Dali Yang
Research Staff 3 Physics, Spectroscopy Program, National Synchrotron Light Source II

Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 743, Room 3L155
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Dali Yang is a beamline scientist at the Quick X-ray Absorption and Scattering (QAS) beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II, where he collaborates with users on experiments and participates in beamline development. His research interests include homogeneous/heterogeneous catalysis, photochemistry, electrochemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry.
Education | Appointments | Publications
Education
Ph.D. Wuhan University, Wuhan 2020
B.S. Nanjing University, Nanjing 2014
Professional Appointments
Research Staff, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 2024 - present
Postdoc Research Associate, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA 2022 - 2024
Research Associate, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 2020 - 2022
Guest Graduate, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 2016 - 2018
Selected Publications
- Bu F, Deng Y, Xu J, Yang D et al (2024) Electrocatalytic reductive deuteration of arenes and heteroarenes. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07989-7
- Wang S, Ren D, Liu Z, Yang D et al (2023) Cobalt-catalysed allylic fluoroalkylation of terpenes. Nature Synthesis 2:1202–1210. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00365-9
- Luo X†, Yang D†, He X†, et al (2023) Valve turning towards on-cycle in cobalt-catalyzed Negishi-type cross-coupling. Nature Communications 14: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40269-y
- Liu X†, Yang D†, Liu Z†, et al (2023) Unraveling the Structure and Reactivity Patterns of the Indole Radical Cation in Regioselective Electrochemical Oxidative Annulations. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145: 3175–3186. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c12902
- Yang Z†, Yang D†, Zhang J, et al (2022) Electrophotochemical Ce-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Functionalization of Cycloalkanols under Redox-Neutral Conditions: Scope and Mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society 144: 13895–13902. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c05520
- Li W, Rabeah J, Bourriquen F, Yang D, et al (2022) Scalable and selective deuteration of (hetero)arenes. Nature Chemistry 14: 334–341. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00846-4
- Wegener EC, Bukowski BC, Yang D, et al (2020) Intermetallic Compounds as an Alternative to Single-atom Alloy Catalysts: Geometric and Electronic Structures from Advanced X-ray Spectroscopies and Computational Studies. ChemCatChem 12: 1325–1333. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201901869
- Ravel B, Kropf AJ, Yang D, et al (2018) Nonresonant valence-to-core x-ray emission spectroscopy of niobium. Physical Review B 97:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.97.125139
- Yi H†, Yang D†, Xin J, et al (2017) Unravelling the hidden link of lithium halides and application in the synthesis of organocuprates. Nature Communications 8: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14794

Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 743, Room 3L155
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000