Professional Experience
Bingjun Xu
( Full CV)Office: B338
Tel:+86-010-62754319
Email: b_xu@pku.edu.cn
Centennial Development Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware 2019 – 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware 2013 – 2019
Education
Postdoc – California Institute of Technology – 2013
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry – Harvard University – 2011
M.S. in Physical Chemistry – Fudan University -2007
B.S. in Chemistry – Fudan University – 2004
Teaching
Applied Chemical Kinetics
Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces
Chemical Engineering Kinetics
Junior Laboratory
Awards
I&EC 2018 Class of Influential Researchers, 2018
National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award, 2017
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award, 2016
ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) New Investigator Award, 2015
University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) Award, 2015
National Graduate Research Award of American Vacuum Society, 2011
Fieser Lectureship of Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 2011
Professional Services
Associate Editor of Science Advances, 2020 – Present
Associate Editor, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica,2020 – Present
Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports, 2016 – Present
Program Chair, Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association, 2018- 2019
Director, Catalysis Club of Philadelphia, 2016-2017
Early Career Advisory Board Member of ACS Catalysis, 2017
HDO Thrust Leader of Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 2014-2018
Short Biography of Bingjun
Bingjun attended Fudan University (Shanghai, China) for college during 2000-2004, during which he developed strong interest in heterogeneous catalysis research. He stayed at Fudan to pursue a Master’s degree in Physical Chemistry in Prof. Gao’s lab, working on synthesis and applications of solid acid catalysts.
Bingjun then joined Prof. Cynthia Friend’s lab in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, US) for graduate study. His Ph.D. thesis focused on mechanistic studies of oxidative-coupling reactions mediated by gold surface under ultrahigh vacuum conditions.
Upon finishing his Ph.D, Bingjun drove across the US from Cambridge to the sunny southern California (only to find his office for the following two years in the basement), to join Prof. Mark Davis’ lab at Caltech for postdoctoral research. He worked on developing a low temperature thermochemical cycle for water splitting.
From 2013 to 2020, Bingjun started as an assistant professor and then was promoted to an associate professor (with tenure) at the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware (US). He officially joined PKU fall 2020.