Haoyuan Chen

Assistant Professor

Email

haoyuan@smu.edu

Office Location

253 Heroy

Phone

TBD

Website

Education

Ph.D., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 2011-2017
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2007-2011
  • Assistant Professor, 51²è¹Ý, 2024–present
  • Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2021-2024
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University, 2017-2021

Research Interests

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Materials Design
  • Machine Learning

Selected Publications

  1. A.Y. Leem, H. Chen*, “Simulating water adsorption in metal–organic frameworks with open metal sites using the 12-6-4 Lennard–Jones potential”, Mol. Simulat., 49, 1135 (2023).
  2. M. Robertson, A.G. Obando, B. Nunez, H. Chen*, Z. Qiang*, “Upcycling Mask Waste to Carbon Capture Sorbents: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study”, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 1, 165 (2023).
  3. H. Chen*, “Computational study of Brønsted acidity in the metal–organic framework UiO-66”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 800, 139658 (2022).

Awards

  • ACS Petroleum Research Fund, 2022
  • DOE Basic Energy Sciences Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Research Grant, 2022
Haoyuan Chen photo