Welcome! The Zeng Lab at Brown University will open its doors in July 2025!

We are motivated by the immense potential of electrons to facilitate reactions in fundamentally new and practically sustainable ways. We conduct this work with the vision of tackling crucial sustainability challenges in energy, manufacturing, and waste. Our work is grounded in rational design across orders of magnitudes in length scales and lies at the interface of chemistry, materials, and engineering.

While we strive to be rigorous and creative in our research, we place equal emphasis on maintaining a welcoming and vibrant environment where respect, kindness, and interests outside of research are valued. We strive to engage with and celebrate the unique perspectives that each individual brings to the team. We seek to learn about and contribute to the broader impacts of science within society. We are intentional about building community within our lab, our school, and beyond.