Dr. You Han (female) Professor

School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, China

 E-mail: yhan@tju.edu.cn 

 

a)¡¡ Education

 

¡¡¡¡  - 2003.09-2008.03: Joint Ph.D. education in China and U.S.

        China: Major of Chemical Technology, Tianjin University (2003.09-2006.08, 2007.09-2008.03)

        U.S.: Major of Chemistry, South Illinois University Carbondale (2006.08-2007.09)

¡¡¡¡  - 1999.09-2003.06: Double bachelor degree of Chemical Engineering & Technology and Business Administration, 

              Tianjin University, China

 

b)¡¡ Work Experience

 

¡¡¡¡  - 2019.07-present: Professor, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, China

¡¡¡¡  - 2014.06-2015.07: Visiting Scholar, Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, U.S.

¡¡¡¡  - 2012.07-2019.06: Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, China

¡¡¡¡  - 2008.04-2012.06: Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, China

 

c)¡¡ Research Interests 

 

          Interested in the application of quantum chemistry and molecular modeling. Focuses on catalysis for environmental protection and energy utilization, especially on ReaxFF forcefield development and DFT calculations for understanding the catalytic reaction mechanism and designing green and novel catalysts.

 

d)¡¡ Ongoing Projects (Principle Investigator)

¡¡¡¡  - 2021.01-2024.12: National Natural Science Foundation of China (Major project). Scientific basis of clean production of cyanamide with high efficiency and solid waste recycling. 3,100,000 RMB.

¡¡¡¡  - 2020.01-2023.12: National Natural Science Foundation of China (General project). H₂ production from petrochemical sludge degradation synergistically catalyzed by supercritical water and nano iron oxide catalyst. 780,000 RMB.

¡¡¡¡  - 2019.08-2024.07: National Key R&D Program of China. Molecular design of composite viscosity reducing system. 1,000,000 RMB

¡¡¡¡  - 2019.04-2022.03: Tianjin Science Foundation, China. Treatment of refinery sludge by supercritical water catalytic gasification with high hydrogen production. 100,000 RMB.

e)¡¡ Selected Concluding Fundings (Principle Investigator)

¡¡¡¡  - 2016.01-2019.12: National Natural Science Foundation of China (General project).

¡¡¡¡  - 2012.01-2014.12: National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project for youth).

¡¡¡¡  - 2012.04-2015.03: Tianjin Science Foundation for Youth Scholars, China.

¡¡¡¡  - 2012.03-2012.05: China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical CO., LTD.

¡¡¡¡  - 2011.01-2013.12: Doctoral Foundation of Ministry of Education of China.

¡¡¡¡  - 2010.05-2011.08: China ENN group.

f)¡¡ Selected Conference Presentations

1)      Application of molecular simulation method based on reactive force field in environmental chemical industry (Plenary Lecture at future chemical industry forum). 13th Global Chinese Chemical Engineers Symposium, September 15, 2021. Dalian, China.

2)      ReaxFF Force Field Development and Application in Supercritical Water Reaction (Invited Lecture). 11^th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium, September 6, 2021. Dalian, China.

3)      Theoretical study on pollutant treatment and green alternative process (Invited Lecture). 2^nd Chemical Process Intensification Conference, December 5, 2020. Nanjing, China.

4)      Molecular design and development of novel efficient non-mercury catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination (Invited Lecture). 256^th American Chemistry Society National Meeting, August 22, 2018. Boston, U.S.

5)      Coking wastewater treatment via supercritical water: ReaxFF-reactive molecular dynamics simulation (Invited Lecture). 251^st American Chemistry Society National Meeting, March 17, 2016. San Diego, U.S.

6)      Application of computational simulations in the design of novel catalyst(Invited Lecture). International Symposium on Advances in Computational Materials for Catalysis and Photovoltaics. May 27^th, 2014. Tianjin, China.

7)      Fundamental research on catalytic SCW-coal gasification. 246^th American Chemistry Society National Meeting, September 11, 2013. Indianapolis, U.S.

8)      Theoretical study of interfacial interaction and relevant reaction mechanism. International Symposium on Computational Catalysis for Energy Chemical Engineering.May 22th, 2013, Tianjin, China.

g)¡¡ Professional Service

¡¡¡¡  - Guest professor of Sichuan University, China (2021-2024)

¡¡¡¡ - Professional youth committee on the chemical process intensification, the Chemical Industry & Engineering Society of China (2019-2024)

¡¡¡¡  - Professional youth committee on the application of information technology, the Chemical Industry & Engineering Society of China (2018-2022)

¡¡¡¡  - Program committee and session chair of 2018 International Symposium on Plasmas for Catalyses and Energy Materials

¡¡¡¡  - Guest editor of the journal of <Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering> (2021)

h)¡¡ Selected Awards

¡¡¡¡  - Future Chemical Engineering Scholar by the Global Academy of Chinese Chemical Engineering (Only 8 people in the world 

            were selected) (2021)

¡¡¡¡  - National famous young teacher in petroleum and chemical engineering education (2021)

¡¡¡¡  - Top ten outstanding young teacher, Tianjin University (2020)

¡¡¡¡  - Model teacher of "teaching and educating people", Tianjin University (2019)

¡¡¡¡  - First Prize in Young Teachers' Teaching Competition, Tianjin University (2018)

¡¡¡¡  - Outstanding woman employee in Tianjin University (2017)

¡¡¡¡  - Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring, Tianjin University (2016)

i)¡¡ Publishing Book

[1]     Basic Experiments of Chemical Engineering, edited by You Han, Jiangyang Fan, Yan Fu and Xiaoming Xiao. Higher Education Press, Beijing, China, 2017

j)¡¡ Selected Publications in Recent 5 Years

[1]     Langli Luo,* Yao Nian, Shuangbao Wang, Zejian Dong, Yang He, You Han*, and Chongmin Wang*, Real time atomic-scale visualization of Cu surface reversible activation in CO oxidation reaction. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2020, 59: 2505 ¨C 2509.

[2]     Yao Nian, Zejian Dong, Shuangbao Wang, Yan Wang, You Han*, Chongmin Wang*, and Langli Luo*. Atomic-Scale Dynamic Interaction of H₂O Molecules with Cu Surface. Physical Review Letter, 2020, 125: 156101(1-5)

[3]     Yan Wang, Yao Nian, Akash N. Biswas, Wei Li, You Han* and Jingguang G. Chen^*. Challenges and Opportunities in Utilizing MXenes of Carbides and Nitrides as Electrocatalysts, Advanced Energy Materials. 2020, 11(3), 2002967(1-17).

[4]     Shuang Mei£¬Junjie Gu£¬Tengzhou Ma£¬Xiaoyan Li£¬Yubing Hu£¬Wei Li£¬Jinli Zhang£¬You Han*£¬N-doped activated carbon from used dyeing wastewater adsorbent as a metal-free catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 371: 118-129.

[5]     Yao Nian, Yan Wang, Akash N. Biswas, Xiaobo Chen, You Han* and Jingguang G. Chen*. Trends and descriptors for tuning CO₂ electroreduction to synthesis gas over Ag and Au supported on transition metal carbides and nitrides. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 426: 130781.

[6]     Shanshan Shang, Wei Zhao, Yan Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Jinli Zhang, You Han* and Wei Li*. Highly efficient Ru@IL/AC to substitute mercuric catalyst for acetylene hydrochlorination. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7: 3510-3520.

[7]     Hongyu Zhang, Tiantong Zhang, Yiming Jia, Jinli Zhang and You Han*. Single-Atom Ruthenium Catalytic Sites for Acetylene Hydrochlorination. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12(30): 7350-7356

[8]     Yubing Hu, Yan Wang, Yulian Wang, Wei Li, Jinli Zhang and You Han*. High performance of supported Cu-based catalysts modulated via phosphamide coordination in acetylene hydrochlorination. Applied Catalysis A, General, 2020, 591: 117408(1-10).

[9]     Jipeng Xu, Ning Wang, SuXue, Houjun Zhang, Jinli Zhang, Shuqian Xia^* and You Han*. Insights into the mechanism during viscosity reduction process of heavy oil through molecule simulation. Fuel, 2022, 310: 122270(1-11).

[10]  Yiming Jia, Yao Nian, Jinli Zhang and You Han*. Theoretical design of ruthenium single-atom catalysts with different substrates for acetylene hydrochlorination. Molecular Catalysis, 2021, 513: 111826.

[11]  Yan Wang, Yao Nian, Jinli Zhang, Wei Li and You Han*, MOMTPPC improved Cu-based heterogeneous catalyst with high efficiency for acetylene hydrochlorination. Molecular Catalysis, 2019, 479: 110612(1-11).

[12]  Yao Nian, Jinli Zhang, Xiaoyan Li, Yan Wang, Wei Li, Pewee Datoo Kolubah and You Han*. Molecular design of ionic liquids as novel nonmetallic catalysts used in acetylene hydrochlorination reaction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019, 21: 7635--7644. 

[13]  You Han, Tengzhou. Ma, Fang Chen, Wei Li and Jinli Zhang. Synergistic mechanism of Ni catalyst and supercritical water during refractory organic wastewater treatment. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58: 1535-1547.

[14]  You Han, Fang Chen, Tengzhou Ma, et al. Size Effect of a Ni Nanocatalyst on Supercritical Water Gasification of Lignin by Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58: 23014-23024.

[15]  You Han, Tengzhou Ma, Fang Chen, et al. Supercritical water gasification of naphthalene over iron oxide catalyst: A ReaxFF molecular dynamics study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2019, 44: 30386-30498.