孔源，合肥综合性国家科学中心能源研究院特任副研究员，致力于利用人工智能与计算科学推动材料研发。核心工作是通过机器学习、高通量计算和第一性原理模拟，设计和优化用于电池、催化等领域的先进能源材料，并开发相关的工业软件。具有扎实的学术背景，在中国科学技术大学获得博士学位，2018年在香港大学做访问学者。目前，主持教育部中央高校科研基金等项目，并取得了丰硕的科研成果：已在 Nature Communications、Advanced Materials、J. Am. Chem. Soc.等顶级期刊以第一，通讯(含共同)发表40多篇论文，当前H指数为27，总引用超过3000次。此外，他还承担过《统计力学》等课程教学，并为多个国际权威期刊担任审稿人。

近期代表工作：

1. Shao, R.Y., ... Kong, Y. * and Liang, H.W. *. Promoting ordering degree of intermetallic fuel cell catalysts by low-melting-point metal doping. Nat. Comm. 14. (1) 5896. (2023)

2. Zhang, Z.,... Kong, Y.*, Bao, J*. and Zeng, J.*. Selectively anchoring single atoms on specific sites of supports for improved oxygen evolution. Nat. Comm. 13(1), 1-10 (2022)

3. Zhang, B. , ... Kong, Y. ^*, Dou, S., and Zhao, S^*. Atomically Dispersed Dual-Site Cathode with a Record High Sulfur Mass Loading for High‐Performance Room‐Temperature Sodium‐Sulfur Batteries. Adv. Mater., 2206828(2022).

4. Xu, G., ..., Kong, Y.*, and Yan, H*. Atomically precise Ni clusters inducing active NiN2 sites with uniform-large vacancies towards efficient CO2-to-CO conversion. Nat. Comm., 16(1), p.3774. (2025)

5. Yue, K., ... Kong, Y.*, Wang, X.*, Yan, Y.* and Xia, B.Y.* In situ ion-exchange preparation and topological transformation of trimetal–organic frameworks for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation. Energy & Environ. Sci. 14, 6546-6553 (2021)

6. Xu, S., ... Kong, Y*., Yan, Y.* and Tian, X.* Cascade Synthesis of Intermetallic PtZn Electrocatalysts for Practical Fuel Cells. Adv. Func. Mater., p.e13851. (2025)

7. Lv, L., ... , Kong, Y.*., and Yan, W.*. Cu‐Ru Bicenter Synergistically Triggers Tandem Catalytic Effect for Electroreduction of Nitrate to Ammonium. Adv. Func. Mater., 2423612. (2025)

8. Chang, F.*,...Kong,Y.*. The intense charge migration and efficient photocatalytic NO removal of the S-scheme heterojunction composites Bi7O9I3-BiOBr. Sep. Purif. Technol., 353, 128402. (2025)

9. Yu, H., ..., Kong, Y. ^*and Jiao, X. ^*. A Machine Learning Approach for Efficiently Predicting Polymer Aging from UV–Vis Spectra. J. Phys. Chem. B. 128. (38) 9255-9261. (2024)

10. Chang, F.^*, ... Kong, Y.^*Enhanced photocatalytic NO removal with the superior selectivity for NO₂^?/NO₃^? species of Bi₁₂GeO₂₀-based composites via a ball-milling treatment: Synergetic effect of surface oxygen vacancies and np heterojunctions. Composites Part B: Engineering  231, 109600 (2022)