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Linxiao Chen

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Chemistry

Email: Linxiao.Chen@unt.edu

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2025 - Present).
  • Assistant Professor, The University of Akron. The University of Akron. (2023 - 2025).
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (2019 - 2023).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • CHEM 1420 - General Chemistry II for Science Majors, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • The University of Akron, CHEE 330 Chemical Reaction Engineering, Spring 2025.
  • The University of Akron, CHEE 605 Chemical Reaction Engineering, Fall 2024.
  • The University of Akron, CHEE 330 Chemical Reaction Engineering, Spring 2024.
  • The University of Akron, CHEE 605 Chemical Reaction Engineering, Fall 2023.

Awards and Honors

  • LAC User Meeting Postdoc Presenter Award, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. (2022).
  • ACS National Meeting & Exhibition Student Poster Award, American Chemical Society. (2018).
  • Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel Award, Indiana University. (2018).
  • ChemGRC Travel Award, Indiana University. (2017).
  • Graduate Student Travel Award, Indiana University. (2017).
  • Robert & Marjorie Mann Fellowship, Indiana University. (2017).
  • Outstanding Associate Instructor Award, Indiana University. (2016).
  • Leo KoGuan Scholarship, Peking University. (2011).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Chen, L. Photooxidation-Pyrolysis Coupling: A Breakthrough for Sustainable Recycling of Photocured Waste with Reduced Toxicity.
  • Chen, L. Tuning Catalytic Reactivity via Wetting Control Though Oxygen Vacancies: Ru Clusters on Anatase TiO2 and CeO2 Supports.
  • Chen, L. Insights into Dopant Mediated Tuning of Silica-Supported Mo Metal Centers for Enhanced Olefin Metathesis.
  • Chen, L. Room-Temperature *H Spillover Regulating C=C Hydrogenation over Minority Rh1 Active Sites on TiO2.
  • Chen, L. Dynamic Evolution of Pd Single Atoms on Anatase TiO2 Support Determining the Reverse Water-Gas Shift (rWGS) Activity.
  • Chen, L. Efficient and Selective Dual-Pathway Polyolefin Hydro-Conversion over Unexpectedly Bifunctional M/TiO2-Anatase Catalysts.
  • Chen, L. Single Ru(II) Ions on Ceria as a Highly Active Catalyst for Abatement of NO.
  • Chen, L. Ultra Small Pd Clusters in FER Zeolite Alleviate CO Poisoning for Effective Low Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation.
  • Chen, L. Differentiating and Understanding the Effects of Bulk and Surface Mo Doping on CO2 Hydrogenation over Pd/Anatase-TiO2.
  • Chen, L. Disordered, Sub-Nanometer Ru Structures on CeO2 are Highly Efficient and Selective Catalysts in Polymer Upcycling by Hydrogenolysis.
  • Chen, L. Effect of Reaction Conditions on the Hydrogenolysis of Polypropylene and Polyethylene into Gas and Liquid Alkanes.
  • Chen, L. Tuning coordinated supported catalysts: Carboxylic acid-based ligands to improve ceria-supported Pt catalysts for hydrosilylation.
  • Chen, L. Ligand-coordinated Ir Single-atom Catalysts Stabilized on Oxide Supports for Ethylene Hydrogenation and Their Evolution under a Reductive Atmosphere.
  • Chen, L. Recyclable Cu Salt-Derived Brønsted Acid for Hydrolytic Hydrogenation of Cellulose to C6 Sugar Alcohols on Ru Catalyst.
  • Chen, L. Temperature-Dependent Communication between Pt/Al2O3 Catalysts and Anatase TiO2 Dilutant: The Effects of Metal Migration and Carbon Transfer on the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction.
  • Chen, L. Tuning Ligand-Coordinated Single Metal Atoms on TiO2 and their Dynamic Response during Hydrogenation Catalysis.
  • Chen, L. Unlocking the Catalytic Potential of TiO2-Supported Pt Single Atoms for the Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction by Altering Their Chemical Environment.
  • Chen, L. Bidentate N-based Ligands for Highly Reusable, Ligand-coordinated, Supported Pt Hydrosilylation Catalysts.
  • Chen, L. In Situ Dispersion of Pd on TiO2 during Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction: Formation of Stable Single Pd Atoms.
  • Chen, L. Pt-ligand Single-atom Catalysts: Tuning Activity by Oxide support Defect Density.
  • Chen, L. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Data from Lightly Pd Doped TiO2 Anatase Nanoparticles.
  • Chen, L. Alkene Hydrosilylation on Oxide-supported Pt-ligand Single-site Catalysts (SSCs).
  • Chen, L. Sulfate Promotion of Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by NH3 on CeO2.
  • Chen, L. A Re-examination of the Catalyst Activation and Temperature Hysteresis in Methane Combustion on Pt/Al2O3.
  • Chen, L. Synthesis of Platinum Single-site Centers through Metal-ligand Self-assembly on Powdered Metal Oxide Supports.

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Chen, L., "Developing Catalytic Processes for Polystyrene Upcycling as Solid Hydrogen Carrier," sponsored by The University of Akron, Local, $10000 Funded. (2024 - 2024).

    • Grant - Research

  • Chen, L., "Leveraging Epitaxial Growth to Deconvolute Particle Size and Density Effects in Thermal Catalysis," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $328132 Funded. (2024).
  • Chen, L., "Gas-Flow Systems for the Catalytic Upcycling of Plastic Waste," sponsored by Alicat Scientific, Private, $5000 Funded. (2023).
  • Chen, L., "Renewable Bio-Derived Styrene from the Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of Lignin Derivatives," sponsored by CenTiRe: NSF Industry University Collaborative Research Center, National, $210000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).