Faculty & Staff

• Ji Qi
  Associate Professor
  Email: Qi01@ucsb.edu
  Professional Experience
  Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Santa Barbara
  Education
  Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
  M.S. Columbia University
  B.S. Northeastern University (China)
  Research Interests:
  Rational design of novel heterogenous catalysts;
  C1 chemicals upgrading through carbonylation and hydroformylation process;
  Building-up catalytic structure-function relationship;
  Mechanism research by integrating experimental and characterization techniques with quantum chemical calculations.
  
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  Maoshuai Li
  Associate Professor

  E-mail: maoshuaili@sina.com

  Professional experience
  Assistant Professor, Tianjin University (China) 

  Research Fellow, University of Warwick (UK)

  Research Associate, City University of  Hong Kong

  Education

  PhD. Heriot-Watt University (UK)    

  M.S. Tianjin University                          

  B.S. Tianjin University  
  

  Research interest

  Development of solid catalysts for conversion of C1 feedstock to valuable fuels & chemicals;

  Understanding the relationship between the catalyst characteristics and reactivity;

  Fundamental studies of the mechanisms of C1 molecule activation/dissociation;

  Reaction engineering and scaling-up process.

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  Mei-Yan Wang

  Associate Professor

  E-mail: mywang2017@tju.edu.cn

  Professional Experience

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tianjin University

  Education

  Ph.D.  Nankai University

  M.S.  Shandong Agricultural University

  B.S.  Shandong Agricultural University

  Research Interests

  Green synthesis methodology and green chemical technology;

  Utilization of C1 resource, mainly on catalytic conversion of CO₂ and syngas.
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  Shi Nee Lou

  Associate Professor

  E-mail: snlou@tju.edu.cn

  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5612-1520

  Professional Experience

  Korea Research Fellow with Prof. Wonyong Choi at Pohang University of Science and Technology

  Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Teruhisa Ohno at Kyushu Institute of Technology

  Research Fellow with Prof. Pooi See Lee at Nanyang Technological University

  Education

  Ph.D. The University of New South Wales Sydney

  B.Eng. The University of New South Wales Sydney

  Research Interests

  Photo(electro)catalytic/electrocatalytic CH₄ Partial Oxidation

  Photo(electro)catalytic Reforming of Organics

  Advanced Catalyst Design and Synthesis

  Catalysis and Mechanisms of Reactions
• Shengping Wang
  Professor
  E-mail: spwang@tju.edu.cn
  Professional Experience
  Visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley
  Education
  Ph.D. Tianjin University
  M.S. Hebei University of Technology
  B.S. Hebei University of Technology
  Research Interests:
  Surface science and catalysis including the capture of CO₂ and utilization CO₂ and synthesis gas;
  Study on design and structure-performance relationship of catalytic and adsorbent materials.
• Zhenhua Li
  Professor
  E-mail: zhenhua@tju.edu.cn
  Professional Experience
  Processor, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University
  Education
  Ph.D. Tianjin University
  M.S.  Tianjin University
  B.S.  Tianjin University
  Research Interests
  Green chemical technology, Heterogeneous catalysis;
  Plasma chemistry and its application in heterogeneous catalysis;
  C1 chemical engineering mainly including syngas conversion, such as methanation of syngas, 
  Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, etc.
• Sheng Zhang
  Professor
  E-mail: sheng.zhang@tju.edu.cn
  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7532-1923
  Professional Experience
  Marie curie fellow with Nobel Prize winner Sir. Andre Geim at University of Manchester 
  Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Thomas Meyer at UNC Chapel Hill
  Research associate with Prof. Liming Dai at CWRU
  Education
  Ph.D. Harbin Institute of Technology
  M.S. Harbin Institute of Technology
  B.S. Harbin Institute of Technology
  Research Interests

  Electrocatalytic CO₂ conversion and Process Intensification; 
  Proton conducting membranes and Clean energy systems;
  Design and controllable synthesis of Advanced Catalysts.

   
  
• Yujun Zhao
  Professor
  E-mail: yujunzhao@tju.edu.cn
  Professional Experience
  Postdoctor, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University
  Researcher, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Education
  Ph.D. Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  B.S. Dalian University of Technology
  Research Interests
  Heterogeneous catalysis in hydrogenation/dehydrogenation systems;
  The relationships on heterogeneous catalytic systems, the reaction kinetics and the fabrication of well-defined catalyst;
  Current research: hydrogenation of carbony-containing compounds, hydrodeoxygenation of biomass, selective hydrogenation of aromatic compounds.
  
• Shouying Huang
  Professor
  E-mail: huangsy@tju.edu.cn
  Professional Experience
  Postdoctor, Nankai University,
  Visiting scholar, CSIRO, Australia
  Education
  Ph.D. Tianjin University
  B.S. Tianjin University
  Research Interests:
  Efficient utilization of syngas, such as carbonylation of alcohol or ether, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis;
  Design and fabrication of heterogeneous catalyst;
  Catalyst structure-performance relationship;
  Reaction mechanism and kinetics.
  
• Yue Wang
  Professor
  E-mail: yuewang@tju.edu.cn
  Professional Experience
  Visitor at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  Education
  Ph.D. Tianjin University
  B.S. Tianjin University
  Research Interests:
  Hydrogenation of esters;
  Directly synthesis of ethanol and higher alcohols from syngas;
  Rational design of Cu-based catalyst;
  Understanding the relationships between structure-function and catalytic behavior.
• Jing Lv
  Associate Professor
  E-mail: muddylj@tju.edu.cn
  Education
  Ph.D. Tianjin University
  B.S. Xiamen University
  Research Interests:
  Focusing on process integration, optimization and scaling up in the field of efficient utilization of syngas and chemical industrial emissions, particularly the conversion of syngas to ethylene glycol/ethanol;
  Calcium formate synthesis and sulfur recovery.
  
• Baowei Wang
  Associate Professor
  E-mail: wangbw@tju.edu.cn
  Professional Experience
  Post doctoral, Polymer Materials Science and Engineering at Tianjin University
  Education
  Ph.D. Tianjin University
  M.S. Tianjin University
  B.S. Technology University of Central South
  Research Interests:
  C1 chemistry;
  Plasmas Process;
  Energy and environmental catalysis;
  Difficult wastewater treatment.
  
• Yong Wang
  Professor
  E-mail: yong.wang@tju.edu.cn
  Professional Experience
  Postdoc. Technical University of Munich
  Postdoc. Xiamen University/Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
  Education
  Ph.D. Dalian University of Technology
  B.S. Hebei University of Technology
  Research Interests
  Low-temperature oxidation of methane to oxygenated chemicals;
  High-temperature reforming of methane to syngas;
  Heterogeneously catalytic conversion of other light alkanes;
  Development of high-performance catalyst and kinetic study.