Research Interests

Rare Earth Elements Separations; Liquid-Liquid Equilibria; Interfacial Behaviors; Zeolites in Separations and Catalysis; Ionic Liquids; Energy Storage; Chiral Enantiomer Separations; Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

Education

• PhD in Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (2020)
• BSci in Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu (2012)

Awards and Honors

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2015
• Gamson Fellowship, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2014
• Energy Technology Fellowship, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2013

Highlighted Publications

Full list: Google Scholar

• Maonian Xu, Ernest Oppong-Danquah, Xiaoyu Wang, … ​“Novel methods to characterise spatial distribution and enantiomeric composition of usnic acids in four Icelandic lichens” Phytochemistry 2022, Vol. 200, 113210
• Xiaoyu Wang, Cynthia J Jameson, Sohail Murad, ​“Molecular dynamics simulations of chiral recognition of drugs by amylose polymers coated on amorphous silica” Molecular Physics 2021, Vol. 119, e1922772
• Cynthia J Jameson, Xiaoyu Wang, Sohail Murad, ​“Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Enantiomeric Separations as an Interfacial Process in HPLC” AIChE Journal 2021, 67, e17143
• Xiaoyu Wang, Cynthia Jameson, Sohail Murad, ​“Modeling enantiomeric separations as an interfacial process using amylose tris(3,5-dimethylphenyl carbamate) (ADMPC) polymers coated on amorphous silica” Langmuir 2020, 36, 1113-1124
• Xiaoyu Wang, David Venerus, Ishwar Puri, Sohail Murad, ​“On Using the Anisotropy in the Thermal Resistance of Solid- Fluid Interfaces to More Effectively Cool Nano-electronics” Molecular Simulation 2020, 46, 162-167
• Xuerui Wang, Yuting Zhang, Xiaoyu Wang, … ​“Xe Recovery by DD3R Zeolite Membranes - Application in Anaesthetics” Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 15518-15525
• Xiaoyu Wang, David House, Priyanka Oroskar, … ​“Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Chiral Recognition Mechanism for a Polysaccharide Chiral Stationary Phase in Enantiomeric Chromatographic Separations” Molecular Physics 2019, 117, 3569-3588
• Xiaoyu Wang, Sohail Murad, ​“Molecular dynamics simulations of liquid-liquid phase equilibrium of ternary methanol/water/hydrocarbon mixtures” Fluid Phase Equilibria 2018, 470, 109-119
• Binwu Zhao, Priyanka Sharma, Xiaoyu Wang, … ​“Computational study on chiral recognition of drug molecules” Langmuir 2017, 33, 11246-11256
• Fanyu Qu, …, Xiaoyu Wang, Sohail Murad, ​“Understanding the Effect of Zeolite Crystal Expansion/Contraction on Separation Performance of NaA Zeolite Membrane: A Combined Experimental and Molecular Simulation Study” Journal of Membrane Science 2017, 539, 14-23