Haoyuan Chen

Haoyuan Chen is an Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University (2024–present), previously serving as Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2021–2024) and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northwestern University (2017–2021). He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Rutgers University (2011–2017) and a B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China (2007–2011).

His research focuses on Computational Chemistry, Materials Design, and Machine Learning, with an emphasis on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for applications in energy storage, environmental remediation, and catalysis. He leads the Chen Research Group, advancing interdisciplinary approaches to materials innovation.

Key awards include the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (2022) and a DOE Basic Energy Sciences Grant (2022), supporting his work on sustainable materials and computational design.

His research bridges simulation and experimentation, exemplified by projects like the Research Experiences via Integrating Simulations and Experiments (REVISE) initiative for undergraduate students. He has contributed to databases like MOFX-DB and pioneered studies on MOF stability, adsorption mechanisms, and upcycling waste into carbon capture materials.