Wenwen Yang
Master’s Supervisor
Email: yangwenwen@ujs.edu.cn
Address: School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University
301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, China
Research Interests：
1） Water-energy-carbon nexus
2） Advanced oxidation processes for water treatment and reuse
3） Mechanism on interface tuning for photoelectrochemical catalysis process
Education:
· Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2020
The University of Alabama in Huntsville and The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
· Jan. 2016 - May. 2019
The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Al, USA
Master in Civil and Environmental Engineering
· Sept. 2006 - July. 2010
East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, China
B.E. Macromolecule and Material Engineering
Employment:
July. 2010 - Dec. 2015
Research Assistant and Secretary
Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (ICCAS), Beijing, China. Supervisor: Prof. Yu-Wu Zhong; Prof. Jian-Nian Yao
· March. 2020 – until now
Jiangsu University
Research Experience:
· March. 2019 :
In-situ XAFS Studies of Plasmon-Enhanced Metal Catalysts in Triple-Phase Reactions, Argonne National Lab, Chicago, USA
· Jun. 2016–Dec. 2019
Plasmon-Enhanced Catalytic Ozonation for Water Treatment and Reuse from the US National Science (NSF) Foundational. The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
· July. 2010-Dec. 2015
Mononuclear Cyclometalated Ru/Os Complexes
Mixed-Valence Systems with Cyclometalated Bisruthenium Complexes
Redox-Asymmetric Mixed-Valence Systems National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and National Basic Research (973 program) of China. ICCAS, Beijing, China.
Teaching Experience:
· Fall 2020: Graduate Teaching Assistant (Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, UAS)
CE 449/549 – Introduce Environmental Engineering
· Spring 2020: Graduate Teaching Assistant (Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, UAS)
CE 441 – Hydraulic Engineering Design
· Spring, Fall 2019: Graduate Teaching Assistant (Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, UAS)
CE 499L – Design II Laboratory
CE 456/556 - Water Quality Control Process
· Summer 2016–Fall 2020: Graduate Research Assistant (Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, UAS)
· Summer 2017, 2018, 2019: Mentorship in Science, Technology, Engineering &, Mathematics at Research &Engineering Apprenticeship Program, Army Educational Outreach Program (UAS)
Publish
First author publications
1. Wenwen Yang, Muntaseer Bunian,‡ Xiankun Chen,† Steve Heald,§ Lei Yu,¶ Jianguo Wen,¶ Yu Lei,*‡ and Tingting Wu* “Plasmon-enhanced Catalytic Ozonation for Efficient Removal of Recalcitrant Water Pollutants. ACS ES&T Engineering. 2021, 1，874-883
2. Yang, W., Wu, T., “Investigation of Matrix Effects in Laboratory Studies of Catalytic Ozonation Processes.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2019, 58(8), 3468-3477. (IF = 3.720)
3. Yang, W., Lu Zh., Vogler, B., Wu, T., and Yu L.,* “Enhancement of Copper Catalyst Stability for Catalytic Ozonation in Water treatment Using ALD Overcoating”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 43323-43326. (IF = 9.229)
4. Yang, W., Vogler, B., Lei, Y., Wu, T.* “Metallic Ion Leaching from Heterogeneous Catalysts: An Overlooked Effect in the Study of Catalytic Ozonation Processes”, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 3, 1143-1151, 2017. (IF = 4.251)
5. Wen-Wen Yang, Jiang-Yang Shao, and Yu-Wu Zhong*, Cyclometalated Diruthenium Complexes Bridged by 3,3′,5,5′-Tetra(pyrid-2-yl)biphenyl: Tuning of Electronic Properties and Intervalence Charge Transfer by Terminal Ligand Effects, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 3195–3204. (IF = 2.529)
6. Wen-Wen Yang，Yu-Wu Zhong*，Cyclometalated Ruthenium Complexes of 1, 2, 3-Triazole-containing Ligands: Synthesis，Structural Studies，and Electronic Properties，Chin. J. Chem. 2013，31 (3), 329-338. (Dedicated to Prof. Guo-Qiang Lin on the occasion of his 70th birthday). (IF = 5.29)
7. Wen-Wen Yang，Jiannian Yao，Yu-Wu Zhong*，Redox-Asymmetric Bisruthenium Complex Bridged by a Pyridin-4-yl Moiety: Synthesis，Characterization，and Electronic Coupling Studies，Organometallics. 2012，31 (24), 8577-8583. (IF = 3.867)
8. Wen-Wen Yang, Yu-Wu Zhong,* Shinpei Yoshikawa, Jiang-Yang Shao, Shigeyuki Masaoka, Ken Sakai, Jiannian Yao, Masa-aki Haga.* Tuning of Redox Potentials by Introducing a Cyclometalated Bond to Bis-tridentate Ruthenium(II) Complexes Bearing Bis(N-methylbenzimidazolyl)benzene or –pyridine Ligands. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51(2), 890-899. (IF = 5.165)
9. Wen-Wen Yang, Jiannian Yao, Yu-Wu Zhong,* Electronic Coupling in a Biscyclometalated Ruthenium Complex Bridged by 3,3’,5,5’-Tetrakis(1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)biphenyl. Organometallics 2012, 31(3), 1035-1041. (IF = 3.876)
10. Long-Zhen Sui, Wen-Wen Yang, Chang-Jiang Yao, Hai-Yan Xie, Yu-Wu Zhong.* Charge Delocalization of 1,4-Benzenedicyclometalated Ruthenium: A Comparison between Tris-bidentate and Bis-tridentate Complex. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51(3), 1590-1598. (IF = 5.165) (Contributed equally with Long)
11. Wen-Wen Yang, Lei Wang, Yu-Wu Zhong,* Jiannian Yao.* Tridentate Cyclometalated Ruthenium (II) Complexes of Click Ligand 1, 3-Di (1, 2, 3-triazol-4-yl) benzene. Organometallics 2011, 30, 2236-2240. (IF = 3.876)
Co-author publications：
12. Ahmadi, A., Yang, W., Jones, S., Wu, T.* "Self-assembled Separation-free Al/Mg/Graphere Oxide Composites for Enhancement of Urban Storm water Runoff Quality". Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. 2018, 1-11
13. Nai-Jing Nie, Wen-Wen Yang, Jiang-Yang Shao, and Yu-Wu Zhong*, Ruthenium-Tris(bipyridine) Complexes with Multiple Redox-Active Amine Substituents: Tuning of Spin Density Distribution and Deep-Red to NIR Electrochromism and Electrochromism and Electrofluorochromism, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 10136-10140. (IF = 4.390)
14. Hai-Jing Nie, Wen-Wen Yang, Ren-Hui Zheng, Qiang Shi, Hui Chen, Jiannian Yao, and Yu-Wu Zhong,* Metal Chelation-Assisted Amine−Amine Electronic Coupling through the 4, 4′-Positions of 2, 2′-Bipyridine, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54(4), 1272-1282. (IF = 5.165)
15. Chang-Jiang Yao, Hai-Jing Nie, Wen-Wen Yang, Jiannian Yao, and Yu-Wu Zhong*, Combined Experimental and Computational Study of Pyren-2,7-diyl-Bridged Diruthenium Complexes with Various Terminal Ligands, Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54(10), 4688-4698. (IF = 5.165)
16. Jiang-Yang Shao, Nianqing Fu, Wen-Wen Yang, Chun-Yu Zhang, Yu-Wu Zhong,* Yuan Lin,* and Jiannian Yao, Cyclometalated ruthenium(II) complexes with bis(benzimidazolyl)benzene for dye-sensitized solar cells, RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 90001-90009. (IF = 3.361)
17. Zhong-Liang Gong, Bin-Bin Cui, Wen-Wen Yang, Jiannian Yao, Yu-Wu Zhong,* Reversible multichannel detection of Cu2+ using an electropolymerized film, Electrochim. Acta 2014, 130(1), 748-753. (IF = 5.383)
18. Chang-Jiang Yao, Hai-Jing Nie, Wen-Wen Yang, Jiang-Yang Shao, Jiannian Yao, and Yu-Wu Zhong,* Strongly Coupled Cyclometalated Ruthenium–Triarylamine Hybrids: Tuning Electrochemical Properties, Intervalence Charge Transfer, and Spin Distribution by Substituent Effects, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20(52), 17466-17477. (IF = 6.901)
19. Lei Wang，Wen-Wen Yang，Yu-Wu Zhong*，Jiannian Yao*，Enhancing the Electronic Coupling in a Cyclometalated Bisruthenium Complex by Using the 1.3.6.8-Tetra(pyridine-2-yl)carbazole Bridge, Dalton Trans. 2013, 42(16), 5611-5614. (IF = 4.390)
20. Jiang-Yang Shao, Wen-Wen Yang, Jiannian Yao, Yu-Wu Zhong,* Biscyclometalated Ruthenium Complexes Bridged by 3,3',5,5'-Tetrakis(N-methylbenzimidazol-2-yl)biphenyl: Synthesis and Spectroscopic and Electronic Coupling Studies. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51(7), 4343-4351. (IF = 5.165)
21. Lei Wang, Wen-Wen Yang, Ren-Hui Zheng, Qiang Shi, Yu-Wu Zhong,* Jiannian Yao.* Electronic Coupling between Two Cyclometalated Ruthenium Centers Bridged by 1,3,6,8-Tetrakis(1-butyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyrene. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 7074-7079. (IF = 5.165)
