Nannan Shan
Senior Computational Scientist
Prior to joining the RCAC team in 2022, Nannan's research area was utilizing both multiscale simulations (e.g. DFT and MD) and experiments to accelerate the functional materials discovery and innovation in the fields of surface science, catalysis and energy production and storage.
Equipped with broad scientific knowledge and hands-on experience in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, and Chemistry, Nannan is devoting her passion to supporting users of RCAC community clusters and ACCESS Anvil cluster. She dedicates herself to advancing the scientific research through high performance computing (HPC) techniques with scientists at Purdue and nationwide institutions.
Education
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University (2019)
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China (2013)
B.Sc., Chemistry, Qingdao Agriculture University, China (2010)
Work Experience
Senior Computational Scientist, RCAC, Purdue University (10/2022-present)
Postdoctoral Associate, Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (01/2022-9/2022)
Postdoctoral Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory (04/2019-12/2021)
Research Interests
Workflow automation for materials modeling
Functional materials innovation
Selective publications (full list)
[1] Kondori, A., Esmaeilirad, M., Harzandi, A. M., Amine, R., Saray, M. T., Yu, L., Liu, T., Wen, J., Shan, N., Wang, H., Ngo, A. T, Redfern, P. C, Johnson, C. S., Amine, K., Shahbazian-Yassar, R., Curtiss, L. A, Asadi, M., A room temperature rechargeable Li2O-based lithium-air battery enabled by a solid electrolyte, Science, 2023, 379 (6631), 499-505.
[2] Shan, N., Jones, J. C., Luo, C., Hock, A. S., Martinson, A. B., Cheng, L. Selective hydration of In2O3 as a route to site-selective atomic layer deposition, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022, 126 (25), 10359-10366.
[3] Majidi, L., Ahmadiparidari, A., Shan, N., Misal, S. N., Kumar, K., Huang, Z., Rastegar, S., Hemmat, Z., Zou, X., Zapol, P., Cabana, J., Curtiss, L. A., Salehi-Khojin, A. 2D copper tetrahydroxyquinone conductive metal–organic framework for selective CO2 electrocatalysis at low overpotentials, Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 2004393.
[4] Shan, N., Huang, C., Lee, R. T., Manavi, N., Xu, L., Chikan, V., Pfromm, P. H., Liu, B. Manipulating the geometric and electronic structures of manganese nitrides for ammonia synthesis, ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 2233–2244.
[5] Shan, N., Liu, B. Elucidating molecular interactions in glycerol adsorption at the metal–water interface with density functional theory. Langmuir, 2019, 35, 4791-4805.
[6] Shan, N., Hanchett, M. K., Liu, B. Mechanistic insights evaluating Ag, Pb, and Ni as electrocatalysts for furfural reduction from first-principles methods. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121, 25768-25777.
Fun Facts about Nannan
Nannan is working remotely in great Chicago area (one hour behind Purdue local time).
Nannan likes to bake cookies and cakes (4.5 stars review from her family).