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Dr. Tan Lling-Lling (Carynn) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering (Chemical) at Monash University Malaysia. She received her BEng (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering from Monash University in 2012 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 2015, focusing her doctoral thesis on the study, design, and development of graphene-based TiO2 photocatalysts and their application in carbon dioxide conversion. After completing her Ph.D., she served as an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University before joining Monash University Malaysia as a Senior Lecturer.

Dr. Tan Lling-Lling's research interests encompass the rational design of advanced photocatalytic materials, including carbon-rich nanomaterials and fluorescent dyes, for applications in photocatalysis, CO2 utilization and conversion, environmental remediation, and energy generation such as water splitting, pollutant degradation, bacterial disinfection, and nitrogen fixation. Her work seeks to uncover fundamental principles for high-efficiency solar energy utilization and to advance sunlight-driven photocatalysis toward commercialization. She has produced over 60 scientific papers and 14 review articles in high-impact journals including Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Chemical Reviews, garnering an h-index of 30 and more than 10,000 citations. Key publications include 'Hybridizing O-C3N4 with NIR-responsive Cu2(OH)PO4 for effective broad-spectrum solar driven inactivation of Escherichia coli and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus' (2026), '2D/2D homojunction-mediated charge separation: Synergistic effect of crystalline C3N5 and g-C3N4 via electrostatic self-assembly for photocatalytic hydrogen and benzaldehyde production' (2025), 'Boosted Scavenger-Free Overall Nitrogen Photofixation with Molybdenum Incorporated Bismuth-Rich Oxychlorides' (2025), and 'In Situ Construction of Fuzzy Sea-Urchin ZnIn2S4/W18O49: Leveraging Interfacial Z-Scheme Redox Sites toward Cooperative Electron–Hole Utilization in Photocatalysis' (2025). She has received the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Malaysia award (2025), multiple Early Career Researcher excellence awards including the Vice-Chancellor's Award (2023), and the IChemE Malaysia Young Researcher Award (2017). Dr. Tan serves as an editorial board member for Communications Materials journal since 2025 and is a member of the Young Scientists Network - Academy of Sciences Malaysia (2021-2027). She leads funded projects on hierarchical photocatalysts for hydrogen production, CO2 reduction, and water splitting.