
I am an Incoming Assistant Professor at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering starting in Fall 2026. I received my Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley, working with Dr. Adam Weber and Prof. Alexis Bell in the Liquid Sunlight Alliance. At Berkeley, my research focused on the use of continuum-level theory to understand the impact of transport and catalysis in bipolar ion-conducting polymer membranes, as well as to elucidate the influence of the catalytic microenvironment on the CO2 reduction to value-added chemical products. As an undergraduate at Columbia, I fabricated devices that directly convert seawater to hydrogen fuel. I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Karthish Manthiram at Caltech, developing technologies to generate plastics and fertilizer precursors sustainably from air. I am the recipient of the NDSEG and NSF Fellowships, and was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Science list in 2025. At NYU, my laboratory will develop electrochemical technologies to valorize waste and perform industrially-relevant chemical syntheses, leveraging multi-scale modeling to better understand their physics. When I’m not doing science, I enjoy playing music and making digital art. Feel free to reach out to me if you are interested in joining my group, or even if you’d just like to chat!
Hi! My name is Justin Bui.
ELECTROCHEMICAL ENGINEER

PH.D. STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS
This could be you!
We are looking for talented Ph.D. students and postdocs interested in developing and advancing physical understanding of next-generation electrochemical systems to join the Bui Lab at NYU starting in Fall of 2026. Our research will span modeling and experiment, leveraging multi-scale understanding to accelerate and inform the implementation and translation of electrochemical reactors for chemical synthesis and environmental remediation. Interested Ph.D. students and postdocs should reach out to Justin to discuss potential projects and research interests.