In May 2024, the results of the 10th Peking University Tang Xiaoyan Environmental Science Innovation Scholarship were announced. Chu Na, a doctoral student from the 2021 class of the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, won the first prize of the 10th Peking University Tang Xiaoyan Environmental Science Innovation Scholarship, with Dr. Li Daping serving as her supervising professor.

The Tang Xiaoyan Environmental Science Innovation Scholarship at Peking University was established to honor Academician Tang Xiaoyan for her outstanding contributions to promoting scientific research and talent cultivation in the field of environmental science in China. It was initiated and funded by Tang Xiaoyan's students on the occasion of her 80th birthday and marked the beginning of specialized scholarships for environmental science disciplines nationwide. The fund is supported by Academician Tang Xiaoyan, Academician Zhang Yuanhang, and industrialists dedicated to environmental education and scientific research in China. It is jointly managed by Peking University Education Foundation and the School of Environment and Engineering. The scholarship was established in 2014, and over the past decade, it has received more than 1,100 applications, with a total of 368 students awarded. The awardees come from institutions across 23 provincial-level administrative regions in China.

Chu Na, a doctoral student at the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been conducting research on electrochemical microbial coupling for carbon fixation and has achieved a series of results. She revealed the microbial carbon energy metabolism mechanism behind the low-speed reaction phenomenon of traditional inert electrodes, constructed a new pathway for rapid electron capture by microorganisms based on active electrodes, and overcame the problem of low biocompatibility of electrochemical microbial coupling systems. She also developed a super-fast charge bio-coupled battery using pure formic acid as an energy carrier, which achieved rapid charging, long-lasting discharge, and successful application in biological toxicity monitoring of water bodies. Her work significantly enriches the theory of the interaction between electrochemistry and microbiology, providing fundamental support for the further development of bioelectrochemical technology in the fields of wastewater treatment and CO2 resource utilization. During her doctoral studies, she published five SCI papers as the first author in journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Engineering, and Environmental Science & Technology.