Dr. Tzia Ming Onn is an Assistant Professor of Energy Technologies in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His research group investigates advanced materials manufacturing and catalysis for sustainable energy applications (hydrogen and fuel generation, CO2 capture-and-conversion, biomass valorization). In particular, the group has refined a thin-film technique known as Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), enabling the fabrication of diverse material architectures (such as core–shell and single-atom structures) and a range of material classes, including oxides, nitrides, and sulfides.
Dr. Onn’s work has resulted in more than 25 journal publications and 2 patents. Before joining Cambridge, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, working with Prof Paul J. Dauenhauer on developing ‘programmable catalysis’. Prior to that, he spent three years as a Module Integration and Development Engineer at Intel Corporation, where he contributed to the development of Intel’s future 4 nm and 3 nm process technologies.
Dr. Onn earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and his B.S. from Johns Hopkins University. In his very limited free time, he enjoys blitz chess and badminton.
Current research interests: solid-state electrocatalysts, membrane development, hydrogen production, and CO2 capture-and-conversion.