Heterogeneous Catalysis · Surface Chemistry · Reaction Engineering · Process Development
Mar. 2026: Congratulations to Lakma Abeyratne and Trae Leyva on receiving 2026 Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Annual Summit Travel Awards!
Mar. 2026: Congratulations to Mohammad Al-Aqtash on receiving the 2026 Spring Outstanding Graduate Award!
Dec. 2025: We welcome Trae Leyva as an undergraduate researcher in our group, supported by the Dow Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program!
Oct. 2025: Houqian's paper on upcycling waste plastics to biodegradable surfactants was published in Angewandte Chemie!
Upcycling of Waste Plastics into Carboxylic Acids for Biodegradable Surfactants.
Li et al., Angewandte Chemie (2025)
Confined Dual Lewis Acid Centers for Selective Cascade C–C Coupling and Deoxygenation.
Li et al., Chemical Science (2024)
Hydroformylation of Pyrolysis Oils to Aldehydes and Alcohols from Polyolefin Waste.
Li et al., Science (2023)
Elucidating the Cooperative Roles of Water and Lewis Acid–Base Pairs in Cascade C–C Coupling and Self-Deoxygenation Reactions.
Li et al., JACS Au (2021)