Bowen Zhang
Lecturer
Email:bowenzhang@sdau.edu.cn
Room 1110, Laboratory for Molecular Simulation, Liberal Arts Building
No. 61 Daizong Street, Tai’an, Shandong
Education and Working Experience
Time Period | Institution/Position | Details |
2013/08–2017/06 | Zhejiang University (Research Advisor: Bin Su) | B.S. |
2016/12 - 2017/05 | Harvard Medical School (Research Advisor: Quanzheng Li) | Visiting Scholar |
2017/08–2022/08 | Texas A&M University (ResearchAdvisor: Michael B. Hall) | Ph.D. |
2022/10–present | Shandong Agricultural University | Lecturer |
Research Area
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations of organometallic systems
Ab initio molecular dynamics
Research Projects
2024/01–2026/12 Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (ZR2023QB285, Direct dynamics study of iridium facilitated C–H activation mechanism)
Selected Published Articles
1.Bowen Zhang*, Daniel H. Ess, Michael B. Hall. Origin of intramolecular versus intermolecular C−H arene activation selectivity by cyclopentadienyl−triphenylphosphine iridium. Inorganic Chemistry, 2025, 64 (16), 8152–8163.
2.Xuefan Liu, Ao Huang, Chengfu Li, Xinrui Fu, Jie Gao, Junhao Lv, Linglong Kong, Bowen Zhang*, Jing Xu*, Lu Wang*. Optimized cerium vanadate catalytic host with simple heterostructure engineering achieving regulated polysulfide deposition for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries under harsh conditions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science2025, 685, 927–937.
3.Congcong Zhang, Minghui Shi, Ning Yu, Bowen Zhang*, Feng Han*, Chengxia Miao*. Efficient single-component nickel catalysts with tetradentate aminopyridine ligands for cycloaddition reactions of CO2 and epoxides under mild conditions. RSC Sustainability 2024, 2 (12), 3959–3966.
4.Wanyu Liang, Ruyue Jiang, Xiao Tian, Hantang Zhang*, Bowen Zhang*, Xiuqiang Lu*, Jie Liu, Lang Jiang, Shifeng Hou, Shiyun Ai. Molecular conformation: a key factor underlying the performances of heterojunction photocatalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry A2024, 12 (17), 10196−10202.
5.Tyler G. Saint-Denis, Bowen Zhang, Nick Settineri, Rex C. Handford, Michael B. Hall*, T. Don Tilley*. Dimetalloylene (M–E–M) complexes of heavier main group elements Ge, Sn, Pb, Bi via cleavage of E–X Bonds (X = N(SiMe3)2, OtBu) with an iridium hydride. Chemistry – A European Journal, 2023, 29, e202301863.
6.Jonathan D. Burns*, Evgeny E. Tereshatov, Bowen Zhang, Gabriel C. Tabacaru, Lauren A. McIntosh, Steven J. Schultz, Laura A. McCann, Bryan M. Harvey, Andrew Hannaman, Kylie N. Lofton, Maxwell Q. Sorensen, Amy L. Vonder Haar, Michael B. Hall, Sherry J. Yennello. Complexation of astatine(III) with ketones: roles of NO3– counterion and exploration of possible binding modes. Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 12087–12096.
7.Connor Orrison, Jeremy R. Meeder, Bowen Zhang, Joseph Puthenpurayil, Michael B. Hall, Michael Nippe*, Dong Hee Son*. Efficient redox-neutral photocatalytic formate to carbon monoxide conversion enabled by long-range hot electron transfer from Mn-doped quantum dots. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 10292−10300.
