Plenary Lecturer

Professor Younan Xia

AffiliationSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
AddressNorth Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30332
E-mailyounan.xia@bme.gatech.edu
Website https://www.nanocages.com/
Educational Background1993-1996, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Harvard University
Research InterestsNanocrystal synthesis, Nanomedicine, Structure-property relationship of shape-controlled nanocrystals, Catalysis

Biography

Dr. Younan Xia is the Brock Family Chair and Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987, M.S. degree in chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with Alan G. MacDiarmid) in 1993, and Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Harvard University (with George M. Whitesides) in 1996. His group invented numerous nanomaterials with well-controlled properties for use in applications related to plasmonics, electronics, display, catalysis, energy conversion, controlled release, drug delivery, nanomedicine, and regenerative medicine. Notably, the silver nanowires invented by his group has been commercialized for the manufacturing of flexible, transparent, and conductive coatings pivotal to applications such as touchscreen display, flexible electronics, and photovoltaics. His technology on the alignment of electrospun nanofibers has been commercialized for multiple clinical products in regenerative medicine, including those for the management of surgical and trauma wounds. Xia has co-authored more than 900 publications in peer-reviewed journals, together with a total citation of about 200,000 and an h-index of 220. He has been named a Top 10 Chemist and Materials Scientist based on the citation data. He has received many prestigious awards, including the Linus Pauling Medal (2024), ACS Award for Creative Invention (2023), MRS Medal (2017), ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials (2013), NIH Director's Pioneer Award (2006), and NSF CAREER Award (2000). More information can be found at http://www.nanocages.com.

Professor Emiel Henen

AffiliationDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology
AddressHet Kraneveld 14, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
E-maile.j.m.hensen@tue.nl
Websitehttps://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/emiel-hensen
Educational Background1995-2000, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Research InterestsHeterogeneous catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry

Biography

Emiel Hensen received his BS, MS and PhD degrees, in chemical engineering, from Eindhoven University of Technology. Before joining the Department of Chemical Engineering of this university as a full professor in 2009, he was affiliated with the University of Amsterdam, Shell Research, Eindhoven University of Technology and KU Leuven. He was a visiting professor at Hokkaido University in Japan in 2016. He is a member of the management team of the gravitation program Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion, a member of the Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium, and chairman of the Netherlands Institute for Catalysis Research (NIOK). Hensen was dean of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at Eindhoven University of Technology from 2016 to 2020. He received Veni, Vidi, and Vici personal grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. He is an editor of Applied Catalysis B and editorial board member of ACS Catalysis and Journal of Catalysis. He has published over 680 scientific papers, receiving more than 40,000 citations with an h-index of 105. His research focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of catalytic materials relevant to clean and sustainable processes for producing energy carriers and chemicals.

Publications

  1. V. Muravev, G. Spezzati, Y. Su, A. Parastaev , F. Chiang, A. Longo, C. Escudero, N. Kosinov and E.J.M. Hensen, 'Interface dynamics of Pd-CeO2 single-atom catalysts during CO oxidation', Nature Catalysis 4 (2021) 469-478.
  2. V. Muravev, A. Parastaev, Y. van den Bosch, B. Ligt, N. Claes, S. Bals, N. Kosinov and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Size of cerium dioxide support nanocrystals dictates reactivity of highly dispersed palladium catalysts’, Science 380 (2023) 1174-1178.
  3. Z. Luo, C. Liu, A. Radu, D.F. de Waard, Y. Wang, J.T. Behaghel de Bueren, P.D. Kouris, M.D. Boot, J. Xiao, H. Zhang, R. Xiao, J. Luterbacher and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Carbon-carbon cleavage for a lignin refinery’, Nature Chemical Engineering 1 (2024) 61-72.
  4. P. Wang, F.-K. Chiang, J. Chai, A.I. Dugulan, J. Dong, W. Chen, R.J.P. Broos, B. Feng, Y. Song, Y. Lv, Q. Lin, R. Wang, I.A.W. Filot, Z. Men and E.J.M. Hensen, ‘Efficient conversion of syngas to linear α-olefins by phase-pure χ-Fe5C2’, Nature 635 (2024) 102-107.

Professor Hsisheng Teng

AffiliationDepartment of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
E-mailhteng@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Websitehttp://www.che.ncku.edu.tw/FacultyWeb/TengH/home.html
Educational Background1992, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Brown University, USA
Research Interests
  • Photocatalysis for H2 Production and CO2 Conversion
  • Lithium Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors

Biography

Hsisheng Teng is the University Professor of National Cheng Kung University and the Scientific Coordinator of the TW-DE joint battery research program since September 2016. His research focuses on the in-depth understanding of photocatalytic reforming of biomass into solar fuels and reduction of CO2 into valuable chemicals and development of gel-state and solid-state electrolytes for high-energy lithium ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors. He is an international pioneer in the development of graphene-based photocatalysts for water splitting and co-author of 210 scientific papers with H-Index of 65 and cites per paper of >68 (Web of Science). He has received a number of awards including: Academic Award (Ministry of Education), Scientific Chair Professor Award (Yu-Ziang Hsu Foundation) Research Excellence Award (Ministry of Science and Technology, 3 times), Outstanding Engineering Professor Award (Taiwan Institute of Engineers), and Thomson Reuters Taiwan Research Front Award. He was the Present of the Electrochemical Society of Taiwan and the Taiwan Representative of the International Society of Electrochemistry. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Publications

  1. Putri, NP; Nguyen, VC; Sanoe, M; Lee, YL; Teng, H* “Concurrent Photocatalytic Bicarbonate (Aqueous-CO2) Reduction and Xylose Reforming to Produce Compounds from C−C Coupling”, Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 486, 150318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150318
  2. Nguyen, VC; Sanoe, M; Putri, NP; Lee, YL; Teng, H* “Co-catalyst Design to Control Charge Transfer and Product Composition for Photocatalytic H2 Production and Biomass Reforming”, Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2024, 8, 1412–1423 https://doi.org/10.1039/d3se01544k
  3. Nguyen, ML; Nguyen, VC; Lee, YL; Jan, JS; Teng, H* “Synergistic Combination of Ether-Linkage and Polymer-in-Salt for Electrolytes with Facile Li+ Conducting and High Stability in Solid-State Lithium Batteries”, Energy Storage Materials 2024, 65, 103178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103178
  4. Nguyen, VC; Nimbalkar, DB; Huong, VH; Lee, YL; Teng, H* “Elucidating the Mechanism of Photocatalytic Reduction of Bicarbonate (Aqueous CO2) into Formate and Other Organics”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2023, 649, 918-928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.155
  5. Lin, YH; Wu, LT; Yu-Ting Zhan, YT; Jiang, JC; Lee, YL; Jan, JS; Teng, H* “Self-Assembly Formation of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase in Gel Polymer Electrolytes for High Performance Lithium Metal Batteries”, Energy Storage Materials 2023, 61, 102868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2023.102868
  6. Shih, CY; Wang, PT; Wei-Pang Chung, WP; Wang, WH; Chiang, IT; Wu-Chou Su, WC; Wei-Lun Huang, WL;* Teng, H* “Concise Nanotherapeutic Modality for Cancer Involving Graphene Oxide Dots in Conjunction with Ascorbic Acid”, Nanoscale 2023, 15, 10232-10243. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3nr00431g
  7. Nguyen, HTT; Nguyen, DH; Zhang, QC; Nguyen, VC; Lee, YL; Jan, JS; Teng, H* “Facile Li+ Transport in Interpenetrating O- and F-Containing Polymer Networks for Solid-State Lithium Batteries”, Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 33, 2213469. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202213469
  8. Nimbalkar, DB; Nguyen, VC; Shih, CY; Teng, H* “Melem-derived poly(heptazine imide) for effective charge transport and photocatalytic reforming of cellulose into H2 and biochemicals under visible light”, Applied Catalysis B-Environmental 2022, 316, 121601. 
  9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121601
  10. Lin, YH; Shih, CY; Subramani, R; Lee, YL; Jan, JS; Chiu, CC; Teng, H* “Ternary-Salt Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Anode-Free Lithium Metal Batteries with an Untreated Cu Substrate”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2022, 10, 4895-4905. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta09819e
  11. Pham, MN; Subramani, R; Yu-Hsing Lin, YH; Lee, YL; Jan, JS; Chiu, CC; Teng, H* “Acylamino-Functionalized Crosslinker to Synthesize All-Solid-State Polymer Electrolytes for High-Stability Lithium Batteries”, Chemical Engineering Journal 2022, 430, 132948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.132948
  12. Nguyen, VC; Nimbalkar, DB; Nam, LD; Lee, YL; Teng, H* “Photocatalytic Cellulose Reforming for H2 and Formate Production by Using Graphene Oxide-Dot Catalysts”, ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 4955-4967. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c00217