Assistant Professor, Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University (2019.08 to present)

Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut (2018-2019)

Postdoc Researcher, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2016-2018)

Postdoc Researcher, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Stanford University (2015-2016)

Postdoc Researcher, Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin (2014-2015)

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Theoretical and Computational Catalysis
First Principal Simulation
Computational Design of New Energy Materials
Simulation of Surface Chemical Process
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics

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Selected Journal Articles:

1.Wang, W.; Chen, S.; Wang, X.; Rosen, A.; Beatrez, W.; Sztaberek, L.; Tan, H.;Zhang, L.^*；Koenigsmann, C.^*; Zhao, J.^*; “Composition-Dependent Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Pt-Surfaced PtNi Dodecahedral Nanoframes”ACS Appl. Energy Mater.2020, 3, 1, 768-776

2.Akbashev, A. R.#;Zhang, L.#.; Mefford, J. T.; Park, J.; Butz, B.; Luftman, H.; Chueh, W. C.; Vojvodic, A. Activation of Ultrathin SrTiO₃with Subsurface SrRuO 3 for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.Energy Environ. Sci.2018,11(7), 1762–1769.

3.Shin, K.#;Zhang, L.#; An, H.; Ha, H.; Yoo, M.; Lee, H. M.; Henkelman, G.; Kim, H. Y. “Interface Engineering for A Rational Design of Poison-free Bimetallic CO Oxidation Catalysts”,Nanoscale,2017, 9, 5244-5253.

4.Zhang, L.; Chill, S.; Henkelman, G. “Distributed Replica Dynamics”,J. Chem. Phys.,2015,143, 174112.

5.Luo, L.#;Zhang, L.#; Henkelman, G.; Crooks R. M. “Unusual Activity Trend for CO Oxidation on Pd_xAu_140-x@Pt Core@shell Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts”,J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,2015,6, 2562-2568.

6.Zhang, L.; Anderson, R. M; Crooks R. M; Henkelman, G. “Correlating Structure and Function of Metal Nanoparticles for Catalysis”,Surf. Sci.,2015,640, 65-72.

7.Zhang, L.; Henkelman, G. “Computational Design of Alloy-Core@Shell Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts”,ACS Catal.,2015,5, 655-660.

8.Mullen, G. M.;Zhang, L.; Evans, E. J. Jr; Yan, T; Henkelman, G.; Mullins, C. B. “Oxygen and Hydroxyl Species Induce Multiple Reaction Pathways for the Partial Oxidation of Allyl Alcohol on Gold”,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2014,136(17) 6489-6498.

9.Garcia, S.;Zhang, L.;Piburn, G. W.; Henkelman, G.; Humphrey, S. M. “Microwave Synthesis of Classically Immiscible Rhodium-Silver and Rhodium-Gold Alloy Nanoparticles: Highly Active Hydrogenation Catalysts”,ACS Nano,2014,8, 11512-11521.

10.Zhang, L.and Henkelman, G. “Design of Pt-shell Nanoparticles with Alloy Cores for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction”,ACS Nano,2013,7, 9168-9172.

11.Zhang, L.;Kim, H. Y.; Henkelman, G. “CO Oxidation at the Au-Cu Interface of Bimetallic Nanoclusters Supported on CeO₂(111)”,J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,2013, 4, 2943-2947.

12.Iyyamperumal, R.;Zhang, L.;Henkelman, G.; Crooks, R. M. “Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Formic Acid Using Au@Pt Dendrimer Encapsulated Nanoparticles”,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2013, 135, 5521-5524.