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1 WENYU HUANG 1605 Gilman Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA Phone: (678) EDUCATION Ph.D. Physical and Analytical Chemistry 2002~2007 Advisor: Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Georgia Institute of Technology Dissertation title: Fundamental Studies of the Interaction between Femtosecond Laser and Patterned Monolayer Plasmonic Nanostructures M.S. Physical Chemistry, Nanjing University 2000~2002 B.S. General Chemistry, Nanjing University 1996~2000 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Nanomaterials, catalysis, and renewable energy 08/2011~present Postdoctoral Fellow 08/2007~08/2011 Advisor: Gabor A. Somorjai Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Ultra small nanoparticle synthesis (~ 1 nm) of gold, platinum, palladium, and rhodium Heterogeneous catalysis (solid-gas and solid-liquid), high vacuum reactor Xenon difluoride etching of silicon in fabricating Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Graduate Research Assistant 08/2003~08/2007 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Self-assembly of close-packed monolayer and multilayers of polystyrene and silicon spheres Synthesis of nanoparticles with nanosphere lithography and electron beam lithography Colloidal nanoparticle synthesis and their application in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) Research Assistant 09/1999~07/2002 Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Synthesis and characterization of catalysts derived from oxides supported on zeolites and Al 2 O 3 Heterogeneous catalysis (solid-gas and solid-liquid), gas chromatography TEACHING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate research internship mentor University of California, Berkeley 08/2008~08/2011 Research mentor for undergraduates under principal investigators, Prof. Peidong Yang and Gabor A. Somorjai. Involved more than 20 hours per week of supervising undergraduate research projects. Graduate Teaching Assistant 08/2002~08/2003 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Prepared experiments for undergraduate laboratory courses Taught undergraduate chemistry laboratory courses with 25 students per session Teaching Assistant 02/2001~08/2001 Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Taught undergraduate physical chemistry laboratory courses with 16 students per session Wenyu Huang Curriculum Vitae Page 1 of 5

2 HONORS & AWARDS 2007 US National Science Foundation travel award for attending the 14 ICPPP Meeting in Cairo, Egypt 2006 DIC Student Travel Award for the 232nd National ACS Meeting in San Francisco, CA 2005 Georgia Tech Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Program Fellowship 2001 Excellent Graduate Student Scholarship (Top 5% of class of 50 students) 1999 Renmin Scholarship, Nanjing University (Top 5-10% of class of 140 students) 1999 Excellent Undergraduate Thesis (Top 5-10% of class of 140 students) 1998 Renmin Scholarship, Nanjing University (Top 5-10% of class of 140 students) 1998 Excellent Special Training Student of Department (Top 5% of class of 140 students) 1997 Renmin Scholarship, Nanjing University (Top 5-10% of class of 140 students) PUBLICATIONS 33 Yamada, Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Huang, W.Y.; Huo, Z.Y.; Habas, S.E.; Soejima, T.; Aliaga, C.E; Somorjai, G.A.; Yang, P.D. Nanocrystal Bilayer for Tandem Catalysis Nature Chemistry, 2011, 3, Renzas, J.R.; Huang, W.Y.; Zhang, Y.W.; Grass, M.E.; Hoang, D.; Alayoglu, S.; Butcher, D.R.; Tao, F.; Liu, Z.; Somorjai, G.A. Rh1-xPdx Nanoparticle Composition Dependence in CO Oxidation by Oxygen, Activity Enhancement of Bimetallic System Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, Renzas, J.R.; Huang, W.Y.; Zhang, Y.W.; Grass, M.E.; Somorjai, G.A. Rh1-xPdx Nanoparticle Composition Dependence in CO Oxidation by NO. Catal. Lett., 2011, 141, 2, Borodko, Y.; Thompson, C. M.; Huang, W.Y.; Yildiz, H. B.; Frei, H.; Somorjai, G. A. Spectroscopic Study of Platinum and Rhodium Dendrimer (PAMAM G4OH) Compounds: Structure and Stability J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115 (11), Huang, W.Y.; Liu, J.; Alayoglu P.; Li, Y.M.; Witham, C.A.; Tsung, C.-K.; Toste, F.D.; Somorjai, G.A. Highly Active Heterogeneous Palladium Nanoparticle Catalysts for Homogeneous Electrophilic Reactions in Solution and the Utilization of a Continuous Flow Reactor J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, Hung, L.I.; Tsung, C.K.; Huang, W.Y.; Yang, P.D. Room-Temperature Formation of Hollow Cu2O Nanoparticles. Advanced Materials, 2010, 22(17), SCI Impact Factor: Zhang, Y.W.; Grass, M.E.; Huang, W.Y.; Somorjai, G.A. Seedless Polyol Synthesis and CO Oxidation Activity of Monodisperse (111)- and (100)-Oriented Rhodium Nanocrystals in Sub-10 nm Sizes Langmuir, 2010, 26(21), Kliewer, C.J.; Aliaga, C.; Bieri, M.; Huang, W.Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Wood, J.B.; Komvopoulos, K.; Somorjai, G.A. Furan Hydrogenation over Pt(111) and Pt(100) Single-Crystal Surfaces and Pt Nanoparticles from 1 to 7 nm: A Kinetic and Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy Study J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, Joo, S.H.; Park, J.Y.; Renzas, J.R.; Butcher, D.R.; Huang, W.Y.; Somorjai, G.A. Size Effect of Ruthenium Nanoparticles in Catalytic Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Nano Lett., 2010, 10 (7), Witham, C.A.; Huang, W.Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Kuhn, J.N.; Somorjai, G.A.; Toste, F.D. Converting homogeneous to heterogeneous electrophilic catalysis using monodisperse metal nanoparticles. Nature Chemistry, 2009, 2, Kuhn, J.N.; Tsung, C.-K.; Huang, W.Y.; Somorjai, G.A. Effect of organic capping layers over monodisperse platinum nanoparticles upon activity for ethylene hydrogenation and carbon monoxide oxidation. J. Catal., 2009, 265, Tsung, C.-K.; Kuhn, J.N; Huang, W.Y.; Hung L.-I.; Somorjai, G.A.; Yang. P.D. Sub-10 nm platinum nanocrystals with size and shape control: catalytic study for ethylene and pyrrole hydrogenation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, Huo, Z.Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Huang, W.Y.; Zhang, X.F.; Yang, P.D. Self-organized ultrathin oxide nanocrystals. Nano Lett., 2009, 9, Wenyu Huang Curriculum Vitae Page 2 of 5

3 20 Renzas, J.R.; Zhang, Y.W.; Huang, W.Y.; Somorjai, G.A. Rhodium Nanoparticle Shape Dependence in the Reduction of NO by CO Catal. Lett., 2009, 132 (3-4), Huang, W.Y.; Kuhn, J.N.; Tsung, C.-K.; Zhang, Y.W.; Habas, H.E.; Yang, P.D.; Somorjai, G.A. Dendrimer Templated Synthesis of One Nanometer Rh and Pt Particles Supported on Mesoporous Silica: Catalytic Activity for Ethylene and Pyrrole Hydrogenation Nano Lett., 2008, 8 (7), Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Gigahertz Optical Modulation Resulting from Coherent Lattice Oscillations Induced by Femtosecond Laser Pumping of 2D Photonic Crystals of Gold Capped Polystyrene Micro-spheres Adv. Mater., 2008, 20, Kuhn, J.N.; Huang, W.Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Zhang, Y.W.; Somorjai, G.A. Structure Sensitivity of Carbon Nitrogen Ring Opening: Impact of Platinum Particle Size from below 1 to 5 nm upon Pyrrole Hydrogenation Product Selectivity over Monodisperse Platinum Nanoparticles Loaded onto Mesoporous Silica J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130 (43), Zhang, Y.W.; Huang, W.Y.; Habas, H.E.; Kuhn, J.N.; Grass, M.E.; Yamada, Y.; Yang, P.D.; Somorjai, G.A. Near-Monodisperse Ni Cu Bimetallic Nanocrystals of Variable Composition: Controlled Synthesis and Catalytic Activity for H2 Generation J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112 (32), Huo, Z.Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Huang, W.Y.; Zhang, X.F.; Yang, P.D. Sub-two nanometer single crystal Au nanowires Nano Lett., 2008, 8 (7), Zhang, T.F.; Park, J.Y.; Huang, W.Y.; Somorjai, G.A. Influence of reaction with XeF2 on surface adhesion of Al and Al2O3 surfaces Appl. Phys. Lett., 2008, 93(14), Zhang, Y.W.; Grass, M.E.; Kuhn, J.N.; Tao, F.; Habas, S.E.; Huang, W.Y.; Yang, P.D.; Somorjai, G.A. Highly Selective Synthesis of Catalytically Active Monodisperse Rhodium Nanocubes J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, Burgin, J.; Langot, P.; Del Fatti, N.; Vallee, F.; Huang, W.Y.; El-Sayed, M.A. Time-resolved investigation of the acoustic vibration of a single gold nanoprism pair J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, Huang, W.Y.; El-Sayed, M.A. Photothermally excited coherent lattice phonon oscillations in plasmonic nanoparticles European Physical Journal-Special Topics, 2008, 153, Huang, W.Y.; El-Sayed, M.A. Pulsed laser photothermal annealing and ablation of plasmonic nanoparticles European Physical Journal-Special Topics, 2008, 153, Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; Jain, P.K.; El-Sayed, M.A. The Effect of Plasmon Field on the Coherent Lattice Phonon Oscillation in Electron-Beam Fabricated Gold Nanoparticle Pairs Nano Lett., 2007, 7 (10), Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A.; Ding, Y.; Wang, Z.L. Effect of the Lattice Crystallinity on the Electron-Phonon Relaxation Rates in Gold Nanoparticles J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111, Jain, P. K.; Huang, W.Y.; El-Sayed, M.A. On the Universal Scaling Behavior of the Distance Decay of Plasmon Coupling in Metal Nanoparticle Pairs: A Plasmon Ruler Equation Nano Lett., 2007, 7 (7), Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Gold Nanoparticles Propulsion from Surface Fueled by Absorption of Femtosecond Laser Pulse at Their Surface Plasmon Resonance J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128 (41), Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. The Optically Detected Coherent Lattice Oscillations in Silver and Gold Monolayer Periodic Nanoprism Arrays: The Effect of Interparticle Coupling J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Photothermal reshaping of prismatic Au nanoparticles in periodic monolayer arrays by femtosecond laser pulses J. App. Phys., 2005, 98, Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Coherent Vibrational Oscillation in Gold Prismatic Monolayer Periodic Nanoparticle Arrays, Nano Lett., 2004, 4, Wang, Y.; Huang W.Y.; Chun Y.; Xia J.R.; Zhu J.H. Dispersion of potassium nitrate and the resulting strong basicity on zirconia, Chem. Mater., 2001, 13(2), Wang, Y.; Zhu, J.H.; Huang, W.Y.; Synthesis and characterization of potassium-modified alumina superbases, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2001, 3(12), Wenyu Huang Curriculum Vitae Page 3 of 5

4 PATENT Yang, P.D.; Somorjai, G.A.;Yamada, Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Huang, W.Y. Nanocrystal Assembly for Tandem Catalysis Invention Disclosure, Submitted on April, Somorjai, G.A.; Toste, F.D.; Huang, W.Y.; Witham, C.A.; Liu, J.; Li, Y.M.; Gross, E. Converting Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Metal Nanoparticles Invention Disclosure, Submitted on April, El-Sayed, M.A.; Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W. Gigahertz optical modulation resulting from coherent lattice oscillations induced by femtosecond laser pumping of 2D photonic crystals of gold capped polystyrene micro-spheres Invention Disclosure, Submitted on July, Wang, Y.; Huang, W.Y.; Xia, J.R.; Zhu, J.H. Method for removing nitroso compounds from beer Faming Zhuanli Shenqing Gongkai Shuomingshu 2000, 5 pp. PRESENTATIONS 14 Huang, W.Y.; Li, Y.M.; Liu, J.; Alayoglu, P.; Marcus, M.A.; Witham, C.A.; Toste, F.D.; Somorjai, G.A. Utilizing Platinum and Palladium Nanoparticles as Heterogeneous Catalysts to Catalyze Known Homogeneous Catalytic Reactions, The MRS 2011 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 25-29, 2011, FF Huang, W.Y.; Kuhn, J.N.; Tsung, C.-K.; Zhang, Y.W.; Somorjai, G.A. Applying heterogeneous catalysts to known homogeneous catalytic reactions through electrophilic platinum nanoparticles, The 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 21-25, 2010, Catl Huang, W.Y.; Kuhn, J.N.; Tsung, C.-K.; Somorjai, G.A. Selectivity of bimetallic rhodium platinum nanoparticles on cyclohexene hydrogenation and dehydrogenation, The 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 21-25, 2010, Inor Huang, W.Y.; Tsung, C.-K.; Kuhn, J.N.; Somorjai, G.A. Cyclohexene Hydrogenation / Dehydrogenation Over Bimetallic Rhodium-Platinum Nanoparticles, AICHE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 2009, 514b. 10 Huang, W.Y.; Kuhn, J.N.; Tsung, C.-K.; Zhang, Y.W.; and Somorjai, G.A. Synthesis of Dendrimer Encapsulated One Nanometer Rh and Pt Particles and Their Catalytic Activity for Ethylene and Pyrrole Hydrogenation, 21st North American Catalysis Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 2009, OE42. 9 Huang, W.Y.; Kuhn, J.N.; Tsung, C.-K.; Zhang, Y.W.; Somorjai, G.A. Dendrimer Encapsulated One Nanometer Rh and Pt Particles: Characterization and Hydrogenation Studies of Ethylene and Pyrrole, The 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009, Inor Huang, W.Y.; Kuhn, J.N.; Tsung, C.-K.; and Somorjai, G.A. CO Oxidation and Ethylene Hydrogenation over One Nanometer Bimetallic RhPt Particles, The 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009, Phys Huang, W.Y.; Kuhn, J.N.; Tsung, C.-K.; Zhang, Y.W.; Somorjai, G.A. Dendrimer encapsulated ultrasmall Rh and Pt particles immobilized on mesoporous silica and their catalytic activity for ethylene and pyrrole hydrogenation (Poster), 5th Annual University of California Symposium on Surface Science and Its Applications, Santa Barbara, CA, June Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Effect of interparticle coupling on photothermal excited coherent phonon oscillations of plasmonic nanoparticle arrays The 14th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena, Cairo, Egypt, January 6-9, Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Femtosecond laser modification of monolayer periodic prismatic gold nanoparticle arrays The 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, Inor Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Effect of interparticle coupling on coherent phonon oscillations of monolayer periodic plasmonic nanoparticles The 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, Phys Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Ultrafast laser modification of prismatic gold nanoparticles in 2-D arrays The 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 26-30, Phys-372. Wenyu Huang Curriculum Vitae Page 4 of 5

5 2 Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Coherent lattice oscillations in gold prismatic monolayer nanocrystal arrays made by the nanosphere lithographic technique The MRS 2005 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 27-December 1, CC5.1: Ligands and Nanoparticles' Shape. 1 Huang, W.Y.; Qian, W.; El-Sayed, M.A. Coherent lattice oscillations in gold prismatic monolayer nanocrystal arrays made by the nanosphere lithographic technique The 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, Anyl-332. Wenyu Huang Curriculum Vitae Page 5 of 5