=31110253|pmc=6591119|bibcode=2019NatCh..11..669P}}
• {{cite journal |doi=10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00118|title=Nickamine and Analogous Nickel Pincer Catalysts for Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Hydrosilylation of Alkenes|year=2019|last1=Shi|first1=Renyi|last2=Zhang|first2=Zhikun|last3=Hu|first3=Xile|journal=Accounts of Chemical Research|volume=52|issue=5|pages=1471–1483|pmid=31008581|s2cid=128351664 |url=https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/266422/files/Maintext-rev-Hu1.pdf }}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1021/acscentsci.9b00053|title=An Unconventional Iron Nickel Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction|year=2019|last1=Song|first1=Fang|last2=Busch|first2=Michael M.|last3=Lassalle-Kaiser|first3=Benedikt|last4=Hsu|first4=Chia-Shuo|last5=Petkucheva|first5=Elitsa|last6=Bensimon|first6=Michaël|last7=Chen|first7=Hao Ming|last8=Corminboeuf|first8=Clemence|author-link8=Clémence Corminboeuf|last9=Hu|first9=Xile|journal=ACS Central Science|volume=5|issue=3|pages=558–568|pmid=30937383|pmc=6439451}}
• {{cite journal |doi=10.1038/s41929-019-0231-9|title=Photoelectrocatalytic arene C–H amination|year=2019|last1=Zhang|first1=Lei|last2=Liardet|first2=Laurent|last3=Luo|first3=Jingshan|last4=Ren|first4=Dan|last5=Grätzel|first5=Michael|last6=Hu|first6=Xile|journal=Nature Catalysis|volume=2|issue=4|pages=366–373|pmid=30984910|pmc=6459354}}
• {{cite journal |doi=10.1038/s41929-017-0023-z|title=Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N cross-coupling via synergetic photoredox and copper catalysis|year=2018|last1=Mao|first1=Runze|last2=Frey|first2=Adrian|last3=Balon|first3=Jonathan|last4=Hu|first4=Xile|journal=Nature Catalysis|volume=1|issue=2|pages=120–126|s2cid=103384901|url=https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/257884/files/SI.pdf}}
• {{cite journal |doi=10.1038/nchem.2382|title=Reconstitution of [Fe]-hydrogenase using model complexes|year=2015|last1=Shima|first1=Seigo|last2=Chen|first2=Dafa|last3=Xu|first3=Tao|last4=Wodrich|first4=Matthew D.|last5=Fujishiro|first5=Takashi|last6=Schultz|first6=Katherine M.|last7=Kahnt|first7=Jörg|last8=Ataka|first8=Kenichi|last9=Hu|first9=Xile|journal=Nature Chemistry|volume=7|issue=12|pages=995–1002|pmid=26587715|bibcode=2015NatCh...7..995S|s2cid=16359089 |url=http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/215276}}
• {{cite journal |doi=10.1021/ar5002022|title=Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfides as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts|year=2014|last1=Morales-Guio|first1=Carlos G.|last2=Hu|first2=Xile|journal=Accounts of Chemical Research|volume=47|issue=8|pages=2671–2681|pmid=25065612|url=http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/200881}}
• {{cite journal |doi=10.1038/ncomms5477|title=Exfoliation of layered double hydroxides for enhanced oxygen evolution catalysis|year=2014|last1=Song|first1=Fang|last2=Hu|first2=Xile|journal=Nature Communications|volume=5|page=4477|pmid=25030209|bibcode=2014NatCo...5.4477S|doi-access=free}}

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