Yizhi Xiang
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Email: yxpxb@missouri.edu
Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Biography
Yizhi Xiang is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Missouri. Prior to joining Mizzou, he served as an associate professor/Texas Olefins endowed professorship at Mississippi State University. Xiang obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Zhejiang University of Technology and completed postdoc training at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Washington State University. His research focuses on the development of innovative thermal and electrified catalytic systems for decarbonized energy storage and transformations, including greenhouse gas (CO2 and CH4) capture and conversion, H2 storage/production and energy-efficient hydrocarbon upgrading. His approach is through the rational design of catalytic materials and reaction pathways for more efficient catalytic transformations in thermal, plasma and electrically heated catalytic reactors. Xiang’s research has been published in more than 60 peer-reviewed papers in the top journals of chemistry/catalysis/chemical engineering, such as JACS, Nature Communications, ACS Catalysis and I&ECR. Xiang has served the community through the organization of sessions and symposia at national ACS and AIChE meetings, as a guest editor of “Catalysis Today”, as an editorial board member of “Sustainability Science and Technology” and as a referee for many grants and papers.
Education
Ph.D. in Industrial Catalysis from Zhejiang University of Technology
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Zhejiang University of Technology
Technical Focus
Energy storage and transformation
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