Xin Jin（Associate Professor）

  Name：

Xin Jin

Academic Title：

Associate Professor

Advisor Type：

Supervise Ph.D and Master Students

  Department：

 Department of Chemical Engineering

Research Interests：

Biomass conversion, Nanocatalysis

  E-Mail：

jamesjinxin@upc.edu.cn，QQ:   460361882

  Telephone：

15153222529

◎Educational Background

Chemical Engineering   and Technology (B.S.), China University of Petroleum (2003-2007)

Advisor:   Lanyi Sun

Chemical Engineering   (M.S.), Tianjin University (2007-2009)

Advisor:   Xingang Li

Chemical and   Petroleum Engineering (Ph.D with honors), University of Kansas (2009-2014)

Advisor:   Raghunath V. Chaudhari

◎Work Experience

Postdoctoral   Associate, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis (2014-2016)

Advisors:   Raghunath V. Chaudhari and Bala Subramaniam

Lecturer, China University of Petroleum (2016)   

Associate Professor (Early Promotion), China   University of Petroleum (2017-Present)

◎Research Direction

Nanocatalysis, Renewable Chemistry,   Multiphase Reaction Engineering

◎Research Project

[1] Funding from China National Natural   Science Foundation and industrial partners

[2] Collaboration fund from NSF/USDA/EPA

◎Representative Papers and Patents

(1)     Jin, X.; Dang, L.;   Lohrman, J.; Subramaniam, B.; Ren, S.*; Chaudhari, R. V.* Lattice-Matched   Bimetallic CuPd Graphene Nanocatalysts for Facile Conversion of   Biomass-Derived Polyols to Chemicals. ACS   Nano, 2013, 7, 1309

(2)     Jin, X.; Shen, J.; Yan,   W.; Zhao, M.; Thapa, P.; Subramaniam, B.; Chaudhari, R. V. * Sorbitol   Hydrogenolysis over Hybrid Cu/CaO-Al₂O₃ Catalysts:   Tunable Activity and Selectivity with Solid Base Incorporation. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 6545

(3)     Jin, X.; Zhao, M.; Zeng,   C.; Yan, W.; Song, Z.; Thapa, P.; Subramaniam, B.; Chaudhari, R. V. *   Oxidation of Glycerol to Tartronic Acid Using Cobalt Catalysts. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 4576

(4)     Jin, X.; Zhao, M.; Shen,   J.; Yan, W.; Thapa, P.; Subramaniam, B.; Chaudhari, R. V. * Exceptional   Performance of Bimetallic Pt₁Cu₃/TiO₂   Nanocatalysts for Oxidation of Gluconic Acid and Glucose with O₂   to Glucaric Acid. J. Catal. 2015,   330, 323

(5)     Jin, X.; Zhao, M.; Yan,   W.; Thapa, P.; Subramaniam, B.; Chaudhari, R. V. * Anisotropic Growth of PtFe   Nanoclusters Induced by Lattice-Mismatch: Efficient Catalysts for Oxidation   of Biopolyols to Carboxylic Acid Derivatives. J. Catal. 2016, 337, 272

(6)     Jin, X.*; Yin, B.; Xia, Q.;   Fang, T.; Shen, J.; Kuang, L.; Yang, C. Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of   Biomass‐Derived Substrates to Value‐Added Chemicals on Dual Functional   Catalysts: Opportunities and Challenges. ChemSusChem,   2019, 12, 71

(7)     Jin, X.; Meng, K.; Zhang,   G.; Liu, M.; Song, Y.; Song, Z.; Yang, C. Interfacial catalysts for   sustainable chemistry: advances on atom and energy efficient glycerol conversion   to acrylic acid. Green Chem. 2013,   1, 1453

(8)     Yan, W.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, Q.; Sun, Y.; Zhang, S.; Du, F.;   Jin, X.* Synthesis of PtCu–based   nanocatalysts: Fundamentals and emerging challenges in energy conversion.J. Energy Chem. 2022, 64, 583

(9)     Liu, M.; Jin, X.*; Zhang, G.; Xia, Q.; Lai, L.; Wang, J.;   Zhang, W.; Sun, Y.; Ding, J.; Yan, H.; Yang, C.* Bimetallic AuPt/TiO₂   Catalysts for Direct Oxidation of Glucose and Gluconic Acid to Tartaric Acid   in the Presence of Molecular O₂. ACS   Catal.2020,   10, 10932

(10)           Yin, B.; Jin, X.*;   Zhang, G.; Yan, H.; Zhang, W.; Liu, X.; Liu, M.; Yang, C.*; Shen, J.   Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenolysis of Bio-Polyols to Renewable Chemicals over   Bimetallic PtPd/C Catalysts: Size-Dependent Activity and Selectivity. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 5305

◎Representative Works

Textbook for “Renewable Materials and   Chemistry”

◎Awards and Honors

[1] ACS Catalysis Early Career Award   (2018)

[2] North American Catalysis Society   Young Scientist Award for International Congress of Catalysis (2016)

[3] Frank Bowdish Excellent Ph.D   Research Award (2014)

[4] North American Catalysis Society   Richard J. Kokes Award (2013)

[5] Organic Chemistry Catalysis Society   Student Award (2016)

[6] Gordon Green Chemistry Student Award   (2014)

[7] Tau Beta Pi Society Induction (2014)

◎Courses Offered

Graduate Level

“Chemical Reaction Engineering”（English）

“Industrial Catalytic Processes”（English）

Undergraduate Level

“Introduction to   Alternative Energy and Energy Storage Technology”（Chinese   and English）

“Numerical Calculation   for Chemical Engineering”（Chinese）

“Kinetics & Reactor   Design”（English）

“Mass Transfer”（English）

“Process Design &   Control”（English）

◎Student Training

Research Assistant position open for   students with chemical engineering, chemistry and material background

◎Part-time Academic Job

[1] Topic Editor for Frontiers in   Chemistry、Journal   of Nanomaterials

[2] Advisor for AIChE Student Chapters

[3] Chair/Co-Chair: Asia-Pacific   Catalysis Conference (India), Catalysis Science and Technology Symposium   (Australia)