Wenyu Huang

Faculty Scientist

Phone: (515) 294-7084

Email: whuang@iastate.edu

Office: 2124 Hach

Websites:

Credentials

Education

Ph.D Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
2002–2007 Ph. D., Chemistry

Professional Appointments

2021 – Present Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University
2017 – Present Faculty Scientist, Ames Laboratory
2017 – 2021 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University
2011 – 2017 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University
2011 – 2017 Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory
2007 – 2011 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Honors & Awards

2023 ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
2022 The Nano Research Young Innovators (NR45) Awards in Nanocatalysis
2020 Trapp Innovation Award, Iowa State University
2020 Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research, College of LAS, Iowa State University
2019 Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2018 Achievement in Intellectual Property Award, College of LAS, Iowa State University

Research

Research Projects

Catalysis for the Upcycling of Polymers

Publications

Chen, S.; Tennakoon, A.; You, K.-E.; Paterson, A. L.; Yappert, R.; Alayoglu, S.; Fang, L.; Wu, X.; Zhao, T. Y.; Lapak, M. P.; Saravanan, M.; Hackler, R. A.; Wang, Y.-Y.; Qi, L.; Delferro, M.; Li, T.; Lee, B.; Peters, B.; Poeppelmeier, K. R.; Ammal, S. C.; Bowers, C. R.; Perras, F. A.; Heyden, A.*; Sadow, A. D.*; Huang, W.Y.*

Ultrasmall amorphous zirconia nanoparticles catalyse polyolefin hydrogenolysis

Nature Catalysis, 2023

Yu, J.; Yin, Y.D.; Huang, W.Y.*

Engineered interfaces for heterostructured intermetallic nanomaterials

Nature Synthesis, 2023

Perras, F. A.*; Thomas, H.; Heintz, P.; Behera, R.; Yu, J.; Viswanathan, G.; Jing, D.; Southern, S. A.; Kovnir, K.; Stanley, L.; Huang, W.Y.*

The Structure of Boron Monoxide

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023

Tennakoon, A.; Wu, X.; Paterson, A.L.; Patnaik, S.; Pei, Y.; LaPointe, A.M.; Ammal, S.C.; Hackler, R.A.; Heyden, A.; Slowing, I.I.; Coates, G.W.; Delferro, M.; Peters, B.; Huang, W.Y.*; Sadow, A.*; Perras, F.A.*

Catalytic Upcycling of High Density Polyethylene via a Processive Mechanism

Nature Catalysis, 2020

Dong, B.; Pei, Y.; Zhao, F.; Goh, T. W.; Qi, Z.; Xiao, C.; Chen, K.; Huang, W.Y.*; Fang, N.*

In situ quantitative single-molecule study of dynamic catalytic processes in nanoconfinement

Nature Catalysis, 2018