PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Dr. Yang Xiao, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering | Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University. Curriculum Vitae | Google Scholar | ORCID.

Biography

    Dr. Yang Xiao (his last name is Xiao) was born in Changchun, Jilin Province, China. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Southeast University (Nanjing, China) in 2006. After conducting a portion of his Ph.D. work in 2010-2012 under Dr. Guomin Xiao’s supervision at Southeast University, and a portion of his Ph.D. work in 2012-2015 at Purdue University under Prof. Arvind Varma’s supervision, he received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Southeast University in 2015. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Prof. Varma’s research group in 2015-2018 and then appointed as a Research Scientist in 2018-2019. Dr. Xiao was promoted to Senior Research Engineer, an independent Principal Investigator (PI) in late 2019 at Purdue University. He joined Louisiana Tech University as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering in March 2022.

Education

    2015-2018: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

    2010-2015: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, co-advised by Prof. Arvind Varma and Prof. Guomin Xiao

    2006-2010: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Appointments

    2022.3 - present : Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University

    2019.11 - 2022.2: Senior Research Engineer (PI), Purdue University

    2018.6 - 2019.10: Research Scientist, Purdue University

Academic Family Tree

Journal Editorships and Advisory Boards

    Guest Editor and Topical Advisory Panel Member for the journal of Catalysts

    Editorial Board Member for the journal of Sustainability

Professional Memberships

    Senior Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

    Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Member of North American Catalysis Society

Conference Sessions Chaired

    Catalysis on Low Dimensional Materials, AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 5 - 10, 2023.

    Session III, Southeastern Catalysis Society 2023 Annual Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL, February 27 - 28, 2023.

    Fundamentals of Catalysis and Surface Science II: Zeolites and Acid Catalysis, AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 13 - 18, 2022.

    Biomass Upgrading I: Reaction Fundamentals, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 5 - 11, 2021.

    Fundamentals and Strategies for Catalytic Biomass Conversion, AIChE Annual Meeting, Virtual, November 16 - 20, 2020.

Manuscript Reviewer

    ACS Omega, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, AIChE Journal, Applied Energy, Applied Catalysis A: General, Applied Surface Science, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, Biomass and Bioenergy, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Catalysis Communications, Catalysis Letters, Catalysts, Chem, Chem Catalysis, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemical Engineering Science, ChemistrySelect, ChemSusChem, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, Energy Exploration & Exploitation, Energy & Fuels, Fuel Processing, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Molecular Simulation, Molecular Physics, Molecular Catalysis, Molecules, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Reviews in Chemical Engineering, Sustainability, and Sustainable Energy & Fuels .