Song Yu
PDRA - Since April 2023
Previous: PhD, PDRA - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publications: Chem. Eur. J., 2022, e202203121; ChemistryOpen, 2021, 10, 784; Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 5683; Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 11529; Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2019, 378; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 21478
Funding: EPSRC PDRA Fellowship
Biography: I was born and raised in Sichuan, a place in southwest of China famous for its hot food and natural habitation to giant pandas. After completing my Chemistry bachelor's degree at Wuhan Institute of Technology, I moved to Xiamen University to work on my masters thesis on the understanding of electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide by using both experimental and computational methods, which sparked my interest in studying chemistry using quantum chemical calculations. I then moved to the Netherlands to work on my doctoral project on the computational study of chemical reactivity in the group of Prof. Matthias Bickelhaupt at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. During this period, my primary focus was understanding how factors, including geometric and electronic structure, catalysts, and the external field of a system modulate the chemical reactivity of various organic reactions. In April 2023, I began working as a PDRA in the groups of Prof Nikolas Kaltsoyannis and Prof David Procter, to do research on SmI2 catalysis. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking and playing MOBA games.
PDRA - Since April 2023
Previous: PhD, PDRA - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publications: Chem. Eur. J., 2022, e202203121; ChemistryOpen, 2021, 10, 784; Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 5683; Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 11529; Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2019, 378; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 21478
Funding: EPSRC PDRA Fellowship
Biography: I was born and raised in Sichuan, a place in southwest of China famous for its hot food and natural habitation to giant pandas. After completing my Chemistry bachelor's degree at Wuhan Institute of Technology, I moved to Xiamen University to work on my masters thesis on the understanding of electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide by using both experimental and computational methods, which sparked my interest in studying chemistry using quantum chemical calculations. I then moved to the Netherlands to work on my doctoral project on the computational study of chemical reactivity in the group of Prof. Matthias Bickelhaupt at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. During this period, my primary focus was understanding how factors, including geometric and electronic structure, catalysts, and the external field of a system modulate the chemical reactivity of various organic reactions. In April 2023, I began working as a PDRA in the groups of Prof Nikolas Kaltsoyannis and Prof David Procter, to do research on SmI2 catalysis. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking and playing MOBA games.