About me

I am a second-year Ph.D. student at Northeastern University. My Ph.D. research concentrates on designing and applying computational tools based on electronic structure theory and machine learning to understand and design heterogeneous catalysts. My current research focuses on the fundamental chemistry in lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR).

Education

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, United States, 2023-present (Advisor: Prof. Qing Zhao)

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia, 2021-2023 (Advisor: Prof. Aamir Farooq)

• B.S., Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (DLUT), China, 2017-2021 (Advisor: Prof. Ming Jia)

News

• Apr. 2025: Published the second paper in Journal of Catalysis! More papers are on the way!

• Feb. 2025: Published the first paper on Li-NRR in Zhao group!

• Jan. 2025: Won the best poster award at New England Catalysis Symposium (News)!

• Apr. 2024: Just finished all my first-year finals! Looking forward to summer research!