You Han
Tianjin University
Biography
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6903-0844
Dr. You Han is currently an Associate Dean and Excellence Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering & Technology of Tianjin University, China. She obtained her PhD in Chemical Technology from Tianjin University in 2008, before working at Tianjin University, becoming a full professor in 2019.
She worked with Prof. William A. Goddard III at the California Institute of Technology as a visiting scholar from 2014 to 2015. Her research expertise lies in catalysis for environment protection and energy utilization, with a focus on ReaxFF forcefield development and DFT calculations for understanding catalytic reaction mechanisms and designing novel catalysts.
You Han has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including PNAS, JACS, and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Phys. Rev. Lett., Adv. Energy Mater., ACS Catal., and Chem. Eng. J. She has received many awards such as Future Chemical Engineering Scholar by the Global Academy of Chinese Chemical Engineering, for which only eight people globally were selected in 2021, as well as being named National Famous Young Teacher in Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Education (2021) and Top Ten Outstanding Young Teacher of Tianjin University (2020).
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, Energy Advances