Event
CHBE Seminar: Dr. Teng Li, UMD
Friday, October 31, 2025
11:00 a.m.
Room 2108 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
Patricia Lorenzana
301-405-1935
plorenza@umd.edu
"Machine Learning Enabled Rational Design of Atomic Catalysts"
Abstract: Atomic catalysts (ACs) with ultimate atomic utilization and unique catalytic properties have emerged as promising high-performance catalysts because of their great potential for enabling the efficient use of metal resources and achieving atomic economy. Promising potential aside, the rational design of ACs, however, remains cost-prohibitive for both experimental and computational studies, due to the vast design space required. There exists a surging interest in using machine learning (ML) to accelerate the study of the catalytic properties of ACs and the screening of high-performance ACs. In this talk, I will present our recent research progress in the ML-enabled rational design of ACs with special emphasis on how to select high-performance ACs efficiently for various electrochemical reactions, such as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).
Bio: Teng Li is the Keystone Professor in the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, US, and directs the Laboratory for Advanced Sustainable Materials and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science from Harvard University in 2006, following earlier studies at Princeton University and Tsinghua University. His research interests focus on the mechanics of sustainable materials, machine learning enabled material discovery, low-dimensional materials, energy materials, soft materials and biomaterials, flexible electronics, and nanoelectronics. Among his awards is the Provost's Do Good Innovator Award in 2024, TechConnect Innovation Award in 2024, R&D100 Award in 2023 and 2018, UMD Invention of the Year Award in 2023, the USM Regents Faculty Awards for Excellence in Research/Scholarship/Creative Activities in 2022, Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professorship from National Institute of Aerospace in 2017, Society of Engineering Science Young Investigator Medal in 2016, E. Robert Kent Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012, Ralph E. Powe Jr. Faculty Award in 2007. He currently serves as an Editor of Extreme Mechanics Letters.
