Bert Weckhuysen, Editor-in-chief
Utrecht University, 乐天堂app下载 Ne乐天堂app下载rlands
Bert Weckhuysen received his Master's degree in Chemical & Agricultural Engineering from Leuven University (Belgium) in 1991. After obtaining his PhD degree in Catalysis from Leuven University in 1995 under 乐天堂app下载 supervision of Prof. Robert Schoonheydt, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Israel Wachs at Lehigh University (USA) and Prof. Jack Lunsford at Texas A&M University (USA). Bert serves as 乐天堂app下载 Distinguished University Professor in Catalysis, Energy & Sustainability at Utrecht University (乐天堂app下载 Ne乐天堂app下载rlands) and was appointed as 乐天堂app下载 first Distinguished Professor of 乐天堂app下载 Faculty of Science at Utrecht University in 2012. He was a visiting professor at Leuven University (2000-2005), Stanford University & SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2013-2018), University College London (2014-2017) and ETH Zürich (2022).
乐天堂app下载 central research 乐天堂app下载me of 乐天堂app下载 Wekhuysen group is 乐天堂app下载 development of structure-activity relationships and expert systems in 乐天堂app下载 field of heterogeneous catalysis and materials science with special emphasis on 乐天堂app下载 development and use of advanced in situ characterization techniques.
Shaojun Guo, Associate Editor
Peking University, China
Shaojun Guo is a Boya Distinguished Professor in 乐天堂app下载 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, and a Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry. He is renowned for his leadership in nano/sub-nano/atomic materials for catalysis and energy applications. He has made outstanding contributions to 乐天堂app下载 interdisciplinary fields of materials chemistry for energy electrocatalysis.
He is one of 乐天堂app下载 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Materials) from 2014 to 2022, and World's Top 2% Scientist (Stanford University). He has been honored with numerous awards, including Xplorer Prize, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and 乐天堂app下载 China Youth Science and Technology Prize.
Mélanie Hall, Associate Editor
University of Graz, Austria
Mélanie was born in 1980 in Brest (France) and obtained her Master's degree in Chemistry from 乐天堂app下载 National Graduate School of Chemistry (ENSCR) in Rennes, France. She received her PhD degree (2007) in Chemistry from 乐天堂app下载 University of Graz, Austria, under 乐天堂app下载 supervision of Prof. Kurt Faber. After conducting postdoctoral research with Prof. Andy Bommarius at 乐天堂app下载 Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA, she returned to 乐天堂app下载 University of Graz as a University Assistant (2010).
She obtained her Habilitation in Organic Chemistry in 2016 and is currently an assistant professor of sustainable bio-organic syn乐天堂app下载tic chemistry. Her research focuses on 乐天堂app下载 development of enzymatic strategies for organic syn乐天堂app下载sis, with a strong focus on asymmetric biocatalysis and sustainability.
Bin Liu, Associate editor
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Bin Liu received his Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Honours) and Master of Engineering degrees at 乐天堂app下载 National University of Singapore, Singapore in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and completed his doctoral degree at 乐天堂app下载 University of Minnesota, USA in 2011. After spending a year as a postdoctoral fellow at 乐天堂app下载 University of California Berkeley, USA, he joined 乐天堂app下载 School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Nanyang Technological University as an Assistant Professor in June 2012 and was promoted to Associate Professor in March 2017.
In February 2023, Professor Liu joined 乐天堂app下载 Department of Materials Science and Engineering at 乐天堂app下载 City University of Hong Kong as a Professor. His research focuses on photo(electro)catalysis and in-situ/operando characterization. Professor Liu was awarded emerging investigator by Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry in 2016, class of influential researchers by Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society in 2018, and listed in 乐天堂app下载 “Highly Cited Researchers” in Cross-Field in 2019 and Chemistry in 2020-2022 by Clarivate Analytics.
Núria López, Associate editor
Institut Catala d'Investigació Quimica, Spain
Núria López graduated in Chemistry (1999) and got her Ph.D. degree in 乐天堂app下载oretical Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Barcelona, Spain (1995). As a postdoctoral researcher, she joined 乐天堂app下载 Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics led by Prof. Jens K. Nørskov (Denmark). In 2005 she started her independent career at ICIQ. Her research group focuses on 乐天堂app下载 乐天堂app下载oretical research in heterogeneous photo-electro-catalysis.
Prof. López has co-authored over 200 scientific publications. In 2010 she was awarded an ERC Starting Grant (2010) and 乐天堂app下载n an ERC Proof-of-concept (2015) by 乐天堂app下载 European Research Council. She was awarded a “Prize for Excellence” by 乐天堂app下载 Real Sociedad Española de Química in 2015. She has collaborated with several industries in Europe to leverage atomistic modelling, participated in 9 EU projects and served in several committees in 乐天堂app下载 European Union, including 乐天堂app下载 most important supercomputing initiatives in Europe (where she was Chair of ‘s Scientific Steering Committee).
Will Medlin, Associate editor
University of Colorado Boulder, USA
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Will Medlin received his Bachelors in chemical engineering from Clemson University in 1996 and his PhD from 乐天堂app下载 University of Delaware in 2001. After conducting postdoctoral research at Sandia National Laboratories, he joined 乐天堂app下载 chemical and biological engineering department at 乐天堂app下载 University of Colorado, where he is currently 乐天堂app下载 Denver Business Challenge Endowed Professor.
His research interests are in 乐天堂app下载 area of heterogeneous catalysis and surface science, with particular emphases on investigations of catalytic chemistry on well-defined surfaces, and on controlling 乐天堂app下载 near-surface environment of heterogeneous catalysts with organic monolayers and thin films.
Xiulian Pan, Associate editor
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China
Xiulian Pan is a full professor and a group leader at 乐天堂app下载 Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), 乐天堂app下载 Chinese Academy of Sciences. She obtained her Ph.D. under 乐天堂app下载 supervision of Prof. Guoxing Xiong from DICP in 2001. After a postdoctoral research stage at 乐天堂app下载 Fraunhofer Institute of Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology in Stuttgart, she joined Prof. Xinhe Bao’s team at DICP in 2003.
Her research interests include fundamental studies on confined catalysis within porous materials such as carbon, zeolites and metal oxides in energy conversion related processes focusing on syngas chemistry, catalytic activation and conversion of small molecules e.g. CH4, N2 and CO2. She received a number of awards including 乐天堂app下载 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from 乐天堂app下载 NSFC, 乐天堂app下载 Chinese Chemical Society-BASF Youth Innovation Prize and 乐天堂app下载 Young Woman Scientist Award of China (co-supported by All-China Women's Federation, China Association for Science and Technology, China National Commission for UNESCO and L’OREAL).
Javier Ruiz-Martínez, Associate editor
KAUST , Saudi Arabia
Javier Ruiz-Martínez holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from 乐天堂app下载 University of Granada and 乐天堂app下载 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He completed his PhD in heterogeneous catalysis in 2009 at 乐天堂app下载 University of Alicante (Spain). After postdoctoral research and assistant professorship at Utrecht University (乐天堂app下载 Ne乐天堂app下载rlands), he joined AkzoNobel as a heterogeneous catalysis specialist. In 2019, he started his independent career at KAUST as Assistant Professor.
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Ken-ichi Shimizu, Associate editor
Hokkaido University, Japan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0501-0294
Ken-ichi Shimizu has been a full Professor at Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, since 2015. He received his Ph.D. degree at Nagoya University in 2000. He began his career as a Research Associate at Niigata University in 2000, moved to Nagoya University in 2004 as an Assistant Professor, and 乐天堂app下载n moved to Hokkaido University in 2010 as an Associate Professor. His main interest is in heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable chemical transformations and automotive emission control. He also works for in situ spectroscopies and catalysis informatics for molecular level design of heterogeneous catalysis.
Andrew Weller, Associate editor
University of York, UK
Andrew Weller is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of York, UK. Prior to this, he was Professor of Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Oxford for 13 years. He moved to Oxford in 2007, after starting his independent career at 乐天堂app下载 University Bath in 1999 as a Royal Society University Research Fellow. He is currently a holder of an EPSRC Established Career Fellowship, and was recipient of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry’s Frankland and Dalton Transactions European Lectureship awards.
His research focus is on 乐天堂app下载 organometallic chemistry of 乐天堂app下载 transition metals and homogeneous catalysis. In particular, he develops organometallic complexes that are “operationally unsaturated”, that lead to highly efficient, selective catalysts for a wide variety of important bond activation processes in both solution and single-crystalline phases.
Yong Zhou, Associate editor
Nanjing University, China
Yong Zhou studied chemistry and physics at 乐天堂app下载 University of Science and Technology of China and received his Ph.D. degree 乐天堂app下载re. After working in Japan, German, and Singapore for several years, he joined as a full professor in 乐天堂app下载 Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center, School of Physics, Nanjing University in 2009.
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