Invited Talks
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“iDFT for Inhomogeneous Weak Polyelectrolytes”, International Symposium on Polymer Physics, Chongqing, China, June 9-14, 2024.
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“Advances in Modeling Ion Transport in Micropores and Charging Behavior of Porous Electrodes: Merging Molecular Insights with Machine Learning for Energy Storage”, the 245th Electrochemical Society Meeting, San Francisco, May 26-30, 2024.
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“Chemical Engineering without Fossil Fuels”, the Humboldt Colloquium in San Francisco, February 29 - March 2, 2024.
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“Inverse Materials Design via Theory and Machine Intelligence”, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, February 7, 2024.
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“Bridging the Gap between the Physics and Chemistry of Electric Double Layer”, Beyond-DFT Electrochemistry with Accelerated and Solvated Techniques (BEAST), August 11, 2023.
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“Microscopic Principles of Eco-friendly Chemical Engineering”, International Graduate Program, Zhengzhou University, August 5, 2023.
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“Bridging the Gap between the Physics and Chemistry of Electric Double Layer”, College of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), July 26, 2023.
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“Bridging the Gap between the Physics and Chemistry of Electric Double Layer”, Forum on Molecular Thermodynamics and Multiscale Modeling, Zhengzhou University, July 10, 2023.
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“Classical Density Functional Theory: From Formulation to Practice”, College of Physics, Jilin University, July 5, 2023.
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“Bridging the Gap between the Physics and Chemistry of Electric Double Layer”, International Conference of Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation of Materials (ICM3-2023), Cangchun, July 4, 2023.
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“Bridging the Gap between the Physics and Chemistry of Electric Double Layer”, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, July 2, 2023.
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“Understanding charge regulation of weak polyelectrolytes”, Statistical physics seminar, University of Göttingen, June 29, 2023.
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“Classical Density Functional Theory: From Formulation to Practice”, Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, June 26, 2023.
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“Bridging the Gap between the Physics and Chemistry of Electric Double Layer”, Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE), Technical University of Denmark, June 23, 2023.
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“Understanding charge regulation of weak polyelectrolytes”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, June 22, 2023.
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“Bridging the Gap between the Physics and Chemistry of Electric Double Layer”, The 243rd Electrochemical Society Meeting, Boston, May 28th- June 2nd, 2023.
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“Correlation effects on charge regulation of weak polyelectrolytes”, 2022 Symposium on Theoretical Calculation and Simulation of Soft Matter, Chinese Chemical Society, Changchun on April 15, 2023.
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“Seeking the fundamentals of surface reaction engineering”, International Conference on Mathematics in (Bio)Chemical Kinetics and Engineering, October 24-27, 2021.
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“Classical Density Functional Theory for Ionic Liquids in Nanopores”, SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE21), March 1-5, 2021, Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
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“Segue into the structure and dynamics of electric double layer”, Pacifichem 2020, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2020.
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“Molecular Models for Data-Driven Approaches to Materials Design”, Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE), Technical University of Denmark, June15-20, 2020.
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“DFT at the interface of hard and soft matter”, New directions in classical density functional theory, International Center for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), Edinburgh, UK, May11-15, 2020.
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“Molecular Models Empowering Data-Driven Approaches to Materials Discovery”, On Scalable Image Informatics (LIMPID) and Applications of Machine Learning to Materials Discovery (IDEAS2) Joint Workshop, University of California, Santa Barbara, February 5, 2020.
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“Statistics in Molecular Systems: From Mechanistic Models to Machine Learning”, Department of Statistics, University of California at Riverside, January 7, 2020.
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“Separating the Inseparable through Inverse Design”, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, July 24, 2019.
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“Separating the Inseparable through Inverse Design”, The 6th National Meeting of Stable Isotope Manufacture and Applied Technology, Yixing, China, July 12-14, 2019.
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“From Scientific Data to Data Science: a Chemical Engineer’s Perspective”, Data Science Center, University of California at Riverside, April 19, 2019.
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“Toward computational design of bioadhesives”, Soft Matter Theory and Modeling, Shanghai, China, August 26-29, 2018.
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“Electrical double layer in nanoporous electrodes”, The Tenth Liblice Conference on the Statistical Mechanics of Liquids, Czech Republic, June 17-22, 2018.
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“Toward computational design of bioadhesives”, The International Symposium on Polymer Physics (PP), Xi’an City, China, June 11-15, 2018.
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“About the interface between electronic and classical DFT”, The 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, March 18-22, 2018.
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“Electronic and Ionic Dynamics at Solid-Liquid Interfaces”, MRS Fall 2017 Symposium, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, November 26-December 1, 2017.
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“Density functional theory for polymeric and biomolecular systems”, SAFT 2017, Heidelberg, Germany, May 11-13, 2017.
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“Molecular density functional theory for multiscale modeling of solvation”, Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, May 10, 2017.
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“Electric double layer: Beauty in between and the beast beyond”, Universität Stuttgart, May 8, 2017.
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“Bayesian Statistics for Many-Body Systems”, Interdisciplinary Seminar on Mathematical and Computational Modeling, University of California at Riverside, December 6, 2016
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“Bayesian Statistics for Many-Body Systems”, Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, September 13, 2016
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“Molecular Models for Carbon Adsorbents and Electrodes”, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, September 5, 2016
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“Effects of pore size and electrostatic correlation on ionic transport in voltage-gated nanopores”, Conference on Soft Matter Theory and Computation, Chinese Chemical Society, August 25-28, 2016
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“Structural thermodynamics”, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, December 8, 2015
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“Structural thermodynamics”, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, December 7, 2015
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“Multiscale modeling for high-throughput chemicals and materials screening”, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, December 7, 2015
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“Structural thermodynamics”, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, November 28, 2015
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“Structural thermodynamics”, Department of Physics, Wuhan University, November 27, 2015
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“Structural thermodynamics”, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, November 26, 2015
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“Structural thermodynamics”, Department of Polymer Physics, Fudan University, September 25, 2015.
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“Structural thermodynamics”, Department of Physics, SooChow University, September 24, 2015.
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“Structural thermodynamics”, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, September 23, 2015.
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“Structural thermodynamics”, Institute of Forest Chemicals, Chinese Academy of Forestry, September 22, 2015.
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“Structural thermodynamics”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, September 21, 2015.
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“Structural thermodynamics”, Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Summer Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, August 10, 2015.
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“Multiscale modeling for high-throughput chemicals and materials screening”, Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Summer Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, August 11, 2015.
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“New Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, July 7, 2015.
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“Chemical Engineering, Thermodynamics and Density Functional Theory”, Synfuels China Technology Co. Ltd, March 29, 2015.
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“DFT for Multiscale Modeling: From Electrons to Polymer Complexes”, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, March 28, 2015.
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“Density Functional Theory for Computational Process and Product Design”, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, March 18, 2015.
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“Density Functional Theory: A Chemical Engineering Approach”, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, October 7, 2014.
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“After Graduation”, Chemical Engineering Seminar for Undergraduates, Tsinghua University, September 17, 2014.
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“Density Functional Theory for Atomic Fluids”, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, September 16, 2014.
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“Density Functional Theory for Atomic Fluids”, Department of Physics, Nankai University, September 15, 2014.
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“Recent Progresses on Density Functional Theory”, Tsinghua Forum on Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, September 12, 2014.
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“Erdos in Liquid-State Theory”, Condensed Matter Symposium in Celebration of Doug Henderson’s 80th Birthday, Provo, August 16, 2014
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“Towards Efficient Prediction of Gas Adsorption and Self-Diffusivity in Porous Materials”, 248th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Francisco, August 10-14, 2014
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“Unusual charging behavior of ionic-liquid electric double layers”, 248th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), San Francisco, August 10 - 14, 2014
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“Density functional theory for polymeric and biomolecular systems”, Macromolecular Theory, Modeling and Computation Forum, Chinese Chemical Society, Changchun, June 17-20, 2014
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“Time-dependent density functional theory for electro-osmotic diffusion in non-aqueous electrolyte systems”, 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Dallas, TX, March 16-20, 2014
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“Theoretical model for the dynamic structure of hepatitis B nucleocapsid”, 246th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Indianapolis, September 8-12, 2013
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“Electrostatic driving forces in viral assembly and maturation”, CECAM Workshop entitled “DNA-based self-assembly: theory, simulations and experiments”, Vienna, Austria, December 3-6, 2013.
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“An Olympic View of DFT”, New Perspectives in Liquid State Theories for Complex Molecular Systems, Paris, June 20-22, 2013.
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“An Olympic View of DFT”, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ens de Lyon, France, June 14, 2013.
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“Thermodynamics in the Hilbert Space”, Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari e Nanosistemi, Universita' Ca' Foscari Venezia, June 12, 2013.
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“An Olympic View of DFT”, Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, March 20, 2013.
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“Thermodynamics in the Hilbert Space”, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, February 22, 2013.
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“Fluctuation and Correlation Effects in Polyelectrolyte Systems” (declined), American Physical Society (APS) Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 18-22, 2013.
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“Density Functional Theory (DFT): A Chemical Engineering Approach”, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, October 5, 2012.
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“Density Functional Theory (DFT): A Chemical Engineering Approach”, Complex Fluids Seminar, University of Michigan, September 12, 2012.
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“Atomic density functional theory for rapid prediction of solvation free energy”, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on Life Sciences, San Diego, August 7‐10, 2012.
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“Density Functional Theory (DFT): A Chemical Engineering Approach”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, June 15, 2012.
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“Electrostatics: From electrons to polyelectrolytes”, Recent progresses on Coulomb Many-body Systems: An Interdisciplinary, International Workshop, Shanghai, June 12-14, 2012.
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“Density Functional Theory (DFT): A Chemical Engineering Approach”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, June 11, 2012.
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“Density Functional Theory (DFT): A Chemical Engineering Approach”, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, June 11, 2012.
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“Density Functional Theory (DFT): A Chemical Engineering Approach”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tulane University, October 28, 2011.
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“Density functional theory: A Tutorial”, Workshop on Mathematical Theory and Simulation of Phase Transitions, Beijing, September 26-28, 2011.
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“Density functional theory: a chemical engineering approach”, The 3rd Global Chinese Chemical Engineering Seminar (GCCES), Beijing, July 16-19, 2011.
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“Classical density functional theory: A Tutorial”, summer school on “Growth of Hierarchical Functional Materials in Complex Fluids”, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, July 11, 2011.
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“Self-assembly in polymer brushes and composites”, International Conference on the Hierarchical Structures in Complex Fluids, Beijing, July 4-8, 2011.
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“Density Functional Theory (DFT): A Chemical Engineering Approach”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, January 31, 2011.
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“Viral packaging in vitro and in vivo”, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, December 1, 2010
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“Molecular Modeling toward Eco-Friendly Chemical Engineering”, 2nd Forum on Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, Tsinghua University, Beijing, October 16, 2010
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“Phase behavior of asphaltene-containing petroleum fluids”, The State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Research, Chinese Petroleum University, Beijing, October 15, 2010
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“Electrostatic Origins of Polyelectrolyte Adsorption on a Charge Surface”, NSF Workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulations for Soft Matter, Fort Collins, Colorado, September 13-17, 2010
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“Classical density functional theory: A Tutorial”, NSF Workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulations for Soft Matter, Fort Collins, Colorado, September 13-17, 2010
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“Density functional theory for complex molecular systems”, College of Chemistry, Chongqing University, July 30, 2010
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“Density functional theory for complex molecular systems”, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 27, 2010
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“Density functional theory for complex molecular systems”, Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong, July 28, 2010
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“Density functional theory for complex molecular systems”, IGRTG 1524 Colloquium, Department of Theoretical Chemistry, the Technical University of Berlin, June 25, 2010
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“Density functional theory for complex molecular systems”, Department of Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 2, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, June 23, 2010
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“Fugacity of a killer virus”, The Fourth China-US Workshop on Chemical Engineering, Durham, New Hampshire, May 30-June 3, 2010.
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“Viral fugacity in vitro and in vivo”, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine, May 7th, 2010
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“Unified density functional theory for complex fluids”, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Riverside, November 18, 2009.
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“Truth and myth of density functional theory: an engineering perspective”, Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 10, 2009.
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“Viral fugacity in vitro and in vivo”, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP), University of California, San Diego, November 6, 2009.
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“Primitive models of polymer brushes and nanoparticle composites”, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, October 28, 2009.
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“Modeling viral fugacity in vitro and in vivo”, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, September 18, 2009.
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“Modeling viral fugacity in vitro and in vivo”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, September 17, 2009.
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“Modeling viral fugacity in vitro and in vivo”, International Workshop on Continuous Modeling of Biomolecules, Beijing, September 16, 2009.
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“Modeling viral fugacity in vitro and in vivo”, Department of Chemistry, Zhejing University, September 8, 2009.
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“Genome fugacity in a crowded environment”, the Telluride Workshop on Macromolecular Crowding, Telluride, Colorado, July 6-10, 2009.
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“Biomolecular Thermodynamics: Approximate Models for Relevant Experiments”, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, April 22, 2009.
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“Molecular modeling of biological systems: Make it real!”, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, February 26, 2009.
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“Hydrophobicity, protein folding and genome packaging”, Fachbereich Physik der Universität Stuttgart, Max-Planck-Institute für Festkörper-und Metallforschung Stuttgart, Germany, Dec. 16, 2008.
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“Hydrophobicity, protein folding and genome packaging”, Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, Dec. 12, 2008.
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“Recent advanced applications of molecular thermodynamics”, Laboratory of Thermodynamics, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany, Dec. 11, 2008.
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“Recent advanced applications of molecular thermodynamics”, Institut für Technische Thermodynamik und Kältetechnik, Universität Karlsuhe, Germany, Dec. 8, 2008.
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“Impossible Molecular Model for Water”, Multi-scale and Multi-phase Systems Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, the University of Manchester, UK, Dec. 2, 2008.
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“Hydrophobicity, protein folding and genome packaging”, Institut fuer Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz, Germany, Nov. 4, 2008.
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“Where to find a molecular model for water?”, Workshop on Water at Biological Interfaces, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 27-28, 2008.
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“Molecular modeling of biological systems: not ab initio but in medias res”, Department of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, August 12, 2008.
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“Inhomogeneous polyelectrolytes”, Joint 63rd Northwest /21st Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Park City, UT, June 15–18, 2008.
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“Modeling electrostatic interactions in a killer virus”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Yale University, September 12, 2007.
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“Modeling electrostatic interactions in a killer virus”, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Padua, Italy, July 21, 2007.
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“Thermodynamics: From steam engine to molecular engineering”, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, March 19, 2007.
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“Osmotic pressure and packaging structure of caged DNA”, 2007 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Costa Mesa, CA, February 19-23, 2007.
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“DNA Packaging: Toward development of an efficient delivery system”, The Fine Particle Society 2006 International Conference on Bio and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, San Diego, CA, December 18-20, 2006.
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“Osmotic pressure and packaging structure of caged DNA”, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Georg August Universität, Germany, August 30, 2006.
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“Osmotic pressure and packaging structure of caged DNA”, the Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Germany, August 29, 2006.
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“Osmotic pressure and packaging structure of caged DNA”, The Second China-USA Workshop on Chemical Engineering, Durham, New Hampshire, August 20 -24, 2006.
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“Phase behavior of asphaltene-containing petroleum fluids”, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ, March 17, 2006.
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“Thermodynamics for molecular engineering”, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, February 28, 2006.
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“Thermodynamics for molecular engineering”, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, November 22, 2005.
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“Molecular dynamics for structural transitions of an encapsulated protein”, The First China-USA Workshop on Chemical Engineering, Beijing, August 9 -12, 2005.
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“Molecular modeling for soft materials”, Lujan Seminar Series, Los Alamos National Laboratory, February 18, 2005.
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“Density functional theory of polymeric fluids”, seminar in J. J. de Pablo’s group, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, December 6, 2004.
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“Unified density functional theory of complex fluids”, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China, August 27, 2004.
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“Molecular electrostatics in surface chemistry”, Basic and Applied Statistical Mechanics of Condensed Matter, on the occasion of the 70th birthday of DOUGLAS HENDERSON, Provo, Utah, August 7, 2004.
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“Statistical thermodynamics of soft materials”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, February 16, 2004.
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“Statistical thermodynamics of soft materials”, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, February 13, 2004.
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“Unified density functional theory of complex fluids”, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California at Santa Barbara, October 22, 2003.
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“Molecular modeling of petroleum systems beyond van der Waals theory”, Lectures in Molecular Engineering, Institute of Mexican Petroleum (IMP), Mexico City, October 8, 2003.
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“Unified density functional theory of complex fluids”, Second International Conference on Applied Statistical Physics: Molecular Engineering (ASTATPHYS-MEX-2003), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, August 24-29, 2003.
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“Phase behavior of bulk and confined asphaltene-containing crude oils”, Second International Conference on Applied Statistical Physics: Molecular Engineering (ASTATPHYS-MEX-2003), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, August 24-29, 2003.
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“Density functional theory of inhomogeneous mixtures of polymeric fluids”, the 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, March 23-27, 2003.
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“Crystallization, metastable phase transition and percolation in colloidal dispersions”, Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, March 25, 2003.
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“Molecular thermodynamics of complex fluids: a hard science for structure of soft matter”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Riverside, October 14, 2002.
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“18 months after leaving Berkeley”, joint seminar in Radke/Prausnitz groups, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, June 28, 2002.
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“Molecular thermodynamics for prevention of asphaltene precipitation” seminar in Fogler’s group, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June 26, 2002.
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“Colloids from a simple view: The weak forces shape the mesoscopic structure of materials”, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, March 14, 2002.
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“Phase behavior of confined associating fluids”, Yangtze Conference on Fluids and Interfaces, Yangtze River, October 12-18, 2002 (invited but the talk was cancelled due to visa concerns).
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“Understanding colloidal forces for self-assembly toward nanostructured materials”, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, September 7, 2001.
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“Technology comes and goes, but thermodynamics remains”, Kennecott Undergraduate Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, September 7, 2001.
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“Molecular thermodynamics of asphaltene precipitation in reservoir fluids”, ASTATPHYS-MEX-2001, Cancun, Mexico, July 23, 2001.
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“Monte Carlo simulation for potential of mean force between macroions in electrolyte solutions”, Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo, Mexico City, Mexico, March 22, 2001.
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“Molecular Thermodynamics for the Prevention of Asphaltene Precipitation”, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida (2000).
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“Molecular Thermodynamics for the Prevention of Asphaltene Precipitation”, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Riverside (2000).
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“Interaction between Like-Charged Colloidal Spheres in Electrolyte Solutions”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (2000).
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“Interaction between Like-Charged Colloidal Spheres in Electrolyte Solutions”, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Akron (1999).
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“Molecular Thermodynamics for the Prevention of Asphaltene Precipitation”, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan (1999).
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“Molecular Thermodynamics for the Prevention of Asphaltene Precipitation”, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Allentown, PA (1999).
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“Molecular Thermodynamics for the Prevention of Asphaltene Precipitation”, BP Amoco, Chicago (1999).
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“Molecular Thermodynamics for the Prevention of Asphaltene Precipitation”, Reservoir Engineering Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (1998).