• Prof. Yijiao Jiang is the Co-Director of Macquarie University Research Centre for Transforming Energy Markets, and Chief Investigator of ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub (ITRH) for Smart Process Design and Control. She has secured competitive external research grants from ARC DECRA Fellow, 4 ARC Discovery Projects, 1 ARC Linkage Project, and 2 ARC ITRHs with Rio Tinto, JITRI, EU H2020, CSIRO etc. Currently Yijiao is leading a research group with 2 postdoc, 4 HDRs and 5 UG thesis students. Her research interests mainly focus on the development of better thermal-, photo-, and electro-catalytic systems for green chemical manufacturing, sustainable fuels and hydrogen production, using greenhouse gases, biosolid and waste plastics as feedstock. She is an Associate Editor of ACS Energy and Fuels and Carbon Capture Science and Technology (Elsevier), the Editorial Advisory Board Member of the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and Scientific Reports. She has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and a member of the ARC College of Experts.

Selected Publications

Names underlined are students/postdoc under Yijiao's supervision

* indicates the corresponding author

1. A. Kochubei, A. Marianov, O. Conquest, T. Lu, Y. Liu, C. Stampfl, Y. Jiang*, Improved charge delivery within covalently ligated cobalt phthalocyanine, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024. doi.org/10.1039/D4TA03220A.
2. J. Li, X. Zhang, X. Liu, X. Liao, J. Huang, Y. Jiang*, Co-upcycling of plastic waste and biowaste via tandem transesterification reactions, JACS Au, 4 (2024) 3135-3145. doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00459
3. Y. Wu, H. Rabiee, X. Zhao, G. Wang, Y. Jiang*, Insights into electrolyte flooding in flexible gas diffusion electrodes for CO2 electrolysis: from mechanisms to effective mitigation strategies, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12 (2024) 14206-14228. doi.org/10.1039/D4TA01994F.
4. A. Marianov, Y. Jiang*, A. Baiker, J. Huang, Homogeneous and heterogeneous strategies of enantioselective hydrogenation: Critical evaluation and future prospects, Chem Catalysis, 3 (2023) 100631. 10.1016/j.checat.2023.100631.
5. A. Marianov, Y. Jiang*, Mechanism-driven design of heterogeneous molecular electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction, Accounts of Materials Research, 3 (2022) 620-633. doi.org/10.1021/accountsmr.2c00041
6. A. Marianov, A. Kochubei, S. Gu, Y. Jiang*, Charge transfer mechanism in oxygen reduction over Co-porphyins: single-site molecular electrocatalyst to macromolecular framework, ACS Catalysis, 12 (2022) 8610-8622. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c00847
7. S. Gu, A. Marianov, Y. Jiang*, Covalent grafting of cobalt aminoporphyrin-based electrocatalyst onto carbon nanotubes for excellent activity in CO₂ reduction, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 300 (2022) 120750. doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120750
8. A. Marianov, A. Kochubei, T. Roman, O. Conquest, C. Stampfl, Y. Jiang*, Resolving deactivation pathways of Co porphyrin-based electrocatalysts for CO₂ reduction in aqueous medium,  ACS Catalysis, 11 (2021) 3715-3729. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05092
   
9. X. Yang, T. Kan, A. Kheradmand, H. Xu, V. Strezov, A. Yu, Y. Jiang*, Tunable syngas production from two-stage sorption-enhanced steam gasification of sewage sludge, Chemical Engineering Journal, (2020) 126069. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126069
10. Z. Wang, T. Li, Y. Jiang, O. Lafon, J. Trebosc, A. Baiker, J. Amoureux, J. Huang, Acidity enhancement through synergy of penta- and tetra-coordinated aluminum species in amorphous silica networks, Nature Communications, 225 (2020). doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13907-7
11. A. Marianov, Y. Jiang*, Covalent ligation of Co molecular catalyst to carbon cloth for efficient electroreduction of CO₂ in water, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 244 (2019) 881-888. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.11.084
12. Y. Zhu, T. Wan, X. Wen, D. Chu, Y. Jiang*, Tunable Type I and II heterojunction of CoO_x nanoparticles confined in in g-C₃N₄ nanotubes for photocatalytic hydrogen production, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 244 (2019) 814-822.  doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.12.015
13. Z. Wang, L. O'Dell, X. Zeng, C. Liu, S. Zhao, W. Zhang, M. Gaborieau, Y. Jiang, J. Huang, Insight into tri-coordinated aluminium species on ethanol-to-olefin conversion over ZSM-5 zeolites, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58 (2019) 2-10. doi: 10.1002/ange.201910987 
14. Z. Wang, J. Huang, R. Amal, Y. Jiang*, Solid-state NMR study of photocatalytic oxidation of acetaldehyde over flame-made F-TiO2 catalyst, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 223 (2018) 16-21. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.04.011
15. F. Wang, Y. Jiang*, D. Lawes, G. Ball, C. Zhou, Z. Liu, R. Amal, Analysis of the promoted activity and molecular mechanism of hydrogen production over fine Au-Pt alloyed TiO₂ photocatalysts, ACS Catalysis 5 (2015) 3924-3931. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00623
16. F. Wang, Y. Jiang*, A. Gautam, Y. Li, R. Amal, Exploring the origin of enhanced activity and reaction pathway for photocatalytic hydrogen production on Au/B-TiO₂ catalysts, ACS Catalysis, 4 (2014) 1451-1457. doi: 10.1021/cs5002948
17. Y. Jiang, R. Amal, Selective synthesis of TiO₂-based nanoparticles with highly active surface sites for gas-phase photocatalytic oxidation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 138-139 (2013) 260-267. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.02.026
18. Y. Jiang, J. Scott, R. Amal, Exploring the relationship between surface structure and photocatalytic activity of flame-made TiO₂-based catalysts, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental126 (2012) 290-296. doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2012.07.027 
19. Y. Jiang, J. Huang, B. Kasumaj, G. Jeschke, M. Hunger, T. Mallat, A. Baiker, Adsorption-desorption induced structural changes of Cu-MOF evidenced by solid state NMR and EPR spectroscopy, Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (2009) 2058-2059. doi: 10.1021/ja8088718
20. Y. Jiang, M. Hunger, W.  Wang, On the reactivity of surface methoxy species in acidic zeolites, Journal of The American Chemical Society 128 (2006) 11679-11692. doi: 10.1021/ja061018y

• Heterogeneous catalysis, Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis, Environmental catalysis, In situ spectroscopic techniques
• Renewable energy, Green chemical processes, Solar fuels, Carbon dioxide reduction, Nitrogen fixation, Biosolid utilsation, waste plastics upcycling

Yijiao has supervised to completion 20 HDRs and 53 Engineering thesis students. 

Current Group Member (Primary Supervisor)

Dr Yuming Wu (PhD from University of Queensland, MEng from CAS, Bachelor from Nanchang Uni) 

Dr Jiaquan Li (PhD from Curtin University, MEng from CAS, BEng from Tsinghua)

Ms. Alena Kochubei, PhD student, MEng from Macquarie Uni, BSc Southern Federal Uni)

Ms. Xiuping Liao, PhD student, MEng from Central China Uni, BEng from Zhejiang Uni of Tech)

Miss. Mengxin Liu, MRes+PhD, MSc from National University of Singapore, BSc from Jilin Uni)

Mr. Yusheng Li, PhD, MEng from Macquarie, BSc in Polymer Materials from Beijing Uni of Chem Tech.

Miss Ruoqi Zhang, GD+MRes+PhD, BSc in Chemistry from East China University of Science and Technology

Mr Wilson Jones (Thesis B Student 2024)

Mr Jinhong Lin (Thesis B Student 2024)

Mr Adeusi David Durotoye (Thesis A Student 2024)

Mr Geordie Purdon (Thesis A Student 2024)

Mr Cameron Taylor ((Thesis A Student 2024)

Completed HDR supervision

PhD: Amanj Kheradmand (2023), Yutong Zhao (2022), Shengshen Gu (2021), Wenwen Zhang (2021, Vice-Chancellor's Commendation), Haimei Xu (2020), Xiaoxia Yang (2020), Aleksei Marianov (2019), Yuxiang Zhu (2018), Dedong He (2017), Cameron Fletcher (2017), Fenglong Wang (2016), Minsu Jung (2015), Zichun Wang (2015)

Master by Research: Wending Gu (2023), Zhiwei Shen (2022), Harry O'Donnell (2021), Alena Kochubei (MRes, 2020, Executive Dean's Commendation for Academic Excellence), Amanj Kheradmand (HD, 2018), Simone Brennan (2015)