Dequan Xiao
University of New Haven, USA
Biography
Dequan Xiao received a PhD degree in chemistry from Duke University. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at Yale University. Since 2013, He becomes an assistant professor at the University of New Haven. His research interests focus on developing theoretical and computational chemistry methods to study materials properties and to perform inverse molecular design, for the applications in renewable energy science, soft matters, biophysics, and green chemistry. He has published 25 peer-reviewed articles, obtained 4 patents, and written two review articles on “inverse molecular design” and “green catalysts for biomass conversion”, respectively.
Abstract
Abstract : Exploring the Mildest Thermodynamic Conditions for the Inverse Design of Hydrogenation Catalysts