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Ph.D., Environmental Chemistry, 2011
University at Albany, State University of New York

M.S., Physical Chemistry, 2005
Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, P. R. China

B.S., Chemistry and Chemistry Education, 2002
Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, P. R. China

Research in the Yan group focuses on the fundamental understanding of adsorbate-surface/adsorbate-adsorbate interactions at surfaces, relevant to heterogeneous catalysis and environmental surface reactions, on the atomic and molecular levels. The topics of her ongoing and future researches can be categorized into the following:

• Heterogeneous catalysis with operando spectroscopies, to provide fundamental understanding of catalytic systems.
• Synthesis, fabrication and characterization of functional nanomaterials.
• Development and application of new instruments in surface analysis, such as synchrotron x-ray assisted scanning tunneling microscope (SX-STM).
• Heterogeneous environmental chemistry at surfaces of aerosols, to provide better inputs for modeling atmospheric processes and global climate change.

• Lingyiqian Luo, Rafael Hernandez, Xiao-Dong Zhou, Hui Yan*, “Heterogeneous catalysis at metal-oxide interfaces using in situ and operando spectroscopy: From nanoparticles to single-atom sites”,  Applied Catalysis A., 2021, 118330, 10.1016/j.apcata.2021.118330 (IF= 5.706)
• Qiyu Lian, Fahrin Islam, Zaki Uddin Ahmad, Xiaobo Lei, Dilip Depan, Mark Zappi, Daniel D. Gang*, William Holmes, Hui Yan, “Enhanced Adsorption of Resorcinol onto Phosphate Functionalized Graphene Oxide Synthesized via Arbuzov Reaction: A Proposed Mechanism of Hydrogen Bonding and π-π Interactions”. Chemosphere 2021, 130730, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130730 (IF= 7.086)
• Xiao Wang, Yixiao Xie, Weiwei Cong, Zhaolei Li, Zixiao Xu, Hui Yan*, Taijiang Gui, Weili Li*, “ A modifying GO and doping it in waterborne Acrylic coatings to enhance their mechanical performance and corrosion protection”. Materials and Technology, 2021, 55 (3), 401-409.   10.17222/mit.2021.010 (IF= 1.74)
• Xu Zhang, Hong Yao*, Xiaobo Lei, Qiyu Lian, Amitava Roy, Dana Doucet, Hui Yan, Mark E. Zappi, Daniel D. Gang*, “ A comparative study for phosphate adsorption on amorphous FeOOH and goethite (α-FeOOH): an investigation of relationship between the surface chemistry and structure, Environmental research, 2021, 111223, 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111223 (IF= 6.28)
• Yue Han, Chen Qian, Huayu Wu, Xing Chen, Xue Wu, Wei He, Hui Yan*, Guisheng Li*, Guowang Diao, Ming Chen*, “Two Flowers per Seed: Derivatives of CoG@F127/GO with Enhanced Catalytic Performance of Overall Water Splitting”, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021, 761-769, 10.1016/j.jechem.2020.06.051 (IF= 7.216)