Bing Yan

AI + Chemistry Ph.D. student at NYU
Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT
[bing.yan@nyu.edu] [cv]

My research focuses on AI + Chemistry, aiming to automate catalyst design and evaluation processes.

Current Research Area

  • Automatic evaluation of catalyst design for asymmetric catalysis.
  • Retro-synthesis planning using large language models.
  • Mechanistic study and transition state prediciton.

Selected Papers

Electrochemical Activation of C-C Bonds via Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions
Bing Yan, Changxia Shi, Gregg T. Beckham, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Yuriy Roman-Leshkov.
ChemSusChem. 2022, 15, e202102317

Mixed Electron-Proton Conductors Enable Spatial Separation of Bond Activation and Charge Transfer in Electrocatalysis
Bing Yan, Ryan P. Bisbey, Alexander Alabugin, Yogesh Surendranath.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 11115-11122

Surface Restructuring of Nickel Sulfide Generates Optimally Coordinated Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction Catalysis
Bing Yan, Dilip Krishnamurthy, Christopher H. Hendon, Siddharth Deshpande, Yogesh Surendranath.
Joule 2017, 1, 600-612.
Referred to by Fang Song, Jordan Katz, Xile Hu in "Catalyst Surface Dynamics Reveals a Simple Geometric Descriptor of Activity" Joule 2017, 1, 421-430.

A Membrane-Free Neutral pH Formate Fuel Cell Enabled by a Selective Ni3S2 Oxygen Reduction Catalyst
Bing Yan, Nolan M. Concannon, Yogesh Surendranath..
Inside Cover. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7496-7499

Contact

Bing Yan
bing.yan at nyu.edu
60 5th Ave, New York, NY