Jianliang Xiao Ph.D.
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Dr. Xiao is currently Chair of Catalysis at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Liverpool, with research interest spanning molecular catalysis, catalytic synthesis and green chemistry. He is also a visiting professor to the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Northwest University.
Dr. Xiao was a postdoctoral research fellow with Dick Puddephatt at the University of Western Ontario and a research chemist at the ERATO Molecular Catalysis Project directed by Ryoji Noyori.
Education
Professor Jianliang Xiao graduated from Northwest University in Xian and obtained his MSc degree from the Research Institute of Petroleum Processing in Beijing and his PhD from the University of Alberta under the direction of Marty Cowie.
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