Dewang Zeng is a PhD student at Southeast University (Nanjing, China) supervised by Prof. Rui Xiao and Dr Qilei Song. His PhD research project is on design, synthesis, and characterisation of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and derived nanostructured mixed metal oxides for applications in catalysis and chemical looping redox cycle processes for H2 production and CO2 capture and conversion.