Dr. Yu Lei Department Chair, CME Associate Professor, CME Contact 301 Sparkman DriveEngineering BuildingRoom 117Huntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.6527yu.lei@uah.edu Biography Yu Lei is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His research focuses on heterogeneous catalysis and atomic layer deposition (ALD), with applications in catalysis, energy storage, environmental technologies, and optics. He has been recognized with several honors, including the Fulbright U.S. Scholar award, for his contributions to developing nanomaterials that integrate surface chemistry, kinetics, and reaction engineering to address complex challenges. Personal Website Education Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 2004 Honors & Awards Brian Landrum College of Engineering Faculty Service Award, 2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar, 2023 UAH College of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2018 UAH College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award, 2016 ACS-PRF New Doctoral Investigator Award, 2015 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2015 Expertise Heterogeneous catalysis Atomic layer deposition Surface chemistry, kinetics and reaction engineering Energy and environmental applications Recent Publications Z. Gan, Z. Lu, M. Bunian, L. B. Lagria, C. L. Marshall, R. M. Banish, S. Lee, Y. Lei, Synthesis of Pt3Zn1 and Pt1Zn1 intermetallic nanocatalysts for dehydrogenation of ethane, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25 (2023) 7144-7153 W. Yang, M. Bunian, X. Chen, S. Heald, L. Yu, J Wen, Y. Lei, T. Wu, Plasmon-enhanced Catalytic Ozonation for Efficient Removal of Recalcitrant Water Pollutants, ACS ES&T Engineering, 5 (2021) 874-883 M.-H. Jang, Y. Lei, Ultrasonic Atomization of Titanium Isopropoxide at Room Temperature for TiO2 Atomic Layer Deposition, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 38 (2020) 062405 M.-H. Jang, O. Kizilkaya, A. J. Kropf, R. L. Kurtz, J. W. Elam, Y. Lei, Synergetic Effect on Catalytic Activity and Charge Transfer in Pt-Pd Bimetallic Model Catalysts Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition, Journal of Chemical Physics, 152 (2020) 024710 Z. Lu, X. Liu, B. Zhang, Z. Gan, S. Tang, L. Ma, T. Wu, G. J. Nelson, Y. Qin, C. H Turner, Y. Lei, Structure and Reactivity of Single Site Ti Catalysts for Propylene Epoxidation, Journal of Catalysis, 377 (2019) 419-428