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Wenyang Zhao

Office: ES&T 2316
Email: wzhao334@gatech.edu

What is your favorite book? The Lord of the Rings
What is your favorite TV show/movie? Friends

Educational Background

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota

B.S. Chemistry, Sichuan University

Advisors

Chris Jones

Project

Catalysis in Tunable Multicompartment Nanoreactors

Publications

1.         Zhao, W.; Manno, M.; Al Wahedi, Y.; Tsapatsis, M.; Stein, A., Regenerable Sorbent Pellets for the Removal of Dilute H2S from Claus Process Tail Gas. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2021, 60, 18443-18451.

2.         Zhao, W.; Veerappan Vaithilingam, B.; Ghosh, S.; Li, X.; Geuzebroek, F.; El Nasr, A.S.; Khan I.; Dara, S.; Mittal, N.; Daoutidis, P.; Al Hashimi, S.; Mkhoyan, K.A.; Al Wahedi, Y.; Tsapatsis, M.; Stein, A., High-Capacity Regenerable H2S Sorbent for Reducing Sulfur Emissions. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2021, 60, 14779-14787.

3.         Kim, M.; Zhao, W.; Tsapatsis, M.; Stein, A., Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Mixed Metal Oxide as an Indicator for Monitoring the Stability of ZIF-8. Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 3850-3859.

4.         Fan, B.; Zhao, W.; Ghosh, S.; Mkhoyan, K. A.; Tsapatsis, M.; Stein, A., Diffusive Formation of Hollow Mesoporous Silica Shells from Core-Shell Composites: Insights from the Hydrogen Sulfide Capture Cycle of CuO@mSiO2 Nanoparticles. Langmuir 2020, 36, 6540-6549.

5.         Zhao, W.; Wang, Z.; Malonzo, C. D.; Webber, T. E.; Platero-Prats, A. E.; Sotomayor, F.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Wang, T. C.; Hupp, J. T.; Farha, O. K.; Penn, R. L.; Chapman, K. W.; Thommes, M.; Stein, A., Extending the Compositional Range of Nanocasting in the Oxozirconium Cluster-Based Metal–Organic Framework NU-1000—A Comparative Structural Analysis. Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 1301-1315.

6.         Liu, Z.; Zhao, W.; Kumar, P.; Li, X.; Al Wahedi, Y.; Mkhoyan, K. A.; Tsapatsis, M.; Stein, A., Direct Synthesis and Pseudomorphic Transformation of Mixed Metal Oxide Nanostructures with Non-Close-Packed Hollow Sphere Arrays. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 15707-15711.

Group News

November 2024-

After completing his postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Yunseok Lee joined the Samsung Advanced Research Institute.

The group welcomes two new postdoctoral researchers: Dr. Xin Deng, who received her PhD from Nankai University, and Dr. Xiaowei Wu, who received his PhD from the University of Houston.

September 2024-

Dr. Tony Vallace completed his postdoctoral stay and has joined First Light Solutions Inc. as CSO.

Jiaqi Zhang joined the group to work on DAC.  He is co-advised with Prof. Sievers.

August, 2024-

The group’s work on carbon capture was recognized by ACS with the 2025 E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry.

Dr. Samser Shaikh completed his postdoctoral stay and took a position at National Energy Technology Laboratory.

June, 2024-

Botagoz Kuspangaliyeva passed her Ph.D. proposal and was admitted to Ph.D. candidacy.  Congratulations!

May, 2024-

Dr. Guanhe Rim completed his postdoctoral stay and joined Aramco in Houston, TX.

February, 2024-

Youn Ji Min successfully defended her PhD thesis.  Congratulations to Youn Ji, PhD graduate #48.  Dr. Min will work at GT as a postdoc.

The Jones Group also participated in our biennial Birkman Assessment workshop.

January, 2024-

Quinn Yu and Dr. Gaurav Iyer joined the group to work on DAC.  They are both coadvised with Prof. Lively.

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