Jindou Yang (杨金斗)Professor, Born in Xianyang (Xingping), Shaanxi ProvinceE-mail: yangjindou@dicp.ac.cnEducational Experience:2009-2013, Bachelor’s degree (Applied Chemistry), Xi'an Polytechnic University, China2013-2016, Master’s degree (Materials Science), Shaanxi Normal University, China2016-2022, Doctoral degree (Inorganic Chemistry), Ewha Woman University, South KoreaWork Experience:2022-2023, Postdoc Researcher, Ewha Woman University, South Korea2023-2026, Postdoc Researcher, Yale University, USA2026-present, Professor, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy and State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Interest: Heterogenized Molecular Catalysis for Energy Conversion (CO2, N2, O2…)Brief introduction of research work: Dr. Jindou Yang’s research focuses on understanding and controlling catalytic pathways in multi-electron energy conversion reactions, where the identity of active molecular species at interfaces remains poorly defined and is often not inherited from solution-phase structures. Her doctoral work centered on the homogeneous activation of O2 and organic substrates using well-defined molecular catalysts, establishing fundamental structure–reactivity relationships through mechanistic studies. She subsequently extended this expertise to heterogenized systems during her postdoctoral training, where she demonstrated that interfacial molecular configurations are not passively inherited but actively defined by molecule–surface interactions, and critically govern catalytic activity and selectivity in CO2 reduction. Building on this insight, her future research aims to rationally engineer reaction interfaces and heterogenized molecular catalysts to achieve precise control over catalytic pathways in energy conversion reactions. This effort will focus on diverse substrates—including carbon materials, metal oxides, metals, and emerging two-dimensional (2D) materials—to enable efficient and controllable electrocatalytic transformations. She has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including Nature Reviews Chemistry, Nature Synthesis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition, among others.Open positions: Dr. Yang is seeking highly motivated graduate students with strong backgrounds in materials synthesis and an interest in interfacial catalysis.Representative Publications: (#Co-first author, *corresponding author)1. Jindou Yang*, Kedang Chen, “Reprogramming CO2 Reduction through Interfacial Water” Nat. Rev. Chem., 2026, just Accepted.2.Jindou Yang*, Virginia Larson#, Daniel Castella, Devin Wilson, Ying Xing; Mi Sook Seo, Yong-Min Lee, Ava Slobin, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Shearer Jason Shearer*, Nicolai Lehnert*, Wonwoo Nam*, “Preparation, Spectroscopic Characterization and Reactivity of High-Valent Non-Oxo Co(IV) and Formally Co(V) Complexes” JACS Au, 2025, 5, 3575-3588.3. Emmanuel Fosu*, Jindou Yang#, “Machine-Made Chemistry” Nat. Rev. Chem, 2025, 9, 806.4. Jindou Yang#, Guilherme L. Tripodi#, Max T. G. M. Derks, Mi Sook Seo, Yong-Min Lee, Kendal W. Southwell, Jason Shearer*, Jana Roithová*, Wonwoo Nam*, “Generation, Spectroscopic Characterization, and Computational Analysis of a Six-Coordinate Cobalt(III)-Imidyl Complex with an Unusual S = 3/2 Ground State that Promotes N-Group and Hydrogen Atom-Transfer Reactions with Exogenous Substrates” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 26106–26121.5. Xialiang Li#, Ping Li#, Jindou Yang#, Lisi Xie, Ni Wang, Haitao Lei, Chaochao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yong-Min Lee, Weiqiang Zhang*, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Wonwoo Nam*, Rui Cao* “A Cobalt(II) Porphyrin with a Tethered Imidazole for Efficient Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Electrocatalysis” J. Energy Chem., 2023, 76, 617–621.6. Jindou Yang#, Ping Li#, Xialiang Li#, Lisi Xie, Ni Wang, Haitao Lei, Chaochao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yong-Min Lee, Weiqiang Zhang*, Rui Cao*, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Wonwoo Nam*, “Crucial Roles of a Pendant Imidazole Ligand of a Cobalt Porphyrin Complex in the Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reduction of Dioxygen” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202208143.7. Jindou Yang#, Hai T. Dong#, Mi Sook Seo, Virginia A. Larson, Yong-Min Lee, Jason Shearer*, Nicolai Lehnert*, Wonwoo Nam*, “The Oxo-Wall Remains Intact: A Tetrahedrally Distorted Co(IV)-Oxo Complex” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 16943–16959.8. Jindou Yang#, Mi Sook Seo#, Kyung Ha Kim, Yong-Min Lee, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Jason Shearer*, Wonwoo Nam*, “Structure and Unprecedented Reactivity of a Mononuclear Nonheme Cobalt(III) Iodosylbenzene Complex” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 13581–13585.
Jindou Yang (杨金斗)
Professor, Born in Xianyang (Xingping), Shaanxi Province
E-mail: yangjindou@dicp.ac.cn
Educational Experience:
2009-2013, Bachelor’s degree (Applied Chemistry), Xi'an Polytechnic University, China
2013-2016, Master’s degree (Materials Science), Shaanxi Normal University, China
2016-2022, Doctoral degree (Inorganic Chemistry), Ewha Woman University, South Korea
Work Experience:
2022-2023, Postdoc Researcher, Ewha Woman University, South Korea
2023-2026, Postdoc Researcher, Yale University, USA
2026-present, Professor, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy and State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Interest: Heterogenized Molecular Catalysis for Energy Conversion (CO2, N2, O2…)
Brief introduction of research work:
Dr. Jindou Yang’s research focuses on understanding and controlling catalytic pathways in multi-electron energy conversion reactions, where the identity of active molecular species at interfaces remains poorly defined and is often not inherited from solution-phase structures. Her doctoral work centered on the homogeneous activation of O2 and organic substrates using well-defined molecular catalysts, establishing fundamental structure–reactivity relationships through mechanistic studies. She subsequently extended this expertise to heterogenized systems during her postdoctoral training, where she demonstrated that interfacial molecular configurations are not passively inherited but actively defined by molecule–surface interactions, and critically govern catalytic activity and selectivity in CO2 reduction. Building on this insight, her future research aims to rationally engineer reaction interfaces and heterogenized molecular catalysts to achieve precise control over catalytic pathways in energy conversion reactions. This effort will focus on diverse substrates—including carbon materials, metal oxides, metals, and emerging two-dimensional (2D) materials—to enable efficient and controllable electrocatalytic transformations. She has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including Nature Reviews Chemistry, Nature Synthesis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition, among others.
Open positions:
Dr. Yang is seeking highly motivated graduate students with strong backgrounds in materials synthesis and an interest in interfacial catalysis.
Representative Publications: (#Co-first author, *corresponding author)
1. Jindou Yang*, Kedang Chen, “Reprogramming CO2 Reduction through Interfacial Water” Nat. Rev. Chem., 2026, just Accepted.
2.Jindou Yang*, Virginia Larson#, Daniel Castella, Devin Wilson, Ying Xing; Mi Sook Seo, Yong-Min Lee, Ava Slobin, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Shearer Jason Shearer*, Nicolai Lehnert*, Wonwoo Nam*, “Preparation, Spectroscopic Characterization and Reactivity of High-Valent Non-Oxo Co(IV) and Formally Co(V) Complexes” JACS Au, 2025, 5, 3575-3588.
3. Emmanuel Fosu*, Jindou Yang#, “Machine-Made Chemistry” Nat. Rev. Chem, 2025, 9, 806.
4. Jindou Yang#, Guilherme L. Tripodi#, Max T. G. M. Derks, Mi Sook Seo, Yong-Min Lee, Kendal W. Southwell, Jason Shearer*, Jana Roithová*, Wonwoo Nam*, “Generation, Spectroscopic Characterization, and Computational Analysis of a Six-Coordinate Cobalt(III)-Imidyl Complex with an Unusual S = 3/2 Ground State that Promotes N-Group and Hydrogen Atom-Transfer Reactions with Exogenous Substrates” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 26106–26121.
5. Xialiang Li#, Ping Li#, Jindou Yang#, Lisi Xie, Ni Wang, Haitao Lei, Chaochao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yong-Min Lee, Weiqiang Zhang*, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Wonwoo Nam*, Rui Cao* “A Cobalt(II) Porphyrin with a Tethered Imidazole for Efficient Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Electrocatalysis” J. Energy Chem., 2023, 76, 617–621.
6. Jindou Yang#, Ping Li#, Xialiang Li#, Lisi Xie, Ni Wang, Haitao Lei, Chaochao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yong-Min Lee, Weiqiang Zhang*, Rui Cao*, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Wonwoo Nam*, “Crucial Roles of a Pendant Imidazole Ligand of a Cobalt Porphyrin Complex in the Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reduction of Dioxygen” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202208143.
7. Jindou Yang#, Hai T. Dong#, Mi Sook Seo, Virginia A. Larson, Yong-Min Lee, Jason Shearer*, Nicolai Lehnert*, Wonwoo Nam*, “The Oxo-Wall Remains Intact: A Tetrahedrally Distorted Co(IV)-Oxo Complex” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 16943–16959.
8. Jindou Yang#, Mi Sook Seo#, Kyung Ha Kim, Yong-Min Lee, Shunichi Fukuzumi*, Jason Shearer*, Wonwoo Nam*, “Structure and Unprecedented Reactivity of a Mononuclear Nonheme Cobalt(III) Iodosylbenzene Complex” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 13581–13585.