Professor Yan Jiao

Professor Yan Jiao is Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering at Adelaide University and a leading researcher in computational electrochemistry and sustainable energy materials. She obtained her PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of Queensland in 2012. She has been distinguished through numerous awards, including the Young Tall Poppy Science Award, Rising Star by The Australian, and a finalist for the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year in both 2022 and 2023. 

Prof Jiao’s research focuses on designing catalyst materials and reaction environments for sustainable energy conversion through molecular modelling and computational chemistry. She has published more than 160 journal articles in leading journals, including Nature Chemical Engineering, Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Energy & Environmental Science, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Her publications have attracted over 49,000 citations with an h-index of more than 80. Since 2019, Prof Jiao has been listed annually as a Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry by Clarivate Analytics. 

Prof Jiao has secured multiple nationally competitive grants as Lead Chief Investigator, including ARC Future Fellowship and Discovery Projects. She currently leads major national and international collaborations in computational catalysis and sustainable energy research.