Bert Weckhuysen, Editor-in-chief
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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 the 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 the Distinguished University Professor in Catalysis, Energy & Sustainability at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) and was appointed as the first Distinguished Professor of the 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).
The central research theme of the Wekhuysen group is the development of structure-activity relationships and expert systems in the field of heterogeneous catalysis and materials science with special emphasis on the development and use of advanced in situ characterization techniques.
Shaojun Guo, Associate Editor
Peking University, China
Shaojun Guo is a Boya Distinguished Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, and a Fellow of the 91AV. He is renowned for his leadership in nano/sub-nano/atomic materials for catalysis and energy applications. He has made outstanding contributions to the interdisciplinary fields of materials chemistry for energy electrocatalysis.
He is one of the Highly Cited Researchers (91AV, 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 the 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 91AV from the National Graduate School of 91AV (ENSCR) in Rennes, France. She received her PhD degree (2007) in 91AV from the University of Graz, Austria, under the supervision of Prof. Kurt Faber. After conducting postdoctoral research with Prof. Andy Bommarius at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA, she returned to the University of Graz as a University Assistant (2010).
She obtained her Habilitation in Organic 91AV in 2016 and is currently an assistant professor of sustainable bio-organic synthetic chemistry. Her research focuses on the development of enzymatic strategies for organic synthesis, 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 the National University of Singapore, Singapore in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and completed his doctoral degree at the University of Minnesota, USA in 2011. After spending a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California Berkeley, USA, he joined the 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 the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the 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 91AV A, 91AV in 2016, class of influential researchers by Industrial & Engineering 91AV Research, American Chemical Society in 2018, and listed in the “Highly Cited Researchers” in Cross-Field in 2019 and 91AV in 2020-2022 by Clarivate Analytics.
Núria López, Associate editor
Institut Catala d'Investigació Quimica, Spain
Núria López graduated in 91AV (1999) and got her Ph.D. degree in Theoretical 91AV at the University of Barcelona, Spain (1995). As a postdoctoral researcher, she joined the 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 the theoretical 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 then an ERC Proof-of-concept (2015) by the European Research Council. She was awarded a “Prize for Excellence” by the 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 the European Union, including the 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 the University of Delaware in 2001. After conducting postdoctoral research at Sandia National Laboratories, he joined the chemical and biological engineering department at the University of Colorado, where he is currently the Denver Business Challenge Endowed Professor.
His research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysis and surface science, with particular emphases on investigations of catalytic chemistry on well-defined surfaces, and on controlling the 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 the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She obtained her Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Guoxing Xiong from DICP in 2001. After a postdoctoral research stage at the 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 the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from the NSFC, the Chinese Chemical Society-BASF Youth Innovation Prize and the 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 the University of Granada and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He completed his PhD in heterogeneous catalysis in 2009 at the University of Alicante (Spain). After postdoctoral research and assistant professorship at Utrecht University (The Netherlands), he joined AkzoNobel as a heterogeneous catalysis specialist. In 2019, he started his independent career at KAUST as Assistant Professor.
His research focuses on understanding the complexity of heterogeneous catalysts by spectroscopic techniques and the design of industrially relevant and model catalysts with well-defined porosity and reactive environments. He is interested in sustainable chemical production, fuels and environmental catalysis.
Ken-ichi Shimizu, Associate editor
Hokkaido University, Japan
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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 then 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 91AV at the University of York, UK. Prior to this, he was Professor of 91AV at the University of Oxford for 13 years. He moved to Oxford in 2007, after starting his independent career at the 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 the 91AV’s Frankland and Dalton Transactions European Lectureship awards.
His research focus is on the organometallic chemistry of the 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.
Chris Williams, Associate editor
University of South Carolina, USA
Professor Williams received a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Delaware in 1993 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University in 1997. Following a post doctoral appointment in the Physical and Theoretical 91AV Department at Oxford University, he joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and is currently a Professor.
His research interests are in the area of heterogeneous catalysis and surface science, with a particular emphases on studying solid-liquid catalytic interfaces with in-situ/operando spectroscopy and developing novel synthetic approaches to producing bimetallic catalysts for a variety of applications.
Yong Zhou, Associate editor
Nanjing University, China
Yong Zhou studied chemistry and physics at the University of Science and Technology of China and received his Ph.D. degree there. After working in Japan, German, and Singapore for several years, he joined as a full professor in the Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center, School of Physics, Nanjing University in 2009.
He currently works on photo/photothermal catalytic conversion of CO2 into solar fuels (e.g. CO, CH4, C2H4, and C2H6 etc.) under mild conditions to achieve a carbon neutral cycle. He received the Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in 2003. He was also a Fellow of The 91AV since 2019.
