WORKING EXPERIENCE
11/2020 – present:
Project Manager, Staff Scientist @ Chevron Technical Center, California, USA
01/2020 – 10/2020:
Project Manager, Senior Research Chemist @ Chevron Energy Technology Company, California, USA
04/2018 – 12/2019:
Senior Research Chemist @ Chevron Energy Technology Company, California, USA
04/2014 – 03/2018:
Lead Research Chemist @ Chevron Energy Technology Company, California, USA
12/2011 – 03/2014:
Research Chemist @ Chevron Energy Technology Company, California, USA
10/2011 – 11/2011:
Visiting Researcher (Sponsored by Chevron) @ Department of Materials and Environment Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
10/2010 – 09/2011:
Post-Doctoral Fellow (Sponsored by Chevron) @ Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
03/2014 – 04/2019: Lecture for graduate students
Chemical Engineering 245, Heterogeneous Catalysis (Host: Prof. Enrique Iglesia)
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Co-chair (since 2019), International Zeolite Association, Structure Commission (http://www.iza-structure.org/)
Committee member (since 2016), International Zeolite Association, Structure Commission (http://www.iza-structure.org/)
Committee member (since 2014), International Centre for Diffraction Data (http://www.icdd.com)
EDUCATION
06/2006 – 10/2010: Ph.D. in Materials Science
Laboratory of Crystallography, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Thesis: Structure Elucidation of Polycrystalline Materials using X-ray Powder Diffraction and Electron Microscopy Techniques
09/2003 – 12/2005: M.Sc. in Materials Physics & Chemistry
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
Thesis: Thermal stability of low-dimensional nanocrystals
09/1999 – 06/2003: B.Sc. in Materials Physics
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
Thesis: Thermodynamics of metallic nanoparticles
HONORS
2021: 2021 Class of Influential Researchers (selected by Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research @ American Chemical Society)
2011: ETH Medal for Outstanding PhD Dissertation (Top 8%)
INVITED TALKS
2019: 19th International Zeolites Conference. Perth, Australia.
“Recent Chevron discoveries in small-pore zeolites for petrochemical and separations applications”
2018: International Symposium on Zeolites and Microporous Crystals 2018. Yokohama, Japan.
“Design and targeted synthesis of novel zeolites for desired applications”
2017: 7th International FEZA Conference. Sofia, Bulgaria.
“Combining molecular modeling and structural analysis techniques with synthetic chemistry to facilitate small-pore zeolite discovery”
2014: 23rd Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography. Montreal, Canada.
“Why powder diffractionist needs help from electron microscopy?”
2013: Gordon Conference: Nanoporous Materials & Their Applications, NH, USA.
“Polycrystalline zeolite structure elucidation: Recent development and progress”
2012: 27th European Crystallographic Meeting, Bergen, Norway.
“The 2D-XPD charge flipping method for structure solution from powder diffraction”
2010: EPFL Invited Talk, Lausanne, Switzerland.
“Structure Determination by Combining X-ray Powder Diffraction and Electron Microscopy”
2009: 25th European Crystallographic Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.
“Solving complex structures by combining PED and X-ray powder diffraction”
Reviewer of 100+ papers submitted to 15+ journals.