chemistry

Junwang Tang

Junwang Tang is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Junwang Tang rather than just read about it. In short: Junwang Tang, MAE, FRSC and FIMMM, is the Founding Director of Industrial Catalysis Center, and Carbon Neutrality Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry and Catalysis at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University and visiting professor at University College London (UCL). He also served as the Director of the University Material Hub at UCL (2016–2019).

Key takeaways

Junwang Tang belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Junwang Tang to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Junwang Tang from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Junwang Tang, MAE, FRSC and FIMMM, is the Founding Director of Industrial Catalysis Center, and Carbon Neutrality Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry and Catalysis at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University and visiting professor at University College London (UCL). He also served as the Director of the University Material Hub at UCL (2016–2019).

Education Tang was educated at Northeastern University (China), where he received his BSc degree in chemistry in 1995. Then he attended the Institute of Metal Research in China and was awarded a MSc degree in inorganic materials in 1998. In 2001, Tang was awarded a PhD in physical chemistry with research on heterogeneous catalytic conversion of NO to N2, supervised by Tao Zhang at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), China

Career In 2002, Tang was awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) search Fellowship and NIMS Researcher, enable to expand his research in photocatalysis in the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. In 2005, he was appointed as a senior research associate in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London, UK. In 2009, Tang was appointed as a lecturer in energy (permanent position) in Department of Chemical Engineering at University College London, then promoted to a senior lecturer in 2011, a readership in 2014 and finally a full professor of materials chemistry and engineering in 2017. During this period, he was also appointed as the director of University Materials Hub. In 2022, Tang moved from UCL to Tsinghua University. Tang is a member of the Academy of Europe / Academia Europaea, a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow, a Fellow of European Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. He also sits on the editorial board of four international journals, e.g. editor of Applied Catalysis B : Environmental, editor-in-chief of Journal of Advanced Chemical Engineering, associate editor of Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering and associate editor of Chin Journal of Catalysis, as well as a member of the committees of the RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. He also sits on the panel of a few counties' National Science Foundations.

Research Tang's research interests encompass photocatalytic/thermocatalytic small molecule activation (e.g. CH4, N2, H2O, C6H6 and CO2) and microwave catalysis (e.g. plastic recycling), together with the investigation of the underlying charge dynamics and kinetics by state-of-the-art spectroscopies. According to Google Scholar, these research activities result into >250 journal papers in reputable journals.

Awards and honours 2001: Outstanding President Prize by The Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2003–2005: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. 2008: Young Scientist Award for research on renewable solar energy by The International Association of Catalysis Societies. 2014: Runner-up of the Global Innovator of the Year by IChemE. 2018: IPS Scientist Award in the 22nd International Conference on Chemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy. 2019: Winner of the IChemE Global Business Start-Up Award 2019 and Runner-up of the IChemE Global Oil and Gas Award 2019 . 2021: Winder of the IChemE Innovative Product Global Award. 2021: Winner of the 2021 Corday-Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry. 2021: Winner of the IChemE Medal Round: The Andrew Medal. 2021 IChemE Innovative Product Award, IChemE 2021 Member of the Academy of Europe 2022 IChemE Global Oil and Gas Award 2022 Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Junwang Tang

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Junwang Tang claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Junwang Tang before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Junwang Tang ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Junwang Tang

In research: Junwang Tang appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Junwang Tang in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Junwang Tang is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Chinese chemists, 21st-century chemists, Academics of University College London, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Junwang Tang outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Junwang Tang in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Junwang Tang matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Junwang Tang?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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