1. Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Multi-nuclear, multi-dimensional solid-state NMR methods; Solid-state NMR sequence designs and simulation techniques; In-situ and dynamics-sensitive NMR techniques.

2. Fine Structural and Dynamical Analysis in Multiphase Catalysis
Understanding and quantification on acidity, basicity, and metallic active centers in multiphase catalysts; Catalysis-related molecular adsorption, diffusion, and activation mechanisms; Catalytic active structures under reaction conditions.

3.  Bifunctional Catalytic Reactions
Uncovering the mechanisms and synergistic effects of bifunctional catalytic reactions; Advancing the development of novel bifunctional catalysts and catalytic processes.

2017-09-2023-06, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, PhD

2013-09-2017-06, Nankai University, Bachelor

   

2023-08-Now, Associate Professor in Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

Yi Ji, Kuizhi Chen*, Xiuwen Han, Xinhe Bao, Guangjin Hou*, Precise Structural and Dynamical Details in Zeolites Revealed by Coupling-Edited 1H–17O Double Resonance NMR Spectroscopy, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 16, 11211-11224

Yi Ji#, Zhengmao Liu#, Zhenchao Zhao, Pan Gao, Xinhe Bao, Kuizhi Chen*, Guangjin Hou*, Untangling Framework Confinements: A Dynamical Study on Bulky Aromatic Molecules in MFI Zeolites, ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 24, 15288-15297

Yi Ji#, Pan Gao#, Zhenchao Zhao, Dong Xiao, Qiao Han, Hongyu Chen, Ke Gong, Kuizhi Chen, Xiuwen Han, Xinhe Bao, Guangjin Hou*, Oxygenate-based routes regulate syngas conversion over oxide–zeolite bifunctional catalysts, Nature Catalysis, 2022, 5, 7, 594-604

Lixin Liang#, Yi Ji#, Kuizhi Chen, Pan Gao, Zhenchao Zhao, Guangjin Hou*, Solid-state NMR dipolar and chemical shift anisotropy recoupling techniques for structural and dynamical studies in biological systems, Chemical Reviews, 2022, 122, 10, 9880-9942

Yi Ji, Lixin Liang, Xinhe Bao, Guangjin Hou*, Recent progress in dipolar recoupling techniques under fast MAS in solid-state NMR spectroscopy, Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 2021, 112, 101711