Biography

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Education:
Post-Doctoral Associate, Oakland University
Post-Doctoral Associate, Clemson University
Ph.D., Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S., Chemistry, Jilin University

Research Expertise:
Electrochemistry | Spectroscopy | Analytical Chemistry | Materials Characterization

I am a researcher specializing in electrochemistry and spectroscopy characterization of materials including ionic liquids, polymers, solid coatings, and nanoparticles. My work focuses on analyzing and understanding chemical properties with an emphasize on the use of advanced instruments such as potentiostat, ICP-MS, FTIR, AFM, LC-MS, and GC-MS.

Teaching Narrative: 
Course Taught: Instrumental Methods, Analytical Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, General Chemistry

Professional Memberships:
American Chemical Society

Selected Publications:
Mechanics of Dielectric Polyamide/SiO2 Nanocomposite Coatings for Cryogenic Service in Superconductor Systems, Jacob Mahon, Nicholas Pagliocca, Virginia Harnack, Behrad Koohbor, Lei Yu, Xiao Hu, Robert Krchnavek, and Wei Xue, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022, 139, e53097.

Conductivity, Viscosity, Spectroscopic Properties of Organic Sulfonic Acid solutions in Ionic Liquids, Anh T. Tran, Jay Tomlin, Phuoc H. Lam, Brittany L. Stinger, Alexandra D. Miller, Dustin J. Walczyk, Omar Cruz, Timothy D. Vaden, and Lei Yu, ChemEngineering 2019, 3, 81.

Electrochemical Oxidation of Metal Carbides in Aqueous Solutions, Matthew Messner, Dustin J. Walczyk, Benjamin. G. Palazzo, Zachary A. Norris, Gregory Taylor, John Carroll, Tung X. Pham, Jeffrey D. Hettinger, and Lei Yu, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165 (4) H3107-H3114.

Catalytic Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 in Ionic Liquid EMIMBF3Cl, Laura L. Snuffin, Louis W. Whaley, and Lei Yu, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2011, 158, F155-F158.
5. 33. Quantitative gold nanoparticle analysis methods: A review, Lei Yu and Angelo Andriola, Talanta, 2010, 82, 869-875.