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Xin Deng

Office: ES&T 2316
Email: xdeng301@gatech.edu

What is your favorite holiday? Spring Festival
Favorite summer time drink? Iced Americano

Educational Background

Ph.D. School of Material Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China (2022)

B.S. School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, China (2017)

Advisors

Co-advised by Christopher W. Jones and David W. Flaherty

Project

Methane selective oxidation towards oxygenates

Publications

  • Xin Deng#, Caiyan Zheng#, Yangsheng Li#, Zeyu Zhou, Jiamin Wang, Yihua Ran, Zhenpeng Hu*, Fan Yang*, Landong Li*, Conductive catalysis by subsurface transition metals. Sci. Rev. 2024, 11, nwae015.
  • Xin Deng, Bin Qin, Runze Liu, Xuetao Qin, Weili Dai, Guangjun Wu, Naijia Guan, Ding Ma, Landong Li*, Zeolite-encaged isolated platinum ions enable heterolytic dihydrogen activation and selective hydrogenations. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 20898.
  • Xin Deng, Ruihao Bai, Yuchao Chai, Zhenpeng Hu*, Naijia Guan, Landong Li*, Homogeneous-like alkyne selective hydrogenation catalyzed by cationic nickel confined in zeolite. CCS Chem., 2022, 4, 949.
  • Xin Deng, Caiyan Zheng, Weijie Li, Jiamin Wang, Di Yang, Zhenpeng Hu, Landong Li*, Spontaneous dispersion of metallic nickel centers in inert metal substrate for the selective hydrogenation of carbon‐carbon triple bonds. J. Catal. 2024, 61, 259.
  • Xin Deng, Di Yang, Weijie Li, Yuchao Chai, Guangjun Wu, Landong Li*, Chemistry of coordinatively unsaturated centers in zeolites. Trends Chem. 2023, 5, 892.
  • Xin Deng, Jiamin Wang, NaijiaGuan, Landong Li*, Catalysts and mechanisms for the selective heterogeneous hydrogenation of carbon-carbon triple bonds. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2022, 3, 101017.
  • Di Yang, Weijie Li, Xin Deng*, Yuchao Chai, Guangjun Wu, Landong Li*, Foam Ti supported Pd catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of nitroaromatics. Chem-Asian J. 2024, e202400878.
  • Jian Dang, Weijie Li, Xin Deng*, Yuchao Chai, Guangjun Wu, Landong Li*, Extra-framework cations promoted zeolite-encaged cobalt catalysts towards efficient ethylbenzene dehydrogenation. Eng. J. 2024, 499, 156467.
  • Weijie Li, Xin Deng, Yujie Ma, Bin Qin, Jian Dang, Guangjun Wu, Sihai Yang, Landong Li*, Zeolite-encaged Isolated Palladium Redox Centers toward Sustainable Wacker-type Oxidations. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 27600.
  • Weijie Li, Mingyang Gao, Bin Qin*, Xin Deng and Landong Li*. Zeolite-encaged gold catalysts for the oxidative condensation of furfural. Chem. Sci. Eng. 2024, 18, 90.
  • Weijiong Dai, Valerie Ruaux, Xin Deng, Wenshu Tai, Guangjun Wu*, Naijia Guan, Landong Li, Valentin Valtchev*, Synthesis and catalytic application of nanorod-like FER-type zeolites. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 24922.
  • Weijie Li, Lanan Sun, Linjun Xie, Xin Deng, Naijia Guan, Landong Li*, Coordinatively unsaturated sites in zeolite matrix: Construction and catalysis. J. Catal., 2019, 40, 1255.

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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