University Scholarship
Publications and Grants

Appointments

I am a chemical researcher focusing on catalysis. My research spans the fields of Inorganic, Organic and Materials Chemistry, with a primary focus on photocatalytic materials design and application.

  • Professor, 2024-Present
    Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, US
  • Associate professor, 2021-2024
    Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, US
  • Assistant Professor, 2018-2021
    San Diego State University, San Diego, California, US
  • Assistant Professor, 2016-2018
    Chemistry, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, US
  • Postdoc, 2014-2016
    Materials and Chemistry, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, US

  • Postdoc, 2012-2014
    Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, US

  • PhD, 2008-2012
    Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, US

Profile updated October 7, 2026.

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Fan He; Tytan Le Nguyen; James R. Wilkes; Jier Huang; Xingxing Wang; Chuanxiao Xiao; Yong Yan; Jing Gu
Acs Applied Energy Materials, 2026, journal article
Tytan Le Nguyen; Fan He; Yong Yan; Jing Gu
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2026, journal article
Catalysis Chemistry Electrochemistry Enantioselective catalysis
Fan He; Xingxu Yan; Xiaoqing Pan; Yong Yan; Jing Gu
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 1
Melad Shaikh; Kevin Rubalcaba; Yong Yan
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 18

Kanchan Mishra; Isaac Hendrix; Jesse Gerardo; Nobuyuki Yamamoto; Yong Yan
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2025, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 7
Amines Bromination Catalysts Perovskite materials
Nhu Dang; Jovan San Martin; Melad Shaikh; Yong Yan
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 18
Yong Yan; Melad Shaikh; Matthew C. Beard; Isaac Hendrix; Jing Gu
Science Advances, 2025, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 11
Asymmetric synthesis Chemical reactions Chemistry, Organic Stereochemistry
Fan He; Eleanor Gillette; Xingxing Wang; Aila Huxford; Chuanxiao Xiao; Yong Yan; Matthew C. Beard; Jing Gu
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 11
Jovan San Martin; Nhu Dang; Emily Raulerson; Matthew C. Beard; Joseph Hartenberger; Yong Yan
Angewandte Chemie, 2022, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 8
Yixiong Lin; Mariana Avvacumova; Ruilin Zhao; Xihan Chen; Matthew C. Beard; Yong Yan
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 40
Kang Wang; Haipeng Lu; Xiaolin Zhu; Yixiong Lin; Matthew C. Beard; Yong Yan; et al.
Acs Energy Letters, 2020, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 94
Organic reaction mechanisms Perovskite materials Photocatalysis Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry)
Devon S. Jakob; Haomin Wang; Guanghong Zeng; Daniel E. Otzen; Yong Yan; Xiaoji G. Xu
Angewandte Chemie, 2020, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 14
Atomic force microscopy Infrared spectroscopy Materials science Scanning probe microscopy
Yixiong Lin; Jun Guo; Jovan San Martin; Chuang Han; Ramon Martinez; Yong Yan
Chemistry – a European Journal, 2020, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 74
Haipeng Lu; Xiaolin Zhu; Collin Miller; Jovan San Martin; Xihan Chen; Elisa M. Miller; Yong Yan; et al.
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 70
Xiaolin Zhu; Yixiong Lin; Jovan San Martin; Yue Sun; Dian Zhu; Yong Yan
Nature Communications, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 461
Xiaolin Zhu; Yixiong Lin; Yue Sun; Matthew C. Beard; Yong Yan
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 363
Wang, Ruirui; Luo, Lan; Zhu, Xiaolin; Yong Yan; et al.
Acs Applied Energy Materials, 2018, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 56
Catalysis Layered double hydroxides Nanocomposites (Materials) Plasmons (Physics)
Tang, Yanqun; Fang, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Xin; Fernandes, Gina; Yong Yan; et al.
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 130
Tyson, T. A.; Gao, W.; Chen, Y. -S.; Ghose, S.; Yong Yan
Scientific Reports, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 32
Wang, Le; Wang, Haomin; Wagner, Martin; Yong Yan; Jakob, Devon S.; Xu, Xiaoji G.
Science Advances, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 155
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Magnetic force microscopy Microscopy Nanostructures
Jing Gu; Aguiar, Jeffery A.; Ferrere, Suzanne; Steirer, K. Xerxes; Yong Yan; et al.
Nature Energy, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 157
Wang, Cai-He; Qin, Dong-Dong; Shan, Duo-Liang; Jing Gu; Yong Yan; et al.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 82
Dong‐Dong Qin; Qin, Dong-Dong; Cai‐Hua He; He, Cai-Hua; Li, Yang; Yang Li; Antonio C. Trammel; Trammel, Antonio C.; Jing Gu; Chen, Jing; Jing Chen; Yong Yan; et al.
Chemsuschem, 2017, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 28
Wu, Jingjie; Liu, Mingjie; Chatterjee, Kuntal; Hackenberg, Ken P.; Shen, Jianfeng; Zou, Xiaolong; Yong Yan; Jing Gu; et al.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2016, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 178
Yong Yan; Mague, Joel T.; Donahue, James P.; Sproules, Stephen
Chemical Communications, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 9
Inorganic compounds Metal-metal bonds Rhenium Transition metals
Yan, Kai; Jarvis, Cody; Jing Gu; Yong Yan
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 367
Biomass conversion Catalysis Fuel Green chemistry
Park, Ji-Sang; Choi, Sukgeun; Yong Yan; et al.
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 146
Zeitler, Elizabeth L.; Ertem, Mehmed Z.; Pander, James E., III; Yong Yan; Batista, Victor S.; Bocarsly, Andrew B.
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 16
White, James L.; Baruch, Maor F.; Pander, James E., III; Hu, Yuan; Fortmeyer, Ivy C.; Park, James Eujin; Zhang, Tao; Liao, Kuo; Jing Gu; Yong Yan; et al.
Chemical Reviews, 2015, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 1687
Greene, Angelique F.; Chandrasekaran, P.; Yong Yan; Mague, Joel T.; Donahue, James P.
Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 10
Jing Gu; Yong Yan; et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 148
Electrochemistry Materials science Self-healing materials
Yong Yan; Chandrasekaran, Perumalreddy; Mague, Joel T.; DeBeer, Serena; Sproules, Stephen; Donahue, James P.
Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 26
Coordination compounds Metal carbonyls Transition metal complexes Tungsten
Sproules, Stephen; Banerjee, Priyabrata; Weyhermueller, Thomas; Yong Yan; Donahue, James P.; Wieghardt, Karl
Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 63
Ejaz, Muhammad; Yu, Haini; Yong Yan; Blake, Diane A.; Ayyala, Ramesh S.; Grayson, Scott M.
Polymer, 2011, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 28
Biomedical materials Materials science Polymer chemistry Polymers
Hudson, George A.; Cheng, Lei; Yu, Jiamei; Yong Yan; et al.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2010, journal article, Cited by: OpenAlex: 52
Deng, SR; Hu, GQ; Yong Yan; et al.
Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2005, journal article
Chemistry Chemistry, Organic Organic solid state chemistry