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Yang Group, 2024
Convocation @ UIUC
Ngo, ..., Yang, Mater. Interfaces, 2025
Yu, Yang, Chem Commun., 2023
Zhang, ..., Yang, Nano Energy, 2022
Kuhn, ..., Yang, Adv. Funct. Mat., 2021
Al-Zoubi, ..., Yang, JCAS, 2020
Yin, ..., Yang, Nano Lett., 2017
Kim#, Shih#,..., Yang, JACS, 2017
Pan, ..., Yang, Nano Lett., 2016
Pan, Wu, Yang, AIChE J, 2016.
Zou, Wu, Yang, Nano Lett., 2013.
Wu, ..., Yang, J. Am Chem. Soc., 2012.
Yang, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2011.
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(02/2026) Josh Bohl joined our group as a PhD student in Chemistry. He received his B.S. degree from University of Rhode Island. Welcome! (08/2025) We welcome Harita Vasamsetti joining our group as the latest Ph.D. student! Harita received her B.S. from UC Davis and M.S. from Johns Hopkins University. (07/2025) Our paper on valorization of carbon dioxide using molybdenum carbide catalysts, published in Carbon Future (2024, 1, 9200011), was selected for an Excellent Paper Award. (07/2025) Dr. Yang was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. (07/2025) Our work entitled "Upgrading biocrude oil into sustainable aviation fuel using zeolite-supported iron-molybdenum carbide nanocatalysts" was published in Science Advances. For details, see the press release. (06/2025) Congratulations to Aaron Chen for receiving a 2025 Chemical & Biomolecular Graduate Teaching Award! (05/2025) We thank Violet Liu (ChBE), Ram Gupta (ChBE), Binyao Qi (Chem), Congbo Wen (Chem), Joe Yang (MatSE), and Estella Wang (MatSE) for completing their independent studies in our group in the spring semester! Welcome Sarah Hedberg and our returning undergraduate interns to work on energy and REE projects in the summer. (11/2024) Two new Ph.D. graduate students, James Gao (BS, UC Santa Barbara) and Neal He (BS, UC San Diego), joined our group. Welcome aboard! (10/2024) Congratulations to Siying Yu for successfully defending her PhD thesis. Among her accomplishments, Siying started our efforts on the development of specialty catalysts for upgrade of biocrude for sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). (07/2024) Our latest discovery on pyrochlore electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. We thank our expert collaborators for their insightful contributions to the project. For details, see the press release. (06/2024) We welcome Anran Song joining our group as a visiting PhD graduate student from Shanghai Jiaotong University. (06/2024) Congratulations to Bidipta who was chosen as the recipient of 2024-25 Harry G. Drickamer Graduate Research Fellowship! (05/2024) Our paper on molybdenum carbide catalysts entitled "Valorization of carbon dioxide into C1 product via reverse water gas shift reaction using oxide-supported molybdenum carbides" appeared in Carbon Future. We thank the journal and EurekAlert! AAAS for the News Release. (04/2024) Congratulations to Bidipta for being selected to receive the JME Graduate Student Award from the Department! (03/2024) Bidipta received a Stoesser Lecture Poster Session Award. Congratulations! (11/2023) We are excited to be a member of the DOE Energy Earthshot team at University of Illinois. For details, see the press release. (10/2023) Aaron Chen joined our group as a PhD graduate student. Aaron received his M.S. degree from National Taiwan University. Welcome! (07/2023) Our work entitled "Reaction-driven formation of Cu-Ag Alloy nanostructures from Cu@Ag core-shell nanoparticles analyzed by Moirè patterns using environmental TEM images" was featured as the Cover Article by Surface Science. (05/2023) Siying received the Chia-chen Chu Fellowship from the School of Chemical Sciences. Congratulations! (04/2023) Siying is the lead author of a pair of publications that appeared in Chemical Reviews (2D metal nanostructures) and Chemical Communications (PtCo intermetallic nanoparticles as ORR electrocatalysts). Congratulations! (02/2023) Yujie (Vicent) was selected to receive the Bruno H. Wojcik Scholarship, a School of Chemical Science Award. Congratulations! (12/2022) Yujie (Vicent) Yang, Shihyun Park, and Diana Burbano completed their independent studies in our group for this fall semester. Thank you for your contributions! (08/2022) Our work on birnessite manganese oxide nanoflowers for intercalation of magnesium ions appeared in Nano Energy. This work highlights a niche application of using three-dimensional nanostructures for high valence ion electrodes. We thank our collaborators for their contribution to this work. (04/2022) Cheng Zhang successfully defended his PhD thesis. Dr. Zhang will join a major industrial company after his graduation. Congratulations! (11/2021) Congratulations to Cheng for receiving a Hanratty Travel Award, which supported him attending the AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston! Cheng presented his work on the development of green hydrogen technology. (10/2021) Bidipta Ghosh joined our group as a first-year PhD graduate student. She will work on electrocatalysts for green hydrogen production. Welcome! (08/2021) We welcome Dr. Jung Hyun Park to our group as an NRF Postdoctoral Fellow. (08/2021) We are excited to start a new NSF-DFG project on electrocatalysis for green hydrogen production. For more information, visit the ChBE's webpage. (07/2021) Drew successfully defended his thesis. He will start a teaching position in Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University this month. Congrats and best wishes, Dr. Kuhn! (05/2021) Our work on the preparation of electrocatalysts of silver‐coated copper (Cu@Ag) nanoparticles appeared in Advanced Functional Materials. This bimetallic core-shell electrocatalyst was designed for the electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene at low cell potentials. (05/2021) We welcome Mariam Batool to join our group! She will work on the development of electrocatalysts for green hydrogen production. (04/2021) Rachel Park won first prize at this year’s Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium. The title of her talk is “Metal Oxide Supports for Molybdenum Carbide Nanocatalysts in the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction". Drew Kuhn is her graduate mentor. Great job! (03/2021) Rachel Park received an Exxon Foundation Schoarship. Congrats! (01/2021) Congratulations to Talha for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis. Talha will join Sherwin-Williams this month. Good luck, Dr. Al-Zoubi! (10/2020) Drew and Talha received a third place award in the oral and poster presentation categories, respectively, during the 2020 ChBE Graduate Research Symposium. Congratulations! (08/2020) Congratulations to Drew for winning an A. T. Widiger Fellowship! (05/2020) Drew has been selected as one of the Mavis Future Faculty Fellows (MF3) from the Grainger College of Engineering. Way to go! (04/2020) Cheng passed his PhD prelim exam. Congrats! (04/2020) Talha received the A.T. Widiger Fellowship. Congratulations! (03/2020) Talha's work on single atom non-platinum group metal (non-PGM) electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and was featured as a cover. We thanked all the team members for their contributions. (02/2020) Zhitao received the John Martin Ankenbauer Memorial Scholarship. Congrats! (01/2020) Drew's work on copper as selective oxygen reduction catalysts for carbon dioxide untilization was published in Engery Technology. The work presented an intreresting case on how dynamic structures of non-noble metal catalysts benefit the high selectivity of certain targeted products. |
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