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Dali Yang

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

Dali Yang

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
Dali Yang

Brookhaven National Laboratory

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

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