Rate My Professor Hongqi Sun

Professor Hongqi Sun is Director of the UWA Centre for Future Catalysis, University Professor of Chemistry, and an ARC Future Fellow (Level 3) in the School of Molecular Sciences at The University of Western Australia. He serves as UWA Lead for the Critical Metals for Critical Industries CRC, Co-Chair of the School Research Committee, and Node Leader (Chemicals for Space) at the International Space Centre, UWA. He is a member of the ARC College of Experts since 2022, a Board Director of the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia, and Editor-in-Chief of Cleaner Chemical Engineering (Elsevier).

His research focuses on catalysis, including novel catalytic paradigms, solar energy utilisation, and sustainable approaches to terrestrial and extraterrestrial resources and mining. Professor Sun has authored over 350 refereed journal articles with more than 49,000 citations and an h-index of 122 (Google Scholar, May 2026). He has secured over $15 million in competitive funding. He received the Mid-Career Scientist of the Year award at the 2023 WA Premier’s Science Awards and was named among Australia’s Top 40 Research Superstars by The Australian’s Research Magazine in 2020. He has delivered over 20 plenary, keynote, and invited presentations and contributed to national and international initiatives on energy transition and hydrogen research.