Yan's Energy & environmental Surface Laboratory - YEeS Lab is a surface science research lab in the Department of Chemistry at UL Lafayette. We are interested in developing novel materials/surfaces and focus on understanding adsorbate-surface and adsorbate-adsorbate interactions at those developed surfaces for chemical reactions relevant to energy and environmental applications.
Explore our chemistry department's website to learn more about our programs!-Undergraduate Student Researchers are always Welcomed!
Interested in PhD degree in Earth and Energy Sciences or MS degree in Industrial Chemistry? Please click here and contact Dr. Yan.
Group News:
08/30/2024: Welcome Undergraduate students Gracie Crochet (CHEM), Liberty Plasek (CHEE), and graduate student Amina Chowdhury (MS in Industrial Chemistry) to join YEeS lab!
12/01/2023: Dr. Yan received Advance Faculty Grant from UL Lafayette for undergraduate research, thank you Advance Institute!
09/01/2023: Welcome a new PhD student Uche G Edor to YEeS lab!
06/01/2023: Dr. Yan has received a Research Grant from Louisiana Board of Regent to work on CO2 and CH4 on hollow porous materials. Thank you for your support, BoR!
12/15/2022: Congratulations to Dr. Lingyiqian Luo! Fresh PhD out of YEeS lab, co-advised with Dr. Hernandez. Wish you the best in your Postdoctoral life at Mississippi State University!
09/01/2023: Welcome a new PhD student Uche G Edor to YEeS lab!
06/01/2023: Dr. Yan has received a Research Grant from Louisiana Board of Regent to work on CO2 and CH4 on hollow porous materials. Thank you for your support, BoR!
12/15/2022: Congratulations to Dr. Lingyiqian Luo! Fresh PhD out of YEeS lab, co-advised with Dr. Hernandez. Wish you the best in your Postdoctoral life at Mississippi State University!
06/01/2022: Dr. Yan starts her sabbatical research in Professor Enrique Iglesia's group at UC Berkeley, exciting!
05/13/2022: Congratulations to undergraduate research student Megan Broussard for being recognized with Bradd Clark Undergraduate Research award in Spring 2022 - only one student who graduates from the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences per semester receives it. Enjoy your graduate life at Washington U in St. Louis! Congratulations to Corrine Barr and Casey Stikes for your graduations!
05/13/2022: Congratulations to undergraduate research student Megan Broussard for being recognized with Bradd Clark Undergraduate Research award in Spring 2022 - only one student who graduates from the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences per semester receives it. Enjoy your graduate life at Washington U in St. Louis! Congratulations to Corrine Barr and Casey Stikes for your graduations!
04/10/2022: Congratulations to graduate student Lingyiqian (Amy) Luo for being awarded with the UL Lafayette Dissertation Completion Fellowship!
03/01/2022: Our work “Pore structure of ordered mesoporous Pt-CeO2 probed by CO via VT-DRIFTS” has been published in Applied Surface Science, congratulations to Lingyiqian Luo (Amy) and all co-authors! 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.152866 (IF=6.71)
free access https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ei3EcXa-0hx5
02/22/2022: A collaborative work with Dr. Ling Fei in Chemical Engineering at UL Lafayette has been published in Langmuir, congratulations! "“Achieving Superhydrophobic Surfaces via Air-Assisted Electrospray”, Langmuir 2022", https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03134 (IF = 3.88)
12/18/2021: Congratulations to Carley Oliver and Kha Nguyen for their graduations, wish Carley a great graduate school experience at UT-El Paso!
08/20/2021: Our paper "Heterogeneous catalysis at metal-oxide interfaces using in situ and operando spectroscopy: From nanoparticles to single-atom sites" is published online in Applied Catalysis A: General (IF= 5.706). Excellent work, Amy (Lingyiqian)! congratulations to all co-authors!
08/19/2021: Dr. Yan is tenured and promoted to Associate Professor.
05/05/2021: A collaborative work with Dr. Daniel Gang in Civil Engineering at UL Lafayette has been published in Chemosphere (IF=5.778), congratulations! "Enhanced adsorption of resorcinol onto phosphate functionalized graphene oxide synthesized via Arbuzov Reaction: A proposed mechanism of hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions"
04/05/2021: Dr. Yan has been awarded with 72 K for in situ research and education by LA Board of Regents Departmental Enhancement program, congratulations to her and all co-PIs!
04/05/2021: Dr. Yan's collaborative project with Louisiana Accelerator Center has been awarded with 475 K for 3-year by LA Board of Regents, congratulations to the PI Dr. Naresh Deoli and all co-PIs!
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06/12/2020: YEeS lab research on spectroscopy is in press on Journal of Molecular Liquids (IF=5.065)!
"Vitamin C stabilized in lysozyme and CTAB aqueous solutions"
06/08/2020: Dr. Yan's collaborative work as co-corresponding author with Dr. Ming Chen has been published on SMALL (IF = 10.856)
"Confinement Growth of Layered WS2 in Hollow Beaded Carbon Nanofibers with Synergistic Anchoring Effect to Reinforce Li+/Na+ Storage Performance"
05/08/2020: Congratulation! PhD student Amy (Lingyiqian) Luo is Awarded with Second Place Graduate Oral Presentation in Chemistry/Physics/Earth Sciences by THE 94TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LOUISIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES! Good job, Amy!
04/07/2020: Congrats to Dr. Yan's new collaborative work with Dr. Li as co-corresponding author with fluorescence spectroscopy just went online, "A novel type of waterborne fluorescent nano-fiber membranes with effectively suppressed ACQ phenomenon: Fabrication, Properties and Applications"!
https://doi.org/10.1002/app.49289.
02/14/2020: YEeS lab is awarded with undergraduate research mini-grant from Louisiana Council on Excellence in Undergraduate Research (LaCOUER) for synthesizing structured oxide materials.
01/24/2020: We did outreach activity for gifted program at a local elementary school, fun!! Thank you ACS student chapter at UL Lafayette and all the curious minds!
11/09/19: Dr. Yan's new publication in Crystals on the topic of SX-STM, "X-ray Assisted Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Its Applications for Materials Science: The First Results on Cu Doped ZrTe3"
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/9/11/588
08/30/19: New publication from YEeS LAB on Surface Science, "Investigate interactions of water with mesoporous ceria using in situ VT-DRIFTS" , check it out, free download for 50 days! Congrats!
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZenJ90I-~WmJ
06/26/19: Dr. Yan was invited to co-chair Vibrational Spectroscopy Characterization session for NAM26 -2019 North American Catalysis Society Meeting at Chicago.
06/23-25/19: Dr. Yan presented at Gordon Research Conference Crystal Growth and Assembly @ Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, MA.
March/2019: Check out our two papers published in March, on Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Journal of Physical Chemistry (refer to Publications tab)!
03/16/19: Graduate student Lingyiqian Luo and Dr. Yan present at 2019 Louisiana Academy of Sciences at Baton Rouge, LA
12/13/18: Dr. Yan and Undergraduate research student Elizabeth Fox present at Southwest Catalysis Society 2018 Fall symposium@LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
03/01/2022: Our work “Pore structure of ordered mesoporous Pt-CeO2 probed by CO via VT-DRIFTS” has been published in Applied Surface Science, congratulations to Lingyiqian Luo (Amy) and all co-authors! 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.152866 (IF=6.71)
free access https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ei3EcXa-0hx5
02/22/2022: A collaborative work with Dr. Ling Fei in Chemical Engineering at UL Lafayette has been published in Langmuir, congratulations! "“Achieving Superhydrophobic Surfaces via Air-Assisted Electrospray”, Langmuir 2022", https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03134 (IF = 3.88)
12/18/2021: Congratulations to Carley Oliver and Kha Nguyen for their graduations, wish Carley a great graduate school experience at UT-El Paso!
08/20/2021: Our paper "Heterogeneous catalysis at metal-oxide interfaces using in situ and operando spectroscopy: From nanoparticles to single-atom sites" is published online in Applied Catalysis A: General (IF= 5.706). Excellent work, Amy (Lingyiqian)! congratulations to all co-authors!
08/19/2021: Dr. Yan is tenured and promoted to Associate Professor.
05/05/2021: A collaborative work with Dr. Daniel Gang in Civil Engineering at UL Lafayette has been published in Chemosphere (IF=5.778), congratulations! "Enhanced adsorption of resorcinol onto phosphate functionalized graphene oxide synthesized via Arbuzov Reaction: A proposed mechanism of hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions"
04/05/2021: Dr. Yan has been awarded with 72 K for in situ research and education by LA Board of Regents Departmental Enhancement program, congratulations to her and all co-PIs!
04/05/2021: Dr. Yan's collaborative project with Louisiana Accelerator Center has been awarded with 475 K for 3-year by LA Board of Regents, congratulations to the PI Dr. Naresh Deoli and all co-PIs!
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06/12/2020: YEeS lab research on spectroscopy is in press on Journal of Molecular Liquids (IF=5.065)!
"Vitamin C stabilized in lysozyme and CTAB aqueous solutions"
06/08/2020: Dr. Yan's collaborative work as co-corresponding author with Dr. Ming Chen has been published on SMALL (IF = 10.856)
"Confinement Growth of Layered WS2 in Hollow Beaded Carbon Nanofibers with Synergistic Anchoring Effect to Reinforce Li+/Na+ Storage Performance"
05/08/2020: Congratulation! PhD student Amy (Lingyiqian) Luo is Awarded with Second Place Graduate Oral Presentation in Chemistry/Physics/Earth Sciences by THE 94TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LOUISIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES! Good job, Amy!
04/07/2020: Congrats to Dr. Yan's new collaborative work with Dr. Li as co-corresponding author with fluorescence spectroscopy just went online, "A novel type of waterborne fluorescent nano-fiber membranes with effectively suppressed ACQ phenomenon: Fabrication, Properties and Applications"!
https://doi.org/10.1002/app.49289.
02/14/2020: YEeS lab is awarded with undergraduate research mini-grant from Louisiana Council on Excellence in Undergraduate Research (LaCOUER) for synthesizing structured oxide materials.
01/24/2020: We did outreach activity for gifted program at a local elementary school, fun!! Thank you ACS student chapter at UL Lafayette and all the curious minds!
11/09/19: Dr. Yan's new publication in Crystals on the topic of SX-STM, "X-ray Assisted Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Its Applications for Materials Science: The First Results on Cu Doped ZrTe3"
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/9/11/588
08/30/19: New publication from YEeS LAB on Surface Science, "Investigate interactions of water with mesoporous ceria using in situ VT-DRIFTS" , check it out, free download for 50 days! Congrats!
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ZenJ90I-~WmJ
06/26/19: Dr. Yan was invited to co-chair Vibrational Spectroscopy Characterization session for NAM26 -2019 North American Catalysis Society Meeting at Chicago.
06/23-25/19: Dr. Yan presented at Gordon Research Conference Crystal Growth and Assembly @ Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, MA.
March/2019: Check out our two papers published in March, on Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Journal of Physical Chemistry (refer to Publications tab)!
03/16/19: Graduate student Lingyiqian Luo and Dr. Yan present at 2019 Louisiana Academy of Sciences at Baton Rouge, LA
12/13/18: Dr. Yan and Undergraduate research student Elizabeth Fox present at Southwest Catalysis Society 2018 Fall symposium@LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
06/24/18: Dr. Yan presents at Gordon Research Conference-catalysis @Colby-Sawyer college, New London, NH.
06/06/18: Dr. Yan is attending ACS faculty workshop @Denver, CO.
05/11/18: Jed just graduated and will continue to work on his Master degree in chemical engineering, congratulations!
03/05/18: Congratulations to Jed LaCoste! Mr. LaCoste was awarded with "Undergraduate Research Poster Award" at 92nd Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Alexandria, LA
06/06/18: Dr. Yan is attending ACS faculty workshop @Denver, CO.
05/11/18: Jed just graduated and will continue to work on his Master degree in chemical engineering, congratulations!
03/05/18: Congratulations to Jed LaCoste! Mr. LaCoste was awarded with "Undergraduate Research Poster Award" at 92nd Annual Meeting of Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Alexandria, LA
10/26/17: Dr. Yan was invited to present at Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-LAMP). Lafayette, LA
10/14/17: Dr. Yan was invited to present at 2017 Faculty Retreat-IMRI, Lafayette, LA
08/06/17: Dr. Yan attended Gordon Research Conference -Nanoporous materials and their applications, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH
04/06/17: Dr. Yan presented at 253th ACS national meeting-San Francisco, CA
08/19/15: Dr. Yan started her tenure-track assistant professor position at UL Lafayette.