Educational and Professional Experience

Associate Professor

School Of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

2015-Present

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, the United States

3/14-8/15

Thesis advisor: Prof. Randall Q. Snurr

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, the United States

8/09-2/14

Thesis advisor: Prof. Peter T. Cummings

Master of Science

School of Chemical Engineering, Suwon, Korea

3/07-2/09

Thesis advisor: Prof. Woo-Seok Choe

Bachelor of Science

School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

9/02-6/06

Research Interests

·         High throughput screening, design, synthesis, characterization and application of MOFs.

·         Development of porous adsorbent

·         Mechanism of gas adsorption and separation

·         Structural characterization and application of ionic liquids in gas adsorption and separation

·         Phenomenon between solid-liquid, gas-liquid and solid-gas interfaces.

·         The influence of ionic liquid on the energy storage performance of the supercapacitors and batteries. 

Honors and Awards

·       2017 Huazhong University of Science and Technology "academic new award"

·       2016 Li Foundation Heritage Prize（2 winners every year，$40,000）

·       2015 Hubei Province "Chutian Scholar"

·       2014 Distinguished Record of Graduate Research Award by Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineer，Vanderbilt University

·       2013 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad（500 out of 250,000 oversea students；$6000）

·       2005 Scholarship for merit students in School of Life Science, Shandong University

·       2005 Scholarship for outstanding students in Shandong University

·       2004 Scholarship for outstanding students in Shandong University

Advisory and Editorial Positions

Professional Affiliations

·         Member of Sigma-Xi Scientific Research Society (2014-present)

·         Member of American Chemical Society (2012 - present)

·         Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2011 - present)

·         Member of China Society of Microbiology (2006 – present)

Editorial Positions

·         Carbon (IF: 6.638)

·         AIChE Journal (IF: 2.581)

·         Fluid Phase Equilibria (IF: 2.244)

·         Journal of Molecular Structure (IF:1.585)

·         Journal of Physical Chemistry C (IF:4.772)

·         Microporous & Mesoporous Materials (IF:3.400)

·         RSC Advances (IF:3.108)

·         Chemical Engineering Science  (IF:2.895)

·         Journal of Physical Chemistry C (IF:4.536)

·         International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (IF: 3.582)

·         Materials (IF: 2.654)

·         ChemistrySelect

Publications  

1.     Mingbing Wu, Wei Li, Song Li,^*Guang Feng “Capacitive performance of amino acid ionic liquid electrolyte-based supercapacitors by molecular dynamics simulation” RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 28945-28950.

2.   Ming Chen, Song Li,^* Guang Feng,  “The Influence of Anion Shape on the Electrical Double Layer Microstructure and Capacitance of Ionic Liquids-Based Supercapacitors by Molecular Simulations” Molecules, 2017, 22, 241.  

3.    Song Li, Y. Gregory Chung, Randall Snurr, “High-throughput Screening of Metal-organic Frameworks for CO₂ Capture in the presence of water”, Langmuir, 2016 32 (40): 10368–10376.

4.    Peihua Yang, Kang Liu, Qian Chen, Xiaobao Mo, Yishu Zhou, Song Li, Guang Feng, Jun Zhou, Wearable Thermocells Based on Gel Electrolytes for the Utilization of Body Heat, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2016, 55(39):12050-12053.

5.    Peihua Yang,^* Kang Liu,^* Song Li,^* Jia Li, Tianpeng Ding, Qian Chen, Guang Feng and Jun Zhou, “Adsorption Induced Potential in Porous Carbon Film Through Water Vapor Adsorption”, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2016,55:1-6.

6.    Song Li, Mengyang Zhu, Guang Feng, “The Effects of Dication Symmetry on  Ionic Liquids Electrolytes in Supercapacitors” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2016, 28,464005.

7.    Guang Feng, Wei Zhao, Peter T. Cummings, Song Li,^* “Molecular simulation study of dynamical properties of room temperature ionic liquids with carbon pieces”, Science China Chemistry 2016, 59(5):594-600.

8.   Jesse G. McDaniel, Song Li, Emmanouil Tyllianakis, Randall Snurr, and Jordan R. Schmidt, “Evaluation of Force Field Performance for High-Throughput Screening of Gas Uptake in Metal-Organic Frameworks” 2015, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015, 119 (6), 3143–3152.

9. Guang Feng, Song Li, Wei Zhao, Peter Cummings, “Microstructure of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids at Stepped Graphene Electrodes”, AIChE Journal, 2015 61: 3022–3028.

10.  Pravas Deria,^* Song Li,^* Hongda Zhang, Randall Snurr, Omar K. Farha, Joseph T. Hupp, “A MOF Platform for Incorporation of Complementary Organic Motifs for CO2 Binding”, Chemical Communication. 2015, 51, 12478-12481.

11. Song Li, Wei Zhao, Guang Feng, Peter T. Cummings, “A Computational Study of Dicationic Ionic Liquids/CO2 Interfaces”, Langmuir, 2015, 31(8):2447-2454.

12.  Song Li, José Leobardo Bañuelos, Guang Feng, Peter T. Cummings, “Toward Understanding the Structural Heterogeneity and Ion Pair Stability in Dicationic Ionic Liqui  ds”, Soft Matter. 2014, 10, 9193-9200.

13.  Ahmet Uysal, Hua Zhou, Guang Feng, Sang Soo Lee, Song Li, Paul Fenter, Peter T. Cummings, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, John McDonough, Yury Gogotsi, “Interfacial Ionic “Liquids”: Connecting Static and Dynamic Structures”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015: 27(3):032101.

14.   José Leobardo Bañuelos, Guang Feng, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Song Li, Gernot Rother, Nikolas Arend, Antonio Faraone, Sheng Dai, Peter Cummings, David J. Wesolowski, “The Influence of a Hierarchical Porous Carbon Network on the Coherent Dynamics of a Nanoconfined Room Temperature Ionic Liquid: A Neutron Spin Echo and Atomistic Simulation Investigation”, Carbon, 2014,78,415-427.

15.  Song Li, Guang Feng, Peter T. Cummings, “Interfaces of Dicationic Ionic Liquids and Graphene: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2014,26, 284106.

16. Song Li, Pengfei Zhang, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Guang Feng, Sheng Dai, Peter T. Cummings, “Enhanced Performance of Dicationic Ionic Liquid Electrolytes by Organic Solvent”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2014, 26, 284105. (IOPselect Paper, highlighted by Labtalk: http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-8984/labtalk-article/58014)

17.   Song Li, Katherine L. Van Aken, John K. McDonough, Guang Feng, Yury Gogotsi, Peter T. Cummings, “The Electrical Double Layer Structure of Dicationic Ionic Liquids at Onion-Like Carbon Surface”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014,118 (8), 3901–3909

18.   José Leobardo Banuelos, Guang Feng, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Song Li, Gernot Rother, Nikolas Arend, Antonio Faraone, Xiqing Wang, Sheng Dai, Peter Cummings, David J. Wesolowski, “Densification of Ionic Liquid Molecules within a Hierarchical Nanoporous Carbon Structure Revealed by Small-Angle Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulation”, Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26 (2), 1144–1153.

19.   Katherine L. Van Aken, John K. McDonough, Song Li, Guang Feng, Suresh Chathoth, Eugene Mamontov, Pasquale F Fulvio, Peter T Cummings, Sheng Dai, Yury Gogotsi, “Effect of cation on diffusion coefficient of ionic liquids at onion-like carbon electrodes”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2014, 26, 284104.

20.   Ahmet Uysal, Hua Zhou, Guang Feng, Sang Soo Lee, Song Li, Paul Fenter, Peter T. Cummings, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, John McDonough, Yury Gogotsi, “Structural Origins of Potential Dependent Hysteresis at the Electrified Graphene/Ionic Liquid Interface”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118 (1): 569–574.

21. Guang Feng, Song Li, Volker Presser, Peter T. Cummings, “Molecular Insights into Carbon Supercapacitors Based on Room Temperature Ionic Liquids”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2013, 4(19): 3367−3376. (Invited online presentation: http://pubs.acs.org/iapps/liveslides/pages/index.htm?mscNo=jz4014163, and video: http://pubs.acs.org/page/jpclcd/cummings-video.html for The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.)

22.   Song Li, Guang Feng, José Leobardo Bañuelos, Gernot Rother, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, Peter T. Cummings, “Distinctive Nanoscale Organization of Dicationic versus Monocationic Ionic Liquids”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013, 117(35):18251-18257. (Selected for video presentation by 2013 AIChE as AIChE’s ChemE on Demand)

23.   Song Li, Kee Sung Han, Guang Feng, Edwards W. Hagaman, Lukas Vlcek, Peter T. Cummings, “Dynamic and Structural Properties of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids near Silica and Carbon Surfaces”, Langmuir, 2013, 29(31): 9744-9749.

24.   Guang Feng, Song Li, Jennifer S. Atchison, Volker Presser, Peter T. Cummings, “Molecular Insights into Carbon Nanotube Supercapacitors: Capacitance Independent of Voltage and Temperature”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013, 117 (18): 9178–9186.

25. Song Li, Xiongce Zhao, Yiming Mo, Peter T. Cummings, William T. Heller, “Human serum albumin interactions with C60 fullerene studied by spectroscopy, small-angle neutron scattering, and molecular dynamics simulations”, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2013, 15(7):1769.

26.  Kee Sung Han, Song Li, Edwards W. Hagaman, Gary A. Baker, Peter T. Cummings, Sheng Dai, “Rotational and Translational Dynamics of N-butyl-N-methylpiperidinium Trifluoromethanesulfonimide Ionic Liquids Studied by NMR and MD Simulations”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012,116(39): 20779-20786.

27.  Song Li, Guang Feng, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Patrick C. Hillesheim, Chen Liao, Sheng Dai, Peter T. Cummings, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Capacitive Performance of a Binary Mixture of Ionic Liquids near an Onion-like Carbon Electrode”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012, 3(17): 2465-2469. (Invited video presentation as a top 5% article for Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters:http://pubs.acs.org/iapps/liveslides/pages/index.htm?mscNo=jz3009387)

28.  Song Li, José Leobardo Bañuelos, Jianchang Guo, Larry M. Anovitz, Gernot Rother, Robert. W. Shaw, Patrick. C. Hillesheim, Sheng Dai, Gary. A. Baker, and Peter T. Cummings, “Alkyl Chain Length and Temperature Effects on Structural Properties of Pyrrolidinium-Based Ionic Liquids: A Combined Atomistic Simulation and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study”, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2012, 3(1):125−130.

29.   Shi YQ, Zhu CJ, Yuan HQ, Li BQ, Gao J, Qu XJ, Sun B, Cheng YN, Li S, Li X, Lou HX. “Marchantin C, A Novel Microtubule Inhibitor from Liverwort with Anti-tumor Activity both In Vivo and In Vitro”, Cancer Letters, 2009, 276(2):160-170

30.   Yanqiu Shi, Xianjun Qu, Yongxiang Liao, Chunfeng Xie, Yanna Cheng, Song Li, Hongxiang Lou. “Reversal Effect of A Macrocyclic Bisbibenzyl Plagiochin E on Multidrug Resistance in Adriamycin-Resistant K562/A02 Cells”, European Journal of Pharmacology, 2008, 584(1): 66-71.

31.   Yan-Qiu Shi, Yong-Xiang Liao, Xian-Jun Qu, Hui-Qing Yuan, Song Li, Jingbo Qu, Louxiang Lou, “Marchantin C, A Macrocyclic Bisbibenzyl, Induces Apoptosis of Human Glioma A172 Cells”, Cancer Letters, 2008, 262(2): 173-182.

Patents

1.      Song Li, Lei Bian, Weiwei Liao, Yue Sun, Xiaowei Liu, Qianyu Wang, Shaoying Wang, Xiaoxiao Xia. New material that can shape MOF powders and its synthesis (Application Number：201710262630.X), 2017

2.      Song Li, Lei Bian, Wei Li, Weiwei Liao, Yue Sun, Xiaowei Liu, Xiaoxiao Xia, Guang Feng, Wei Wei, Qianyu Wang, Hao Liu, Kuang Ma. Air filters based on Cu-BTC (Application Number：201710263807.8), 2017

3.      Song Li, Lei Bian, Wei Li, Weiwei Liao, Yue Sun, Xiaowei Liu, Xiaoxiao Xia, Guang Feng, Wei Wei, Qianyu Wang, Hao Liu, Kuang Ma. Air filters based on Cu-BTC，(Application Number：201720422231.0), 2017

4.     Song Li, Xiaoxiao Xia, Guang Feng, Lei Bian. A new adsorbent that can purify mixed carbon dioxide and carbon oxide and its synthesis. (Application Number:2017210422954.5), 2017

5.   Guang Feng, Xiaoxiao Xia, Shaoying Wang, Song Li，Cu-BTC quick production (Application Number：201710504661.1), 2017

6.     Guang Feng, Xiaoxiao Xia, Shaoying Wang, Song Li, carbon dioxide absorbent production by using ionic liquid. (Application Number：201710512420.1), 2017

7.       Song Li, Lei Bian, Yue Sun, Ziding Meng, Hao Liu, Xiaowei Liu, Weiwei Liao, improvement of current air purifiers , 2017

Research Funding

1.     National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Foundation Project， 2017.1-2019.12. 200,000 RMB

2.      Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen， 2017.1-2018.12.  400,000 RMB

3.     Independent innovation research foundation of Huazhong University of Science and Technology ， 2016.1-2017.12. 100,000 RMB

4.      Program of Li Foundation， 2016.1-2017.12.    26,000 USD

5.      The General Program of National Nature Science Foundation of China ， 2017.1-2020.12. 620,000 RMB

6.   Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport (FIRST) Center (Award Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725, Department of Energy, USA, $19 million), 2009.08 – 2014.02.

7.    The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) sponsored by ExxonMobil, GE, Schlumberger, Toyota, DuPont and Bank of America ($225 million), 2014.03-2015.08.

Academic Presentations

1.    Wei Li, Song Li “In Silico Design of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Post-combustion Carbon Capture: Effects of Pore Size, Topology and Functionality”, 7th International Symposium on Energy, August 13-17, 2017, Manchester, UK (Invited Talk)

2.     Song Li, Guang Feng, Peter Cummings, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study on Dicationic Ionic Liquid Electrolytes in Supercapacitors” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov 16, 2016.

3.      Peter T. Cummings, Song Li, and Guang Feng, “Molecular Structure and Dynamics in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids – Insights from Molecular Experiment and Simulation”  AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov 15, 2016.

4.  Song Li, Yongchul G. Chung, and Randall Q. Snurr  “High-throughput Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO₂ capture” The 4^th International Conference on Molecular Simulations(ICMS), Shanghai, China, Oct. 23-26 2016.(Invited)

5.      Song Li, Yongchul G. Chung, Pravas Deria, Karson T. Leperi, Fengqi You, Omar K. Farha, Joseph T. Hupp, Randall Q. Snurr, “Multiscale Modeling of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Carbon Capture”, 2016 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Phenix, Arizona, March 28-April 1, 2016

6.    Song Li, Yongchul G. Chung, and Randall Q. Snurr  “High-throughput Screening of Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO₂/Methane Separation” Inthernational Conference on Small Science(ICSS),  Phuket, Thailand, November 4-7, 2015.(Invited)

7.    Song Li, José Leobardo Bañuelos, Pengfei Zhang, Guang Feng, Sheng Dai, Peter T. Cummings “Toward Understanding the Structural Heterogeneity and Ion Pair Stability in Dicationic Ionic Liquids”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 16-21, 2014.

8.     Song Li, Guang Feng, José Leobardo Bañuelos, Rother, Gernot, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, Peter T. Cummings “Distinctive Nanoscale Organization of Double- Cationic Versus Single-Cationic Ionic Liquids”, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8th 2013

9.     Song Li, Guang Feng, Peter T. Cummings, “Molecular Dynamics Study On the Capacitive Performance of Double-Cationic Ionic Liquid Electrolytes” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8th 2013

10.   Song Li, Kee Sung Han, Guang Feng, Edward W. Hagaman, Lukas Vlcek, Peter T. Cummings, “Dynamic and Structural Properties of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids Near Silica and Carbon Surfaces” AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8th 2013

11.  Song Li, Guang Feng, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, and Peter T. Cummings “Molecular dynamics simulation of binary mixture of ionic liquids near carbon electrode: The capacitive performance and temperature effects” 245th ACS meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11, 2013.

12. Song Li, Guang Feng, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, and Peter T. Cummings “Unique Capacitive Performance of Binary Mixture of Ionic Liquids near Onion-like Carbon Electrode” AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 28-Nov 2, 2012.

13.   Peter T Cummings, Guang Feng, Song Li, Michael Rhouha. “Molecular Simulation of Ionic-Liquid-Based Supercapacitors” 6th Sino-US Joint Conference of Chemical Engineering,
Beijing, China, November 6-10, 2011.

14.   Song Li, Jose Leo Banuelos, Kee Sung Han, Jianchang Guo, Edward Hagaman, Gernot Rother, Robert Shaw and Peter T. Cummings. “Molecular Dynamics Study on Strutural Properties of Ionic Liquids Combined with Small Angle X-ray Studies” AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 14-17, 2011.

15.  Guang Feng, Song Li, Michael Rouha, Peter T. Cummings. “ Classical molecular dynamics modeling on ionic liquids: bulk properties and interfacial phenomena” Second Annual TN/SC EPSCoR Workshop: Modeling Advanced Materials, Systems Biology and Alternative Energy Sources, Knoxville, TN, October 10-11, 2011.

Posters

1.  Song Li, Yongchul G. Chung, and Randall Q. Snurr,High-Throughput Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO2 Capture at High Humidity, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Nov 15, 2016.

2.   Song Li, Guang Feng, Peter T. Cummings, “Dicationic Ionic Liquids：Structural Organization and Capacitive Performance as Electrolytes” The 5^th Asian-Pacific Conference on Ionic Liquids(APCIL-5), Hangzhou, China, Oct. 26-28, 2016.

3.  Song Li, Yongchul G. Chung, and Randall Q. Snurr, “High-throughput Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO2 Capture under High Humidity” FOMMS 2015 conference, Portland, OR, July 12-16, 2015.

4.  Song Li, Yongchul G. Chung, and Randall Q. Snurr, “High-throughput Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Energy-Efficient CO₂ Capture at High Humidity”， Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP) Research Symposium, Oct. 14-15, 2014

5.   Song Li, Xiongce Zhao, Yiming Mo, Peter T. Cummings, William T. Heller, Human Serum Albumin Interactions with C60 Fullerene Studied by Spectroscopy, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. AC.CES 2013 - Aachen Conference on Computational Engineering Science, Aachen, Germany, September 9-11, 2013

6.   Peter T. Cummings, Guang Feng, Song Li, David J. Wesolowski, “Integrated Experimental and Computational Studies of Energy-Relevant Interfaces”, PPEPPED, Argentina-Brazil, Iguazu Falls, May 26-30, 2013.

7.   Song Li, Guang Feng, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, and Peter T. Cummings “Unique Capacitive Performance of Binary Mixture of Ionic Liquids near Onion-like Carbon Electrode” FOMMS 2012 conference, Portland, OR, July 22-26, 2012.

8.   Song Li, Guang Feng, Pasquale F. Fulvio, Sheng Dai, and Peter T. Cummings. “Unique Capacitive Performance of Binary Mixture of Ionic Liquids near Onion-like Carbon Electrode” Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Forum, Knoxville, TN, April 19-20, 2012.

9.    Jianchang Guo, Kee Sung Han, Song Li, Guang Feng, P. Ganesh, Paul R.C. Kent, Sheng Dai, Peter T.Cummings, Shannon W. Mahurin, Edward W. Hagaman, and Robert W. Shaw. “Structure and Dynamics of Ionic Liquid-Rhodamine 6G solutions: NMR, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Modeling” EFRC Summit and Forum, Washington DC, May 25-27, 2011.

10.  Song Li, KeeSung Han, Edwards Hagaman, Peter T. Cummings “Structural and Dynamics of Ionic liquids [Emim][Tf₂N] and [C₄mpip][Tf₂N]. CSP workshop, The Center for Simulational Physics at The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, February 21-25, 2011.