Sai Chen (陈赛) received his BS (2015) from China University of Mining and Technology, MS (2017) and PhD (2021) from Tianjin University. He worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow in Tianjin University and University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Chen’s research focus on nanostructured materials, reaction kinetics and chemical looping technology in heterogeneous catalysis and chemical engineering.
Education
2017.09 – 2021.01, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, supervisor Prof. Jinlong Gong, PhD
2015.09 – 2017.07, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, supervisor Prof. Jinlong Gong, MS
2011.09 – 2015.07, China University of Mining and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, BS
Work Experience
2024.01 – Present, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Professor
2023.04 – 2024.01, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Associate Professor
2021.10 – 2023.02, University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry, supervisor Prof. Enrique Iglesia, PostDoc
2021.01 – 2023.04, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, supervisor Prof. Jinlong Gong, PostDoc
Selected Awards
2024 国际催化理事会青年科学家奖
2024 天津市优秀青年科技工作者
2023 “万人计划”青年拔尖人才
2023 中国国际大学生创新大赛金奖指导教师
2021 中国博士后创新人才支持计划
2021 京博化学化工与材料京博优秀博士论文奖
2020 中国化学会菁青化学星火奖
Editorial Boards
Youth Editorial Board, Chinese Chemical Letters
Selected Publications
1. Sai Chen+, Yiyi Xu+, Xin Chang+, Yue Pan, Guodong Sun, Xianhui Wang, Donglong Fu, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Dong Su, and Jinlong Gong*, "Defective TiOx Overlayers Catalyze Propane Dehydrogenation Promoted by Base Metals," Science, 2024, 385, 295-300 (Cover Story).
2. Wei Wang, Sai Chen, Chunlei Pei, Ran Luo, Jiachen Sun, Hongbo Song, Guodong Sun, Xianhui Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, "Tandem Propane Dehydrogenation and Surface Oxidation Catalysts for Selective Propylene Synthesis," Science 2023, 381, 886-890 (First Release Article).
3. Sai Chen, Ran Luo, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chunlei Pei, Yiyi Xu, Zhenpu Lu, Chengjie Zhao, Hongbo Song, Lirong Zheng, and Jinlong Gong*, "Concerted Oxygen Diffusion via Heterogeneous Oxide Interface for Intensified Propane Dehydrogenation," Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 2620 (Editor Featured Article).
4. Sai Chen, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, Xin Chang, Jun Luo, Stephen C. Purdy, Jeremy Kropf, Guodong Sun, Jeffrey T. Miller, Xiaohong Zhou, Evgeny Vovk, Yong Yang, and Jinlong Gong*, "Propane Dehydrogenation on Single-site [PtZn4] Intermetallic Catalysts," Chem 2021, 7, 387-405 (Cover Story).
5. Sai Chen, Liang Zeng, Rentao Mu, Chuanye Xiong, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Luming Peng, Jun Luo, Liang-Shih Fan, and Jinlong Gong*, Modulating Lattice Oxygen in Dual-functional Mo-V-O Mixed Oxides for Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 18653-18657.
6. Sai Chen+, Chunlei Pei+, Xin Chang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, Yiyi Xu, and Jinlong Gong*, "Coverage-dependent Behaviors of Vanadium Oxides for Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2-10 (Hot Article).
7. Pingping Wei+, Sai Chen+, Ran Luo, Guodong Sun, Kexin Wu, Donglong Fu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chunlei Pei, Ning Yan, and Jinlong Gong*, "Stable and Homogeneous Intermetallic Alloys by Atomic Gas-migration for Propane Dehydrogenation," Nature Commun. 2024, 15, 8157.
8. Zheyuan Ding+, Sai Chen+, Tingting Yang, Zunrong Sheng, Xianhua Zhang, Chunlei Pei, Donglong Fu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, "Atomically Dispersed MoNi Alloy Catalyst for Partial Oxidation of Methane," Nature Commun. 2024, 15, 4636 (Editor Featured Article).
9. Sai Chen, Liang Zeng, Hao Tian, Xinyu Li, and Jinlong Gong*, Enhanced Lattice Oxygen Reactivity over Ni Modified WO3-based Redox Catalysts for Chemical Looping Partial Oxidation of Methane, ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 3548-3559.
10. Sai Chen, Xin Chang, Guodong Sun, Tingting Zhang, Yiyi Xu, Yang Wang, Chunlei Pei, and Jinlong Gong*, "Propane Dehydrogenation: Catalyst Development, New Chemistry, and Emerging Technologies", Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 3315-3354.
List of publications
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sai-Chen-5?ev=hdr_xprf
个人简介：
陈赛，本科（2015年）毕业于中国矿业大学，硕士（2017年）和博士（2021年）毕业于天津大学，导师为巩金龙教授。2021-2023年，分别在天津大学巩金龙教授课题组、美国加州大学伯克利分校Enrique Iglesia教授课题组进行博士后研究工作。2023年加入天津大学化工学院巩金龙教授课题组，现任天津大学教授、博士生导师。曾获“万人计划”青年拔尖人才、中国博士后创新人才支持计划、国际催化理事会青年科学家奖、中国化学会菁青化学星火奖、京博化学化工与材料京博优秀博士论文奖等奖励。迄今为止，在Science、Nature Commun、JACS、Angew、Chem、Chem Soc Rev等国际期刊发表SCI论文40余篇，累计引用4000余次。作为主要发明人申请中国、美国发明专利14项，授权发明专利10项。先后主持国家自然科学基金2项，科技部重点研发计划2项，博士科学基金资助2项。主要研究领域为低碳工业催化，聚焦催化剂可控设计、原位谱学表征和反应动力学研究，开展低碳烷烃转化催化剂开发、反应耦合与工业放大等研究内容。