Li Can

Biography

1978-1980/1980-1983 BSc, Zhangye Normal College/Shanxi Normal University, China (A chemistry teacher during 1980-1981) 1983-1985 MSc, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China 1986-1988 PhD degree from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics. 1989-1996 Post-doc fellow and visiting professor at： Louvain-la-Neuve Catholique University (Belgium) ; Northwestern University (USA); The University of Liverpool (UK); JSPS Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan); Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI (France). 1993- Full professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics 1998-2015 Director, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis 2003- Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 2005- Member of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World (TWAS) Fellow of Royal Chemical Society 2008- Foreign Member of Academia Europaea 2008-2012 President of the International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS) 2013- Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Association of Catalysis Societies (APACS) 2005-2012 Chairman of the Catalysis Society of China 2011- Director, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy

Research Interest

Can Li has been working on both fundamental and applied research in catalysis and making efforts to reveal the essential relationship between catalytic performance and catalyst structure, and try to understand catalysis at various levels including atomic, molecular as well as nanometer scales and to apply these understandings to the designs and the development of practical applications in energy (solar fuels), fine chemicals (chiral synthesis) and environmental sciences (ultra-deep desulfurization of fuels). In particular to understand the fundamental of catalysis, he has been developing in situ spectroscopy (e.g., UV Raman, Time resolved spectroscopy) to characterize the catalyst structure and catalytic reactions. His current interests include photocatalytic water splitting, CO2 reduction, biomass reforming, photovoltaic solar cells and DNA catalysis.