Jing Yan was born in Tianjin, China in 1980. He studied chemistry at Nankai University and received B.S. degree in 2002. After getting his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Li-Cheng Song in State Key Laboratory of Element-organic Chemistry (Nankai University), he joined Tianjin University. In 2016, he worked with Prof. Ya-dong Yin at University of California as a visiting scholar, funded by China Scholarship Council. Currently, he is an associate professor at department of chemistry. His research interests are focused on synthesis and evaluation of biomimetic catalysts, recently in particular on photo-induced electron transfer of functional materials.

• Synthesis and characterizations of artificial enzyme models
  
• Synthesis and catalytic properties of photo-induced hydrogen production system

• The first prize in the 9th Young Teachers Lecture Competition of Tianjin Univ.
• The second prize in the 11th Young Teachers Lecture Competition among universities in Tianjin
• “Elite Scholar Program” of Tianjin Univ.

• Xiang-Ting Ren and Rui-Xia Li.Fabrication of covalently linked graphene-mediated [FeFe]-hydrogenases biomimetic photocatalytic hydrogen evolution system in aqueous solution.Applied Catalysis....2017
• Xu-Feng Liu and Rui-Xia Li.Synthesis of bio-inspired mononuclear nickel hydrogen production catalysts and photocatalytic efficiency improvement with porphyrin covalently functionalized graphene nanohybrid.Journal of Cataly....2017,348 :314-320
• Rui-Xia Li.Electrocatalytic properties of [FeFe]-hydrogenases models and visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution efficiency promotion with porphyrin functionalized graphene nanocomposite.Electrochimica Ac....2017,237 :207-216
• Tao Wu.Three-dimensional graphene-based aerogels prepared by a self-assembly process and its excellent catalytic and absorbing performance.Journal of Materi....2013,1 (26):7612-7621
• Tao Wu.Fabrication of graphene oxide decorated with Au–Ag alloy nanoparticles and its superior catalytic performance for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol.Journal of Materi....2013,1 (25):7384-7390