Academic Degrees

PhD in Applied Physics, PhD Minor in Electrical Engineering, 2006, Stanford Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, USA

Master in Applied Physics, 2005, Stanford Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, USA

Bachelor Physics, 2001, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Professional Experience

Professor (2009-present): Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Adjunct Researcher (2012-present): Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Adjunct Professor (2009-present): Department of Materials Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Senior Research Scientist (2009-2010): Nanostellar Inc, California, USA

Research Scientist (2006-2009): Nanostellar Inc, California, USA

Selected Publications

1. H. Min, F.F. Wu, J.Q. Yang, X.B. Duan, Y.W. Wen, F. Xie*, and B. Shan*, “Development of an interatomic potential for Fe-He by neural network”, Computational Materials Science, 196 (2021) 110549

2. Z.L. Wang, J.H. Yang, Y.T. Tang, Z.P. Chen, Q.Z. Lu, G.R. Shen, Y.W. Wen, X. Liu*, F. Liu, R. Chen, B. Shan*, “Fe3O4/Co3O4 binary oxides as bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn-air battery by one-pot pyrolysis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks”, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 5 (2021) 2985

3. X.D. Du, Y. Lang, K. Cao, J.Q. Yang, J.M. Cai, B. Shan*, R. Chen*, “Bifunctionally faceted Pt/Ru nanoparticles for preferential oxidation of CO in H2”, J. Catal., 396 (2021) 148

4. X. Liu, S. Jia, M. Yang, Y. Tang, Y. Wen, S. Chu, J. Wang, B. Shan*, and R Chen*, “Activation of subnanometric Pt on Cu-modified CeO 2 via redox-coupled atomic layer deposition for CO oxidation”, Nature Communications, 11 (2020) 1-8

5. F.F. Wu, H. Min, Y.W. Wen, R. Chen, Y.K. Zhao, M. Ford*, and B. Shan*, “Modeling of metal nanoparticles: Development of neural-network interatomic potential inspired by features of the modified embedded-atom method”, Physical Review B, 102 (2020) 144107-11

6. J.Q. Yang, K. Cao, Q. Hu, Y.W. Wen, X. Liu, R. Chen*, and B. Shan*, “Unravelling Selective Growth Mechanism of AlOx with Dimethylaluminum Isopropoxide as Precursor in Atomic Layer Deposition: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8 (2020) 4308 - 4317

7. Y Lang, C Du, Y Tang, Y Chen, Y Zhao, R Chen, X Liu, and B Shan*, "Highly efficient copper-manganese oxide catalysts with abundant surface vacancies for low-temperature water-gas shift reaction", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45 (2020) 8629-8639

Awards:

1. 2020 The 14th hubei Overseas Chinese Federation "Liangliang Overseas Chinese Science and Technology Award Fund" second prize

2. 2020 The sixth China International "Internet plus" College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition hubei Province Semifinal Bronze Prize Instructor (Ranked first)

3. 2019 Second prize of science and Technology award of 2019 China Rare Earth Society: "Controllable Preparation Technology and Complete Equipment of High efficiency Noble Metal and Rare Earth oxide Composite Catalytic Materials" (Ranked first)

4. 2019 Geneva Invention Gold Medal (Ranked first)

Courses Taught

Quantum Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers

Computational Materials Science

Simulation on the Nanoscale

Project

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China Project "Multi-oxide supported platinum-based precious metal sub-nano clusters bifunctional catalysis research" 600,000 (51871103) 2019.01-2022.12 Ranked first

2. The National Natural Science Foundation of China's key project "Atomic Layer Deposition Cross-scale Manufacturing Method for the Stabilization of Quantum Dots Flexible Display" 3 million (51835005) 2019.01-2023.12 ranked second

3. Yunnan Province Material Gene Traction Project "Model Calculation and Database Construction of Precious Metal Catalytic Materials" 400,000 (2018ZE017) 2018.01-2019.12 ranked first

4. Maiditu Enterprise Cooperative Project "Research and Development of Medical 3D Printing Resin Materials" 980,000 (0231110483) ranked first in 2015-2019