Justin Bui
@justincbui.com
Incoming Asst. Prof. @NYUTandon 🏙️ in Chemical Engineering 🧪 | PostDoc @Caltech | Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science | Electrochemical engineer developing sustainable processes to protect and remediate our atmosphere and oceans | he/him | 🌐 justincbui.com
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Justin Bui
@justincbui.com
· Aug 21
Revealing the Role of the Electrical Double Layer in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
The electrical double layer (EDL) has long been known to influence observed rates of electrocatalysis, but a complete understanding of its role has been elusive due to the complex, multicomponent inte...
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Super excited to share @Alex_James_King and my work on elucidating the role of the double layer in electrochemical CO2 reduction! This work has been years in the making, and excitingly, starts to get to the heart of how cations control rates of CO2R!
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Super excited to share @Alex_James_King and my work on elucidating the role of the double layer in electrochemical CO2 reduction! This work has been years in the making, and excitingly, starts to get to the heart of how cations control rates of CO2R!
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Revealing the Role of the Electrical Double Layer in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
The electrical double layer (EDL) has long been known to influence observed rates of electrocatalysis, but a complete understanding of its role has been elusive due to the complex, multicomponent inte...
pubs.acs.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Super excited to share @Alex_James_King and my work on elucidating the role of the double layer in electrochemical CO2 reduction! This work has been years in the making, and excitingly, starts to get to the heart of how cations control rates of CO2R!
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Incredibly honored to be a member of this year’s Schmidt Science Fellows Cohort! I am very excited to leverage this unprecedented opportunity to pivot into AI and automation to build autonomous flow reactors for optimizing electro organic synthesis. #chemsky 🧪 #compchemsky
We are excited to announce our 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows! 32 early career researchers, nominated by the world’s leading research universities, who will take an interdisciplinary approach to advancing discovery schmidtsciencefellows.org/news/2025-fe...
April 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Incredibly honored to be a member of this year’s Schmidt Science Fellows Cohort! I am very excited to leverage this unprecedented opportunity to pivot into AI and automation to build autonomous flow reactors for optimizing electro organic synthesis. #chemsky 🧪 #compchemsky
I am co-chairing a session for @acs.org Fall 2024 on engineering systems and microenvironments for electrochemical CO2 reduction. We think it'll be a great session and encourage anyone interested to submit abstracts! Due date is March 31! #Science #ChemSky #CompChemSky
March 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I am co-chairing a session for @acs.org Fall 2024 on engineering systems and microenvironments for electrochemical CO2 reduction. We think it'll be a great session and encourage anyone interested to submit abstracts! Due date is March 31! #Science #ChemSky #CompChemSky
Our article with @interphases.org on the role of ion management in enhancing performance for bipolar membranes in forward bias is now #OpenAccess as a part of @natchemeng.bsky.social’s @natureportfolio.bsky.social Anniversary issue! 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky
Ion-specific phenomena limit energy recovery in forward-biased bipolar membranes - Nature Chemical Engineering
Forward-biased bipolar membranes (FB-BPMs), which recover potential from pH gradients through ion–ion recombination, show promise for application in sustainable devices. The authors use physics-based ...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Our article with @interphases.org on the role of ion management in enhancing performance for bipolar membranes in forward bias is now #OpenAccess as a part of @natchemeng.bsky.social’s @natureportfolio.bsky.social Anniversary issue! 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky
Check out this lovely summary of our recent @natchemeng.bsky.social paper by Jovan Kamcev and co-workers! Great for anyone looking for an abridged version of the original work! 🧪
#GreenSky #ChemSky #CompChemSky
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#GreenSky #ChemSky #CompChemSky
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Modeling insights to navigate limitations in bipolar membranes - Nature Chemical Engineering
Fundamental transport modeling of bipolar membranes has identified sources of inefficiencies in power-generating applications. These insights can guide the development of improved membranes, ultimatel...
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January 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Check out this lovely summary of our recent @natchemeng.bsky.social paper by Jovan Kamcev and co-workers! Great for anyone looking for an abridged version of the original work! 🧪
#GreenSky #ChemSky #CompChemSky
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#GreenSky #ChemSky #CompChemSky
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Sharing our recent work on continuum modeling of forward bias bipolar membranes for more visibility with #ChemSky and #CompChemSky! As always I am happy to answer any questions about this work! 🧪
My final first author paper🧪, a collaborative study with
@interphases.org on the importance of ion-management in forward-biased bipolar membranes ➕➖, is now published in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Chemical Engineering!
Read here: rdcu.be/d4hPk
🧵 below with more detail!
#GreenSky #Chemistry
@interphases.org on the importance of ion-management in forward-biased bipolar membranes ➕➖, is now published in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Chemical Engineering!
Read here: rdcu.be/d4hPk
🧵 below with more detail!
#GreenSky #Chemistry
Ion-specific phenomena limit energy recovery in forward-biased bipolar membranes
Nature Chemical Engineering - Forward-biased bipolar membranes (FB-BPMs), which recover potential from pH gradients through ion–ion recombination, show promise for application in sustainable...
rdcu.be
December 21, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Sharing our recent work on continuum modeling of forward bias bipolar membranes for more visibility with #ChemSky and #CompChemSky! As always I am happy to answer any questions about this work! 🧪
My final first author paper🧪, a collaborative study with
@interphases.org on the importance of ion-management in forward-biased bipolar membranes ➕➖, is now published in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Chemical Engineering!
Read here: rdcu.be/d4hPk
🧵 below with more detail!
#GreenSky #Chemistry
@interphases.org on the importance of ion-management in forward-biased bipolar membranes ➕➖, is now published in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Chemical Engineering!
Read here: rdcu.be/d4hPk
🧵 below with more detail!
#GreenSky #Chemistry
Ion-specific phenomena limit energy recovery in forward-biased bipolar membranes
Nature Chemical Engineering - Forward-biased bipolar membranes (FB-BPMs), which recover potential from pH gradients through ion–ion recombination, show promise for application in sustainable...
rdcu.be
December 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
My final first author paper🧪, a collaborative study with
@interphases.org on the importance of ion-management in forward-biased bipolar membranes ➕➖, is now published in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Chemical Engineering!
Read here: rdcu.be/d4hPk
🧵 below with more detail!
#GreenSky #Chemistry
@interphases.org on the importance of ion-management in forward-biased bipolar membranes ➕➖, is now published in
@natureportfolio.bsky.social Chemical Engineering!
Read here: rdcu.be/d4hPk
🧵 below with more detail!
#GreenSky #Chemistry
Insanely honored to be part of this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science.
It is also interesting to see them highlight some of the translational aspects of my past scientific research that I do not talk about as much on here! 🧵 below: (1/6)
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It is also interesting to see them highlight some of the translational aspects of my past scientific research that I do not talk about as much on here! 🧵 below: (1/6)
www.forbes.com/30-under-30/...
Forbes 30 Under 30 2024: Science
Inventing the future from the atom up
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December 3, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Insanely honored to be part of this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science.
It is also interesting to see them highlight some of the translational aspects of my past scientific research that I do not talk about as much on here! 🧵 below: (1/6)
www.forbes.com/30-under-30/...
It is also interesting to see them highlight some of the translational aspects of my past scientific research that I do not talk about as much on here! 🧵 below: (1/6)
www.forbes.com/30-under-30/...
Tip for academics coming to #ChemSky! You can set your handle to your personal or lab website! This effectively serves as a decentralized account verification ✅. We no longer have to rely on someone to give us (or sell us) a "Blue Check"!
Takes 5 Min; Details Here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
Takes 5 Min; Details Here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
December 2, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Tip for academics coming to #ChemSky! You can set your handle to your personal or lab website! This effectively serves as a decentralized account verification ✅. We no longer have to rely on someone to give us (or sell us) a "Blue Check"!
Takes 5 Min; Details Here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
Takes 5 Min; Details Here: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
The challenges with Li intercalation when using Carbon based electrodes are something we discuss quite frequently in the Manthiram Lab here at Caltech! So cool to see such a clever solution to this problem here.
Interested in using carbon electrodes for nitrogen reduction? Look no further! Well done Craig!!!
I can't think of a better way to open my account than to share my first research output recently out on ChemRxiv! See our efforts and success in employing a carbon cathode in lithium mediated nitrogen reduction where we circumvented lithium intercalation:
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
December 2, 2024 at 4:39 AM
The challenges with Li intercalation when using Carbon based electrodes are something we discuss quite frequently in the Manthiram Lab here at Caltech! So cool to see such a clever solution to this problem here.
No better way to cap off the year than to get to see my thesis fully in print! 📕 In the fashion of Thanksgiving, I just want to say how grateful I am to everyone who helped make this possible. Thankful everyday to have the opportunity to do this work alongside great colleagues!
November 28, 2024 at 8:20 PM
No better way to cap off the year than to get to see my thesis fully in print! 📕 In the fashion of Thanksgiving, I just want to say how grateful I am to everyone who helped make this possible. Thankful everyday to have the opportunity to do this work alongside great colleagues!
Spent some time in the Bobst Library at NYU for the first time this past week! What a great place to analyze some NMR!!
November 28, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Spent some time in the Bobst Library at NYU for the first time this past week! What a great place to analyze some NMR!!
No questions of what I’ve been working on these past few years! #CO2 #membranes Hopefully I can add some new words to this cloud soon in the next chapter of my career! #chemsky #greensky Credits: @scholargoggler.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 6:43 AM
No questions of what I’ve been working on these past few years! #CO2 #membranes Hopefully I can add some new words to this cloud soon in the next chapter of my career! #chemsky #greensky Credits: @scholargoggler.bsky.social
Reposted by Justin Bui
Here is a new starter pack to follow some electrochemists (More to come)
go.bsky.app/UzqjkNk
go.bsky.app/UzqjkNk
November 25, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Here is a new starter pack to follow some electrochemists (More to come)
go.bsky.app/UzqjkNk
go.bsky.app/UzqjkNk
Wise words from Shannon Boettcher!!
“The stone age did not end because the world ran out of stones, and the oil age will not end because we run out of oil.” Regardless of what happens with US policy, the transition is coming. Should we lead or cede the future technology of the world to others?
November 25, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Wise words from Shannon Boettcher!!
Reposted by Justin Bui
1st post in a new space seems like a good spot to feature the 1st project by the lab's 1st PhD student! We set out to engineer calcium-responsive proteins as muscle-mimetic materials and discovered some surprises along the way. Congrats to Marina, Winnie, Gatha, and Kenny!
doi.org/10.1039/D4PY...
doi.org/10.1039/D4PY...
Sequence-defined structural transitions by calcium-responsive proteins
Biopolymer sequences dictate their functions, and protein-based polymers are a promising platform to establish sequence–function relationships for novel biopolymers. To efficiently explore vast sequen...
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November 24, 2024 at 3:04 AM
1st post in a new space seems like a good spot to feature the 1st project by the lab's 1st PhD student! We set out to engineer calcium-responsive proteins as muscle-mimetic materials and discovered some surprises along the way. Congrats to Marina, Winnie, Gatha, and Kenny!
doi.org/10.1039/D4PY...
doi.org/10.1039/D4PY...
Just set up these new 3D printers in Caltech’s new Resnick Center for Sustainability! Can’t wait to get to work using them to fabricate new sustainable electrochemical reactors. ⚡️
November 23, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Just set up these new 3D printers in Caltech’s new Resnick Center for Sustainability! Can’t wait to get to work using them to fabricate new sustainable electrochemical reactors. ⚡️
It's plots like these that make me excited for the possibility of electrification and decarbonization! Lots of room for electrochemistry and engineering to play a role in facilitating this transition.
I always thought that industry had limited electrification potential.
How wrong I was:
Once we looked into it in more detail we found that the potential for industrial electrification is huge.
90% of industrial process heat could be electrified in Europe by 2035.
How wrong I was:
Once we looked into it in more detail we found that the potential for industrial electrification is huge.
90% of industrial process heat could be electrified in Europe by 2035.
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM
It's plots like these that make me excited for the possibility of electrification and decarbonization! Lots of room for electrochemistry and engineering to play a role in facilitating this transition.
Lots of new people on 🦋 today, so I thought I'd introduce myself! I am an electrochemical engineer + incoming PI at NYU. I combine computational models with 3D-printing and reaction engineering to develop electrochemical systems for environmental remediation and decarbonization. #GreenSky #ChemSky
November 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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Here's a starter pack of engineers (and a few scientists) working in Clean Tech R&D. Let me know if you'd like to be included! #EnergySky #GreenSky #Science 🧪🔌💡
go.bsky.app/2Um4Ubc
go.bsky.app/2Um4Ubc
November 18, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Here's a starter pack of engineers (and a few scientists) working in Clean Tech R&D. Let me know if you'd like to be included! #EnergySky #GreenSky #Science 🧪🔌💡
go.bsky.app/2Um4Ubc
go.bsky.app/2Um4Ubc
There wasn't a starter pack yet for electrochemical engineering, so I tried to put together my own! DM me if you would like to be included on this list. Hoping we can build a nice community here on #ChemSky! 🔋
go.bsky.app/9ZEbwWf
go.bsky.app/9ZEbwWf
November 18, 2024 at 1:58 AM
There wasn't a starter pack yet for electrochemical engineering, so I tried to put together my own! DM me if you would like to be included on this list. Hoping we can build a nice community here on #ChemSky! 🔋
go.bsky.app/9ZEbwWf
go.bsky.app/9ZEbwWf
Thanks for making this great list! Hope to see a cool community around polymers and 3D printing arise here on #Chemsky!
Here's my first go at bringing together everyone who does polymers + 3D printing!
Polymer chemistry, rheology, characterization, devices, etc. All are welcome!
Let me know if you want to be added to it
#chemsky
Polymer chemistry, rheology, characterization, devices, etc. All are welcome!
Let me know if you want to be added to it
#chemsky
November 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Thanks for making this great list! Hope to see a cool community around polymers and 3D printing arise here on #Chemsky!
Reposted by Justin Bui
A fun new article out in Energy & Environmental Science on a novel route to Green Cement.
Let's put it in context!
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#EnergySky
#GreenSky
#Science
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Let's put it in context!
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#EnergySky
#GreenSky
#Science
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Scalable electrified cementitious materials production and recycling
The production of Portland cement, the industry-standard cement, contributes ∼8% of global CO2 emissions through fossil-fuel heating and decomposition of limestone (the primary cement raw material). D...
pubs.rsc.org
November 15, 2024 at 11:35 PM
A fun new article out in Energy & Environmental Science on a novel route to Green Cement.
Let's put it in context!
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pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#EnergySky
#GreenSky
#Science
🧪🔌💡
Let's put it in context!
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pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#EnergySky
#GreenSky
#Science
🧪🔌💡
Really excited to share this news from NYU! We are all incredibly excited for Jeff to join our department and allow us to form more connections with NYU Grossman! Very excited to see the developments that can come from synergizing engineering with medicine in NYC.
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
NYU Launches New Cross-Institutional Initiative to Advance Engineering and Health
Professor Jeffrey Hubbell to lead this new initiative and to serve as Vice President of NYU’s Science and Tech Initiative
www.nyu.edu
November 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Really excited to share this news from NYU! We are all incredibly excited for Jeff to join our department and allow us to form more connections with NYU Grossman! Very excited to see the developments that can come from synergizing engineering with medicine in NYC.
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
Beautiful work as usual from Ifan and team! Worth a read!
Well done @angus-pedersen.bsky.social for revealing the role of ionomer loading in degradation of non precious metal catalysts for O2 reduction in fuel cells onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Fe‐N‐C in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Impact of Ionomer Loading on Degradation and Stability
The impact of the ionomer to catalyst ratio for atomic Fe in N-doped C (Fe-N-C) degradation in proton exchange membrane fuel cells is elucidated by advanced electrochemical techniques. Kinetic degrad....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Beautiful work as usual from Ifan and team! Worth a read!