Wenjuan Yan（Associate Professor）

  Name：

Wenjuan Yan

Academic Title：

Associate Professor

Advisor Type：

  Department：

Chemical Engineering Experimental Teaching Center

Research Interests：

Olefin epoxidation, Biomass conversion

  E-Mail：

wenjuanyan@upc.edu.cn

  Telephone：

15153227929

◎Educational Background

2004-2008，China University of Petroleum，BS

2011-2016，The University of Kansas，Ph.D

◎Work Experience

2008-2009, Beijing Techfly Tech Co Ltd. in Beijing, Engineer

2016-2020, China University of Petroleum, Lecturer

2020-, China University of Petroleum, Associate Professor

◎Research Direction

[1] Olefin epoxidation

[2] Biomass conversion

[3] Nanocatalyst design

◎Research Project

[1] National Natural Science Foundation

[2] Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province

[3] China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

[4] Postdoctoral Research Funding of Shandong Province

[5] Fundamental Research Funding of Qingdao

[6] Qingdao Postdoctoral Research Funding

[7] Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”

[8] The new faculty start–up funding from the China University of Petroleum

◎Representative Papers and Patents

1. Paper

[1] Wenjuan Yan, Anand Ramanathan, Madhav Ghanta and Bala Subramaniam. Towards Highly Selective Ethylene Epoxidation Catalysts Using Hydrogen Peroxide and Tungsten- or Niobium- Incorporated Mesoporous Silicate (KIT-6). Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014, 4, 4433-4439.

[2] Wenjuan Yan, Anand Ramanathan, Pansy D. Patel, Swarup K. Maiti, Brian B. Laird, Ward H. Thompsona, Bala Subramaniam. Mechanistic insights for enhancing activity and stability of Nb-incorporated silicates for selective ethylene epoxidation. Journal of Catalysis, 2016, 336, 75-84.

[3] Wenjuan Yan, Yuhui Wu, Xiang Feng, Xin Jin, Chaohe Yang*, Jian Shen*. Selective Propylene Epoxidation in Liquid Phase Using Highly Dispersed Nb Catalysts Incorporated in Mesoporous Silicates, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018，26，1278-1284.

[4] Wenjuan Yan*, Guangyu Zhang, Hao Yan, Yibin Liu, Xiaobo Chen, Xiang Feng, Xin Jin, and Chaohe Yang*. Liquid Phase Epoxidation of Light Olefins over W and Nb Nanocatalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6，4423-4452.

[5] Wenjuan Yan, Mengyuan Liu，Jinyao Wang，Jian Shen，Shuxia Zhang，Xiaoqiang Xu，Shuaishuai Wang，Jie Ding，Xin Jin*. Recent Advances in Facile Liquid Phase Epoxidation of Light Olefins over Heterogeneous Molybdenum Catalysts. The Chemical Record, 2019,19,1-23.

[6] Wenjuan Yan, Jinyao Wang, Jie Ding, Puhua Sun, Shuxia Zhang, Jian Shen, Xin Jin*, Catalytic Epoxidation of Olefins in Liquid Phase over Manganese Based Magnetic Nanoparticles, Dalton Transaction, 2019,48, 16827-16843.

[7] Wenjuan Yan, Wenxiang Zhang, QiXia, Shuaishuai Wang, Shuxia Zhang, Jian Shen, Xin Jin*, Highly dispersed metal incorporated hexagonal mesoporous silicates for catalytic cyclohexanone oxidation to adipic acid, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020,28(10), 2542-2548.

[8] Wenjuan Yan, Dongpei Zhang, Yu Sun, Ziqi Zhou, Yihang Du, Yiyao Du, Yushan Li, Mengyuan Liu, Yuming Zhang, Jian Shen, Xin Jin*, Structural sensitivity of heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable chemical synthesis of gluconic acid from glucose, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2020, 41, 1320-1336.

[9] Wenjuan Yan, Guangyu Zhang, Jinyao Wang, Mengyuan Liu, Yu Sun, Ziqi Zhou, Wenxiang Zhang, Shuxia Zhang, Xiaoqiang Xu, Jian Shen and Xin Jin*, Recent Progress in Adipic Acid Synthesis Over Heterogeneous Catalysts, Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020,8,185.

[10] Wenjuan Yan, Dongpei Zhang, Quanxing Zhang, Yu Sun, Shuxia Zhang, Feng Du, XinJin*, Synthesis of PtCu–based nanocatalysts: Fundamentals and emerging challenges in energy conversion, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, 64, 583-606.

[11] Wenjuan Yan, Zhenchao You, Kexin Meng, Feng Du, Shuxia Zhang, Xin Jin*, Cross-Metathesis of Biomass to Olefins: Molecular Catalysis Bridging the Gap Between Fossil and Bio-Energy, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering,

2. Patent

[1] Bala Subramaniam, Anand Ranmanathan, Madhav Ghanta, Wenjuan Yan, “Alkylene epoxidation with mesoporous catalysts” WO2014004768 A2

◎Representative Works

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◎Awards and Honors

[1] 2021, The 1^st China Postdoctoral Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition, Winning prize

[2] 2021，Teaching Competition of China University of Petroleum, Third prize；

[3] 2021，Teaching achievement prize of China University of Petroleum，First prize, 4/10；

[4] 2019，“2017-2019 advanced workers”

[5] Maloney Award, PhD dissertation

[6] Kokes Award, North American Catalysis Society

[7] Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division Travel Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

[8] Young Researcher Travel Award, North American Symposium of Chemical Reaction Engineering

[9] Innovation Presentation Award, University of Kansas Center for Technology Commercialization

[10] Best poster award, Short Course and Workshop on Shale Gas Monetization

[11] Graduate Travel Award, University of Kansas

[12] Outstanding Senior Award, Shandong Province Government

[13] BOSUN Scholarship, BOSUN Petroleum Co. Ltd

◎Courses Offered

Undergraduate：《Introduction to Alternative Energy and Energy Storage Technology》《Laboratory Safety and Environmental Protection》《The Future of Low Carbon Green Energy》

◎Student Training

◎Part-time Academic Job

[1] Reviewer of academic journals, e.g. Green Chemistry, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering