Yaran Zhao
- Yaran Zhao
- RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INSTITUTE
Research Summary
Yaran was a postdoctoral Electrobuff, co-advised by Dr. Adam Holewinski. Her research focused on the investigation of electrochemical reaction mechanism from molecular level by using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Infrared Spectroscopy (IR). She joined us from 2021 after she completed her two-year postdoc at the University of Delaware.
She likes playing badminton, swimming, and watching TV.
Education
- PhD in Physical Chemistry, Nankai University, 2019
- B.S. in Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, 2014
Selected Publications
Yaran Zhao, Xiaoxia Chang, Arnav S Malkani, Xuan Yang, Levi Thompson, Feng Jiao, Bingjun Xu, "Speciation of Cu surfaces during the electrochemical CO reduction reaction," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 21, 2020, 9735-9743. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02354.