Steve Yu grew up in Taiwan. He graduated from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, with a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1998. Following postdoctoral study with Professor Sunney Chan, he joined Academia Sinica as an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Chemistry. He is currently a Research Fellow. His research program focuses on C1 Chemistry and Biology, electrochemical catalytic CO2 reduction and methane oxidation, as well as the biomimetic nanocatalysis for the selective oxidation in hydrocarbons.