Karen Chan: Difference between revisions

'''Karen Chan''' is an Associateassociate professor at the [[Technical University of Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|title=DTU Department of Physics: Karen Chan |url=https://www.dtu.dk/english/service/phonebook/person?id=74461&tab=2&qt=dtupublicationquery}}</ref> She is a Canadian and French physicist most notable for her work on [[catalysis]], electrocatalysis, and [[electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide]].

Chan earned her B.Sc. in Chemical Physics in 2007 and her PhD in Chemistry in 2013 from [[Simon Fraser University]] under Michael Eikerling.{{cn|date=August 2020}}

Chan is known for her theoretical and computational work on the description of solid-liquid interfaces, electrocatalysis, batteries, and heterogeneous catalysis. Her work on computer simulations of the [[Double layer (surface science)|electrical double-layer]] and electrocatalysis has led to new ideas and understanding of, for instance, [[electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide|electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction]],<ref name=cations>{{cite webjournal|title=Taming cation effects | urlyear=https://www2019| doi=10.nature.com/articles1038/s41929-019-0335-2| last1=Capdevila-Cortada| first1=Marçal| journal=Nature Catalysis| volume=2| issue=8| page=641| s2cid=199551497| doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=paper1>{{cite webjournal | title=Metal ion cycling of Cu foil for selective C–C coupling in electrochemical CO2 reduction | year=2018| doi=10.1038/s41929-017-0009-x| url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-017-0009-x| last1=Jiang| first1=Kun| last2=Sandberg| first2=Robert B.| last3=Akey| first3=Austin J.| last4=Liu| first4=Xinyan| last5=Bell| first5=David C.| last6=Nørskov| first6=Jens K.| last7=Chan| first7=Karen| last8=Wang| first8=Haotian| journal=Nature Catalysis| volume=1| issue=2| pages=111–119| osti=1457051| s2cid=27378249}}</ref><ref name=paper2>{{cite webjournal | title=Theory-guided Sn/Cu alloying for efficient CO2 electroreduction at low overpotentials | journal=Nature Catalysis| date=January 2019| volume=2| issue=1| pages=55–61| doi=10.1038/s41929-018-0200-8| url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-018-0200-8| last1=Zheng| first1=Xueli| last2=Ji| first2=Yongfei| last3=Tang| first3=Jing| last4=Wang| first4=Jiangyan| last5=Liu| first5=Bofei| last6=Steinrück| first6=Hans-Georg| last7=Lim| first7=Kipil| last8=Li| first8=Yuzhang| last9=Toney| first9=Michael F.| last10=Chan| first10=Karen| last11=Cui| first11=Yi| osti=1493352| s2cid=85521458}}{{Retracted|doi=10.1038/s41929-021-00619-9|intentional=yes}}</ref><ref name=paper4>{{cite webjournal | title=Synergistic enhancement of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2 oxygenates at nitrogen-doped nanodiamonds/Cu interface | year=2020| doi=10.1038/s41565-019-0603-y| url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-019-0603-y| last1=Wang| first1=Hongxia| last2=Tzeng| first2=Yan-Kai| last3=Ji| first3=Yongfei| last4=Li| first4=Yanbin| last5=Li| first5=Jun| last6=Zheng| first6=Xueli| last7=Yang| first7=Ankun| last8=Liu| first8=Yayuan| last9=Gong| first9=Yongji| last10=Cai| first10=Lili| last11=Li| first11=Yuzhang| last12=Zhang| first12=Xiaokun| last13=Chen| first13=Wei| last14=Liu| first14=Bofei| last15=Lu| first15=Haiyu| last16=Melosh| first16=Nicholas A.| last17=Shen| first17=Zhi-Xun| last18=Chan| first18=Karen| last19=Tan| first19=Tianwei| last20=Chu| first20=Steven| last21=Cui| first21=Yi| journal=Nature Nanotechnology| volume=15| issue=2| pages=131–137| pmid=31907442| bibcode=2020NatNa..15..131W| osti=1605382| s2cid=209896747}}</ref><ref name=paper6>{{cite webjournal | title=Double layer charging driven carbon dioxide adsorption limits the rate of electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction on Gold | urlyear=https://www2020| doi=10.nature.com/articles1038/s41467-019-13777-z| last1=Ringe| first1=Stefan| last2=Morales-Guio| first2=Carlos G.| last3=Chen| first3=Leanne D.| last4=Fields| first4=Meredith| last5=Jaramillo| first5=Thomas F.| last6=Hahn| first6=Christopher| last7=Chan| first7=Karen| journal=Nature Communications| volume=11| issue=1| page=33| pmid=31911585| pmc=6946669| bibcode=2020NatCo..11...33R}}</ref> and [[Electrolysis of water|water electrolysis]].<ref name=paper3>{{cite webjournal | title=Designing an improved transition metal phosphide catalyst for hydrogen evolution using experimental and theoretical trends | year=2015| doi=10.1039/C5EE02179K| url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/ee/c5ee02179k| last1=Kibsgaard| first1=Jakob| last2=Tsai| first2=Charlie| last3=Chan| first3=Karen| last4=Benck| first4=Jesse D.| last5=Nørskov| first5=Jens K.| last6=Abild-Pedersen| first6=Frank| last7=Jaramillo| first7=Thomas F.| journal=Energy & Environmental Science| volume=8| issue=10| pages=3022–3029}}</ref><ref name="paper5">{{cite webjournal |last1=Xia |first1=Chuan |last2=Back |first2=Seoin |last3=Ringe |first3=Stefan |last4=Jiang |first4=Kun |last5=Chen |first5=Fanhong |last6=Sun |first6=Xiaoming |last7=Siahrostami |first7=Samira |author-link7=Samira Siahrostami |last8=Chan |first8=Karen |last9=Wang |first9=Haotian |year=2020 |title=Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide | url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-019-0402-8 |journal=Nature Catalysis |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=125–134 |doi=10.1038/s41929-019-0402-8 |s2cid=209896564}}</ref>

Following the completion of her PhD, she served as a postdoctoral researcher at [[Stanford University]] and in 2016 was promoted to staff scientist at [[SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory]]. In October 2018, she began serving as an Associateassociate Professorprofessor at the [[Technical University of Denmark]].<ref name=cattheory>{{cite web|title=Karen Chan joins Catalysis Theory Center | url = https://cattheory.dtu.dk/news/2018/10/karen-chan-joins-catalysis-theory-center?id=d3b78267-8ab2-4f6c-b6c9-c746962c1dd1}}</ref>