Haoyuan Chen

• Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, 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