Richland, Washington, United States
• 20 years of research experiences in the interface of geochemistry, chemical engineering, AI/ML, critical minerals, and materials science • Knowledge based in material design, synthesis and characterization, critical mineral and martials recycling, rare earth separation, energy storage, AI/ML, nanomanufacturing, AFM, crystal growth, design of experiments and statistical analysis, thermodynamics and kinetic analysis • Experience in designing and executing experiments, technical writing, and maintaining multiple instruments • Authored in 4 books, 3 book chapters, 180 peer-reviewed journal papers, 50 conference papers, and 12 patents
Material synthesis and characterizations, critical minerals, AI/ML, rare earth recovery and separation, surface science, and crystal growth.
Scanning probe microscopy, Dynamic force spectroscopy, Electron microscope, and Crystal growth.
• Served as teaching assistant of a course ChE 2421, Ch E Thermodynamics I, in Spring 2014 • Served as teaching assistant of a course ChE 4372, Engineering Experimentation, in Fall 2012
• Working for 7 projects sponsored by NSF-CAREER, ONR and ALERT Developing novel techniques for patterning organic thin films Manipulating the crystal growth of organic materials Investigating the crystal growth kinetics of organic materials and surface-surface interaction forces between two materials using AFM Developing novel techniques to prepare nanostructured polymer films Synthesizing graphene nanocomposites for catalysis and energy storage Designing and fabricating novel microdevices for transdermal drug delivery Optimizing microfabrication technologies by using design of experiments and statistical analysis (MATLAB and MINITAB) • Training graduate and undergraduate students (totally 17) to use AFM, SEM, TGA, DSC, and PVD • Supporting AFM, SEM, TGA, DSC, and PVD characterization and/or operation for other groups • Built 3 experimental devices to exam and collect data • Built strong collaboration with 5 research groups on multiple projects in TTU, Eastern New Mexico University and Lamar University • Given 5 presentations in national or international conferences
• Working for 3 projects sponsored by NSF Developed a novel methodology to synthesize C7-substituted fluoroquinolone derivatives Designed and synthesized a series of polysaccharide molecules Designed and synthesized novel photolabile protecting groups (PPGs) • Training graduate and undergraduate students (totally 5) to do organic synthesis and NMR measurement
• Working for 4 projects about organic synthesis, catalysis and industrial waste treatment Designed and synthesized novel conjugated organic small molecular compounds and polymers containing triphenylamine, fluorene, carbazole or thiophene units for organic solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) Fabricated OLED and solar cell devices Developed novel methodologies to oxidize 9H-fluorenes to 9-fluorenones Developed green and highly efficient methods to separate and recover high value-added conjugated romatic compounds from benzoic acid industrial waste • Training graduate and undergraduate students (totally 26) to do organic synthesis, FTIR, NMR, and FL measurements, and OLED and solar cell device fabrication • Built strong collaboration with 2 research groups on multiple projects in Shanxi University • Given 1 presentations in international conferences
• Served as teaching assistant of a course, Organic Chemistry II, in Spring semester and a course, Organic Synthesis, in Fall semester every year.