ABOUT PROF. DE-EN JIANG


EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 08/2022 – present Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University
  • 07/2022 – 06/2024 Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, University of California Riverside (UCR)
  • 07/2020 – 06/2022 Professor of Chemistry, UCR
  • 11/2018 – 06/2022 Cooperating Faculty Member, Dept of Chem. & Env. Engineering, UCR
  • 07/2017 – 06/2020 Associate Professor of Chemistry with Tenure, UCR
  • 10/2015 – 06/2022  Cooperating Faculty Member, Materials Science & Engineering Program, UCR
  • 07/2014 – 06/2017 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UCR
  • 11/2006 – 06/2014 Member of R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
  • 07/2005 – 11/2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, ORNL
  • 09/2004 – 06/2005 Visiting Student Research Collaborator, Princeton University
  • 06/2001 – 06/2005 Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA
  • 09/1998 – 06/2000 Graduate Research Assistant, Peking University, China
  • 09/1996 – 07/1997 Undergraduate researcher, Peking University, China

DETAILED RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 07/2022 – present Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University
  • 07/2020 – 06/2022 Professor of Chemistry with Tenure, UCR
  • 07/2017 – 06/2020 Associate Professor of Chemistry with Tenure, UCR
  • 07/2014 – 06/2017 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UCR
  • 04/2011 – 06/2014 R&D Staff Scientist, ORNL
  • 11/2006 – 04/2011 R&D Associate, ORNL
  • 07/2005 – 11/2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, ORNL

          Mentors: Dr. Sheng Dai and Dr. Bobby G. Sumpter

  • 09/2004 – 06/2005 Visiting Student Research Collaborator, Princeton University
  • 09/2004 – 06/2005 Dissertation Year Fellow, UCLA
  • 01/2002 – 08/2004 Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA

           Advisor: Prof. Emily A. Carter (now at Princeton University)

           Ph.D. dissertation title: “Chemistry of iron surfaces and interfaces from first principles”

  • 09/2001 – 12/2001 Teaching Assistant, UCLA
  • 06/2001 – 09/2001 Graduate Researcher in Prof. Sarah Tolbet's and Prof. Benjamin Schwartz's groups, UCLA
  • 09/2000 – 06/2001  Teaching Assistant, UCLA
  • 09/1998 – 06/2000 Graduate Research Assistant, Peking University, China

          Advisors: Profs. Youchang Xie and Biying Zhao

          M.S. thesis title: “Supported solid bases as regenerable adsorbents for flue gas desulfurization"

  • 09/1996 – 07/1997 Undergraduate researcher, Peking University, China

          Advisors: Profs. Youchang Xie and Biying Zhao

          B.S. thesis title: “Supported solid bases as a co-catalyst for sweetening jet fuel”

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021
  • Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 2012
  • Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
  • White House press release (11/05/2010)
  • DOE Office of Science Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award, 2009
  • ORNL Early Career Award for scientific achievements, 2009
  • UCLA Dissertation Year Fellow, 2004-2005
  • George Gregory Research Award, UCLA, 2004
  • Graduate Academic Award, UCLA, 2001

PROFESSIONAL Socities

Journal Referee for

  • Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Energy, Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, ACS Nano
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C, Langmuir
  • Chemistry of Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ACS Catalysis, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Energy & Fuels
  • Angewandte Chemie, Chemistry – A European Journal,  ChemPhysChem
  • Advanced Materials, ChemSusChem, Small
  • Progress in Materials Science
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Chemical Science, ChemComm
  • Nanoscale, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, RSC Advances
  • Scientific Reports
  • Surface Science, Applied Surface Science, Surface and Interface Analysis
  • Journal of Catalysis, Journal of Molecular Catalysis, Catalysis Today
  • Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B
  • Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Applied Physics
  • Journal of Physics – Condensed Matter
  • Chemical Physics Letter, Molecular Physics, Chemical Physics
  • Computational Materials Science, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Carbon, Journal of Polymer Science Part B, AIChE Journal, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Physica Status Solidi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Journal of Crystal Growth
  • Fuel Processing Technology, International Journal of Energy Research
  • Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nano-Micro Letters

NSF Review Panels served:

  • DMR, 2012
  • CHE, 2018
  • CHE, 2021
  • DMR, 2022

Ad hoc proposal review for:

  • National Science Foundation
  • ACS Petroleum Research Fund
  • Department of Energy - Office of Science
  • Foundation for Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Science, Portugal
  • Hong Kong Research Grants Council
  • Poland National Science Centre

JOURNAL Editor and BOARDS

  • International Advisory Panel: Materials Research Express by Institute of Physics
  • Associate Editor: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, published by American Institute of Physics; appointment term, 8/01/2015 – 07/31/2017.
  • Editorial Board: Carbon Trends, published by Elsevier

QUOTES IN THE NEWS MEDIA

PATENT ACTIVITIES

  • US Patent Publication #US20130078170 A1 “Phosphonium-based ionic liquids and their use in the capture of polluting gases”; inventors: S. Dai, C. Wang, H. Luo, and D. Jiang. Patent #: US9670237 (issued: 6/6/2017), WO2013044026A1 (link)
  • US Patent Publication #US20170043303 “Cross-linked polymeric membranes for carbon dioxide separation”; inventors: Hong, T.; Chatterjee, S.; Mahurin, S. M.; Long, B. K.; Jiang, D.E.; Mays, J.; Sokolov, A. P.; Saito, T. Patent #: US9873094 (issued: 1/23/2018). (link)

Other SERVICES

  • Council Chair (2009-2010) of East Tennessee Chinese Association (ETCA)
  • Dissertation Critique for University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2010
  • ORAU/ORNL High Performance Computing Grant Project Review Panel, 2011
  • Reviewer for Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (USA/DC), 2011
  • ORNL Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Seed Grant review committee, 2011-2013.
  • University of Queensland thesis examiner, 2012.
  • Reviewer for Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (USA/DC), 2012.
  • Reviewer for Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (USA/DC), 2014.
  • Reviewer for Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (USA/DC), 2015.
  • Reviewer for the Cathy Bank and Morning Light Foundation scholarship, 2017.