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Jingyi Chen

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◆ ARA Academy Federal Grant PI High Impact

Professor

Faculty Researcher

80 h-index 599 pubs 34,255 cited

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  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Gold
  • Mice
  • Female
  • Male
  • Metal Nanoparticles
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Nanostructures
  • Silver
  • Neoplasms
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biosensing Techniques
  • Adult
  • Surface Properties

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jingyi Chen is a Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, recognized as a highly cited researcher with an h-index of 80 and over 599 publications, accumulating more than 34,000 citations. Her research program, supported by six federal grants totaling over $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF), focuses on nanoscience, particularly the synthesis and application of metal-based nanoparticles. Chen leads a research group and maintains an active lab website to disseminate her work.

Her federally funded projects include developing template-directed synthesis methods for metal oxide and chalcogenide nanoshells, exploring the versatility of extracellular matrix hydrogels, and creating multifunctional metal-based nanoparticles for surface disinfection. She has also received funding for high-order algorithms in fluid dynamics simulations and for an REU site focused on sustainable chemistry. Chen collaborates with faculty at the University of Arkansas, including Lauren F. Greenlee and Ryan Manso, on shared publications.

Chen's recent publications span diverse areas, including the use of nanoparticles in precision medicine, photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants, super-resolution imaging, bacterial growth analysis, and the investigation of therapeutic combinations for tumor microenvironments. Her work also extends to understanding the mechanisms of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and analyzing prognostic lncRNAs in colorectal cancer. She is an ARA Academy member (ARA Fellow).

Metrics

  • h-index: 80
  • Publications: 599
  • Citations: 34,255

Selected Publications

  • Revealing Structural Evolution of Nickel Phosphide-Iron Oxide Core–Shell Nanocatalysts in Alkaline Medium for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (2024)
    Chemistry of Materials 32 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of polyphenol-rich grape seed and green tea extracts on the physicochemical properties of 3D-printed edible soy protein films (2023)
    Food Packaging and Shelf Life 49 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Temporal Ni K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study Reveals the Kinetics of the Ni Redox Behavior of the Iron-Nickel Oxide Bimetallic OER Catalyst (2023)
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Bacterial mobility and motility in porous media mimicked by microspheres (2023)
    17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fe Coordination Environment, Fe-Incorporated Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> Phase, and Metallic Core Are Key Structural Components to Active and Stable Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (2022)
    ACS Catalysis 49 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Label-Free Quartz Crystal Microbalance Biosensor Based on Aptamer-Capped Gold Nanocages Loaded with Polyamidoamine for Thrombin Detection (2021)
    ACS Applied Nano Materials 25 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Photothermal Response Induced by Nanocage-Coated Artificial Extracellular Matrix Promotes Neural Stem Cell Differentiation (2021)
    18 citations DOI OpenAlex

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ARA Academy 2018 ARA Fellow

Dr. Chen develops multifunctional metal-based nanostructures and their hybrid materials for applications in energy conversion, tribology, and biomedicine. Prior experience includes Postdoctoral Fellow at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2006-2008) and Research Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis (2008-2010).

Policy Impact

Develops multifunctional nanomaterials for energy and biomedical applications, attracting federal research funding and advancing Arkansas's materials science capabilities.

Growth Areas

['Materials Engineering Applications']

Federal Grants 6 $1,807,595 total

NSF Co-PI Oct 2025 - Sep 2026

Conference: The 10th SIAM Central States Section Annual Meeting at the University of Arkansas, October 11-12, 2025

COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS, APPLIED MATHEMATICS $24,000
NSF PI Sep 2025 - Aug 2028

Robust and efficient high-order algorithms for fluid dynamics simulations: structure-preserving methods and optimization-based limiters

OFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AC, COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS $210,000
NSF PI Sep 2023 - Aug 2027

CAS: Template Directed Synthesis of Earth Abundant Metal Oxide and Chalcogenide Nanoshells

Macromolec/Supramolec/Nano, EPSCoR Co-Funding $493,595
NSF Co-PI Aug 2025 - Jul 2028

Towards expanding versatility of extracellular matrix hydrogels

Engineering of Biomed Systems $490,000
NSF PI Apr 2024 - Mar 2028

REU Site: Sustainable Chemistry for Integrative Synthesis and Measurements (SCISM)

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CHEM $540,000

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