RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Catalytic upcycling of polymetric materials;
Well-defined supported catalysts for C1 chemistry;
Operando spectroscopic and kinetic methods for studying heterogeneous catalysts and reaction mechanism.
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
2021.01-present: Professor, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University.
2015.12-2020.12: Postdoc Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Collaborated supervisor：Professor Susannah L. Scott.
2015.03-2015.10: Research Associate, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
2008.09-2015.02: PhD./ Chemistry , Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Advisor: Professor Xinhe Bao and Professor Xiulian Pan
2004.09-2008.07: BS / Material of Science, Zhengzhou University, Advisor: Professor Qun Xu
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2014 iChEM Scholarship for Doctoral Students
2013 National Scholarship for Doctoral Students
2009 Lin Liwu Scholarship for Merit Graduate Students
2009,2013 Merit Student in Chinese Academy of Sciences
2008 Provincial-Level Merit Student
2004-2008 First-class scholarship of Zhengzhou University;
Conferences and Presentations:
1. Fan Zhang, Xiulian Pan* and Xinhe Bao*. “Confinement of nanowire inside carbon nanotubes.” Helmholtz Research School for Energy-Related Catalysis, Invited Oral, Germany, 2014
2. Fan Zhang, Xiulian Pan and Xinhe Bao*. “CNT-confined Clusters: Assembly, Redox Behavior and Catalytic Properties” William Mong Nano Seminar Series at HKUST, Invited Oral, Hong Kong, China, 2014
3. Fan Zhang, Susannah L. Scott*, “Surface role of alumina in the activation of methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) for olefin metathesis”, 2017 ACS Fall national meeting, Oral, Washington, USA, 2017
4. Fan Zhang, Xiulian Pan*, Jianping Xiao and Xinhe Bao*. “Tailoring the catalytic activity and stability of Pt clusters via encapsulattion within CNTs”, 2016 ACS Spring national meeting, Oral, San Diego, USA, 2016
SELECTITED PUBLICATIONS (first author chosen):
1. Fan Zhang,† Manhao Zeng,† Ryan D. Yappert, Jiakai Sun, Yu-Hsuan Lee, Anne M. LaPointe, Baron Peters, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Susannah L. Scott.* “Polyethylene upcycling to long-chain alkylaromatics by tandem hydrogenolysis/aromatization” Science, 2020, 370, 437-441
2. Fan Zhang, Kai C. Szeto, Mostafa Taoufik*, Laurent Delevoye*, Régis M. Gauvin*, and Susannah L. Scott* “Enhanced Metathesis Activity and Stability of Methyltrioxorhenium on a Mostly Amorphous Alumina: Role of the Local Grafting Environment” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13854–13868
3. Fan Zhang, Feng Jiao, Xiulian Pan,* Jianping Xiao, Kang Gao, Shuo Zhang, Xinhe Bao.*“Tailoring the Oxidation Activity of Pt Nanoclusters via Encapsulation”ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 1381–1385
4. Fan Zhang, Pengju Ren, Xiulian Pan,* Jingyue Liu,* Mingrun Li, Xinhe Bao.“Self-Assembly of Atomically Thin and Unusual Face-Centered Cubic Re Nanowires within Carbon Nanotubes” Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 1569–1573
5. Fan Zhang, Xiulian Pan,* Yongfeng Hu, Liang Yu, Xiaoqi Chen, Peng Jiang, Hongbo Zhang, Shibin Deng, Jin Zhang, Trudy B. Bolin, Shuo Zhang, Yuying Huang, Xinhe Bao.* “Tuning the redox activity of encapsulated metal clusters via the metallic and semiconducting character of carbon nanotubes”, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 2013,110, 14861-14866.
6. Fan Zhang, Qun Xu,* Hao Zhang, Zhiwei Zhang. "Polymer Supermolecular Structures Built on Carbon Nanotubes via a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide-Assisted Route." J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 18531-18535.
7. Fan Zhang, Hao Zhang, Zhiwei Zhang, Zhimin Chen, Qun Xu,* "Modification of carbon nanotubes: Water-soluble polymers nanocrystal wrapping to periodic patterning with assistance of supercritical CO2." Macromolecules 2008, 41, 4519-4523.
