Wgroup member: Yulin Chen Graduate student (2006) Current position: >Prof. Zhibin Guan's Lab in University of California-Irvine ( Ph.D, 2012); Postdoctoral Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oregon;

1980. 10 Born in Leizhou, one of the historic cities of China in Guangdong Province.
Hobbies: Reading, classic music and sports.

Education
2003.9 ~ 2005.6: M. Sc. Degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, CAS (in Professor Yuezhong Meng’s group).
2002.9~ 2003.6: Academic study, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1998.9 ~ 2002.6: B.Sc.; Degree in Chemistry (in Professor Peng Cheng’s group), Department of Chemistry, Nankai University.
Majoring: Inorganic Chemistry.
1995.9 ~ 1998.7: Finished High School Education at Leizhou No.1 Senior High School.

Honors and Awards
2005.6: Second prize, Graduate Seminar at Guangzhou Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2004.12: Oral presentation at 2nd International Conference on Energy and Environment Materials (ICEEM-2). (in English)
2002.6 Excellent award in dissertation of B.Sc. Degree in Nankai University.

My motto: philosophers provide the insightful views of skepticism for us to struggle for a much better world.

Publications

Sequential catalytic process: synthesis of quinoline derivatives by AuCl3/CuBr-catalyzed three-component reaction of aldehydes, amines, and alkynes
Fengping Xiao, Yulin Chen, Yu Liu, Jianbo Wang
Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 2755-2761.Click here.

Other publications

(1) Novel synthesis of sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) used as a proton exchange membrane via N-C coupling reaction.
Y. L. Chen, Y. Z. Meng and A. S. Hay.
Macromolecules 2005, 38, 3564-3566.
(2) Poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) ionomers synthesized via N-C coupling reaction for fuel cell applications.
Yu-lin Chen, Yue-zhong Meng, Xiu-hua Li and Allan S. Hay.
Macromolecules 2005, 38, 10007-10013
(3) Direct synthesis of sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether) for proton exchange membrane via N–C coupling reaction.
Yu-lin Chen, Yue-zhong Menga, Allan S. Hay.
Polymer 2005, 46, 11125–11132.
(4) Sulfonated poly(fluorenyl ether ketone) membrane prepared via direct polymerization for PEM fuel cell application.
Yu-lin Chen, Yue-zhong Meng, Allan S. Hay.
Journal of Membrane Science In press.
(5) Preparation and properties of novel sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) based PEM for PEM fuel cell application.
S.H. Tian, D. Shu, Y.L. Chen, M. Xiao, Y.Z. Meng.
Journal of Power Sources In press.
(6) Syntheses, structures and proton conductivities of polyphthalazinone ionomers derived from direct N-C coupling reaction.
Y. L. Chen, Y. Z. Meng and A. S. Hay.
Submitted.
(7) Bis(diazonaphthenone)-containing sulfonated polyarylether for proton exchange membrane in fuel cell.
Yue-zhong Meng, Yu-lin Chen, Lei Wang, Shuan-jin Wang.
Chinese patent Application No.: 2005100331607