Dr Jixin Yang
Dr Jixin Yang received his BSc in Nanjing University (Nanjing, China) in 1996 and MSc in Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China) in 1999. He then came to the UK to study his PhD at the School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham. After graduating in 2003, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Nottingham for another 6 years, focusing on the area of materials chemistry.
Dr Yang took the lectureship position at Wrexham Glyndŵr University in 2009 and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2011 and reader in materials chemistry in 2022. Now he is actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research in material chemistry. Dr Yang has published more than 40 research articles so far in peer-reviewed journals with more than 1,140 total citations. He is Charted Chemist (CChem), Chartered Science Teacher (CSciTeach), Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) and Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Dr Yang is one of the academic subject leaders in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology and involved in a number of academic committees at the university level.
Also, he is the panel assessor for Royal Society of Chemistry to evaluate the applications and revalidations of Charted Science Teacher (CSciTeach) and a member of RSC North Wales Local Section Committee representing Wrexham Glyndŵr University. In 2020, he was shortlisted in the Student Union Award of Best Lecturer of the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology. In 2021, he was the winner of the same award. In 2022, he has received the commendation in the volunteering category of university Above & Beyond Staff Award.
Publications
| Year | Publication | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Calcium ion regulation of sodium alginate in pure buckwheat noodles shown by in vitro simulated digestion, Frontiers in nutrition, 9. [DOI] Wang, Hongyan;Zhang, Jiukai;Han, Lingyu;Cao, Jijuan;Yang, Jixin;Zhang, Ying;Hu, Bing |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2022 | Octenyl-succinylated inulins for the delivery of hydrophobic drug, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 221. [DOI] Han, Lingyu;Sun, Jiao;Williams, Peter A.;Yang, Jixin;Zhang, Shubiao |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2022 | Investigation of rheological behaviors of aqueous gum Arabic in the presence of crystalline nanocellulose, CARBOHYDRATE POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS, 4. [DOI] Jones, Kevin L.;Hu, Bing;Li, Wei;Fang, Yapeng;Yang, Jixin |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2022 | Characterization of hydrophilic and hydrophobic core-shell microcapsules prepared using a range of antisolvent approaches, Food Hydrocolloids, 131. [DOI] Hu, Bing;Yang, Yisu;Han, Lingyu;Yang, Jixin;Zheng, Wenjie;Cao, Jijuan |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2022 | Composite oleogels formed by cellulose particles and sorbitan acid esters, FOOD STRUCTURE-NETHERLANDS, 31. [DOI] Gao, Zhiming;Zhang, Chao;Wu, Yuehan;Chen, Fangfang;Hu, Bing;Wang, Ran;Yang, Jixin;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2021 | Electrostatic Interaction-Based Fabrication of Calcium Alginate-Zein Core-Shell Microcapsules of Regulable Shapes and Sizes, Langmuir, 37. [DOI] Zhang, Xun;Hu, Bing;Zhao, Yiguo;Yang, Yisu;Gao, Zhiming;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Yang, Jixin;Zhang, Yin;Fang, Yapeng |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2021 | Conformational transition and gelation of kappa-carrageenan in electrostatic complexation with beta-lactoglobulin aggregates, Food Hydrocolloids, 118. [DOI] Hu, Bing;Hu, Jing;Han, Lingyu;Cao, Jijuan;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Yang, Jixin;Fang, Yapeng;Li, Dongmei |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Protein/polysaccharide intramolecular electrostatic complex as superior food-grade foaming agent, Food Hydrocolloids, 101. [DOI] Xu, Yao;Yang, Nan;Yang, Jixin;Hu, Jing;Zhang, Ke;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Phillips, Glyn O.;Fang, Yapeng |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Prediction of high-quality reservoirs using the reservoir fluid mobility attribute computed from seismic data, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 190. [DOI] Zhang, Yijiang;Wen, Xiaotao;Jiang, Lian;Liu, Jie;Yang, Jixin;Liu, Songming |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Pomegranate seed oil stabilized with ovalbumin glycated by inulin: Physicochemical stability and oxidative stability, Food Hydrocolloids, 102. [DOI] Hu, Bing;Wang, Kangping;Han, Lingyu;Zhou, Bin;Yang, Jixin;Li, Shugang |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2020 | Octenyl-succinylated inulin for the encapsulation and release of hydrophobic compounds, Carbohydrate Polymers, 238. [DOI] Han, Lingyu;Hu, Bing;Ratcliffe, Ian;Senan, Chandra;Yang, Jixin;Williams, Peter A. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2019 | Effect of arabinogalactan protein complex content on emulsification performance of gum arabic, Carbohydrate Polymers, 224. [DOI] Han, Lingyu;Hu, Bing;Ma, Ruixiang;Gao, Zhiming;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Phillips, Glyn O.;Yang, Jixin;Fang, Yapeng |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2019 | Comparative study on foaming and emulsifying properties of different beta-lactoglobulin aggregates, Food & function, 10. [DOI] Hu, Jing;Yang, Jixin;Xu, Yao;Zhang, Ke;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Phillips, Glyn O.;Fang, Yapeng |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2019 | Preparation and emulsifying properties of trace elements fortified gum arabic, Food Hydrocolloids, 88. [DOI] Hu, Bing;Han, Lingyu;Kong, Huiling;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Phillips, Glyn O.;Yang, Jixin;Fang, Yapeng |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2019 | Interfacial and emulsifying properties of the electrostatic complex of beta-lactoglobulin fibril and gum Arabic (Acacia Seyal), Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 562. [DOI] Gao, Zhiming;Huang, Ying;Hu, Bing;Zhang, Ke;Xu, Xiaofei;Fang, Yapeng;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Phillips, Glyn O.;Yang, Jixin |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2018 | A combined time-resolved infrared and density functional theory study of the lowest excited states of 9-fluorenone and 2-naphthaldehyde, CHEMICAL PHYSICS. [DOI] | Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2018 | Effects of temperature and solvent condition on phase separation induced molecular fractionation of gum arabic/hyaluronan aqueous mixtures, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 116. [DOI] Hu, Bing;Han, Lingyu;Gao, Zhiming;Zhang, Ke;Al-Assaf, Saphwan;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Phillips, Glyn O.;Yang, Jixin;Fang, Yapeng |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2014 | Synthesis and antioxidant properties of gum arabic-stabilized selenium nanoparticles, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 65. [DOI] Kong, Huiling;Yang, Jixin;Zhang, Yifeng;Fang, Yapeng;Nishinari, Katsuyoshi;Phillips, Glyn O. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2011 | A route to diffusion embedding of CdSe/CdS quantum dots in fluoropolymer microparticles, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 13. [DOI] Popov, Vladimir K.;Bagratashvili, Viktor N.;Krotova, Larisa I.;Rybaltovskii, Aleksei O.;Smith, David C.;Timashev, Peter S.;Yang, Jixin;Zavorotnii, Yurii. S.;Howdle, Steven M. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2009 | Deposition in supercritical fluids: from silver to semiconductors, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. [DOI] | Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2009 | Continuous flow supercritical chemical fluid deposition of optoelectronic quality CdS, Yang, Jixin;Hyde, Jason R;Wilson, James W;Mallik, Kanad;Sazio, Pier;Brien, Paul;Malik, Mohamed A;Afzaal, Mohammad;Nguyen, Chinh Q;George, Michael W;Howdle, Steven M;Smith, David C |
Other Journal |
| 2009 | Supercritical chemical fluid deposition of high quality compound semiconductors, Afzaal, Mohammad;Aksomaityte, Gabriele;Brien, Paul;Cheng, Fei;George, Michael W;Hector, Andrew L;Howdle, Steven M;Hyde, Jason R;Levason, William;Malik, Mohamed A;Mallik, Kanad;Nguyen, Chinh Q;Reid, Gillian;Sazio, Pier;Smith, David C;Webster, Michael;Wilson, James W;Yang, Jixin;Zhang, Wenjian |
Other Journal |
| 2008 | A novel synthetic route to metal-polymer nanocomposites by in situ suspension and bulk polymerizations, European Polymer Journal, 44. [DOI] Yang, Jixin;Hasell, Tom;Wang, Wenxin;Howdle, Steven M. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2008 | Preparation of hybrid polymer nanocomposite microparticles by a nanoparticle stabilised dispersion polymerisation, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 18. [DOI] Yang, Jixin;Hasell, Tom;Wang, Wenxin;Li, Jun;Brown, Paul D.;Poliakoff, Martyn;Lester, Edward;Howdle, Steven M. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2008 | Highly efficient surface enhanced Raman scattering using microstructured optical fibers with enhanced plasmonic interactions, Applied Physics Letters, 92. [DOI] Peacock, Anna C.;Amezcua-Correa, Adrian;Yang, Jixin;Sazio, Pier J. A.;Howdle, Steven M. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2007 | Preparation of polymer-nanoparticle composite beads by a nanoparticle-stabilised suspension polymerisation, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 17. [DOI] Hasell, Tom;Yang, Jixin;Wang, Wenxin;Li, Jun;Brown, Paul D.;Poliakoff, Martyn;Lester, Edward;Howdle, Steven M. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2007 | Microscopic spacial effect on the dispersion polymerization in ScCO2, European Polymer Journal, 43. [DOI] Yang, Jixin;Wang, Wenxin;Sazio, Pier J. A.;Howdle, Steven M. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2007 | Surface-enhanced Raman scattering using microstructured optical fiber substrates, Advanced Functional Materials, 17. [DOI] Amezcua-Correa, Adrian;Yang, Jixin;Finlayson, Chris E.;Peacock, Anna C.;Hayes, John R.;Sazio, Pier J. A.;Baumberg, Jeremy J.;Howdle, Steven M. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2007 | A facile synthetic route to aqueous dispersions of silver nanoparticles, Materials Letters, 61. [DOI] Hasell, Tom;Yang, Jixin;Wang, Wenxin;Brown, Paul D.;Howdle, Steven M. |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2004 | Unraveling the photochemistry of Fe(CO)(5) in solution: Observation of Fe(CO)(3) and the conversion between Fe-3(CO)(4) and Fe-1(CO)(4)(solvent), Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126. [DOI] Portius, P;Yang, JX;Sun, XZ;Grills, DC;Matousek, P;Parker, AW;Towrie, M;George, MW |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2004 | Characterization by time-resolved UV-Vis and infrared absorption spectroscopy of an intramolecular charge-transfer state in an organic electron-donor-bridge-acceptor system, PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 3. [DOI] Hviid, L;Verhoeven, JW;Brouwer, AM;Paddon-Row, MN;Yang, JX |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2003 | Using picosecond and nanosecond time-resolved infrared spectroscopy for the investigation of excited states and reaction intermediates of inorganic systems, Dalton Transactions. [DOI] Kuimova, MK;Alsindi, WZ;Dyer, J;Grills, DC;Jina, OS;Matousek, P;Parker, AW;Portius, P;Sun, XZ;Towrie, M;Wilson, C;Yang, JX;George, MW |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2000 | Investigation into the reactivity of M(eta(5)-C5R5)(CO)(2)(alkane) (M = Mn or Re; R = H, Me or Ph; alkane = n-heptane or cyclopentane) and Re(eta(5)-C5H5)(CO)(2)(Xe) in solution at cryogenic and room temperature, JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS. Childs, GI;Colley, CS;Dyer, J;Grills, DC;Sun, XZ;Yang, JX;George, MW |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 2000 | Reaction of C2H with NO and O-2 studied by TR-FTIR emission spectroscopy, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 326. Su, HM;Yang, JX;Ding, YH;Feng, WH;Kong, FN |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
| 1999 | The reaction of CH2(B-3(1))+N2O studied by time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 303. Su, HM;Yang, JX;Zhong, JX;Kong, FN |
Peer Reviewed Journal |
Honors and Awards
| Date | Title | Awarding Body |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wrexham Glyndwr University Student Union Annual Award Best Lecturer in Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology | Wrexham Glyndwr University |
| 2022 | Wrexham Glyndwr University Above & Beyond Staff Award --- commendation for the “Award for Volunteering” | Wrexham Glyndwr University |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From/To |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Society of Chemistry | Chartered Chemist | 2011 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | Chartered Science Teacher | 2017 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | Full member | 2009 |
| Advance HE | Senior Fellowship | 2018 |
Committees
| Name | From/To |
|---|---|
| Research Committee | 2022- |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From/To |
|---|---|---|
| Wrexham Glyndwr University | Senior Lecturer in Chemistry | 01/10/2011 - 31/07/2022 |
| Wrexham Glyndwr University | Lecturer in Chemistry | 01/10/2009 - 30/09/2011 |
| University of Nottingham | Research Fellow | 15/12/2003 - 30/09/2009 |
Education
| Institution | Qualification | Subject | From/To |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nottingham | PhD | Inorganic Chemistry | 1999 - 2003 |
| Nanjing University | BSc | Environmental Chemistry | 1992 - 1996 |
| Wrexham Glyndŵr University | Postgraduate Certificate in E-Learning | Education | 2011 - 2013 |
| Wrexham Glyndŵr University | Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Development in Higher Education | Education | 2009 - 2010 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | MSc | Physical Chemistry | 1996 - 1999 |
Languages
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Full Professional Proficiency | Full Professional Proficiency | Full Professional Proficiency |
| Chinese | Native / Bilingual Proficiency | Native / Bilingual Proficiency | Native / Bilingual Proficiency |
Journal Reviewer or Editor
| Journal Name | Activity | From/To |
|---|---|---|
| Food Hydrocolloids | Peer Reviewer | 2020 - 2023 |
| Journal of Materials Chemistry | Peer Reviewer | 2009 - 2020 |
| Green Chemistry | Peer Reviewer | 2010 - 2020 |
| RSC Advance | Peer Reviewer | 2015 - 2020 |
| Chemical Communications | Peer Reviewer | 2015 - 2020 |
Consultancy & Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
| Client | Description | From/To |
|---|---|---|
| Dyesol Ltd | Shorter KTP on "Titania semiconductor layers" funded by Wales Assembly Government (£42320, Academic Lead) | 2010 -2011 |