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Dr. Xiao leads the Reaction Engineering & Catalysis Science Laboratory (RECSL, Xiao Research Group), which focuses on catalytic science, reaction engineering, and multiscale modeling to address challenges in methane activation, alkane dehydrogenation, COâ‚‚ conversion, and energy-efficient chemical processes. The group integrates experimental catalysis, in-situ/operando spectroscopy, density functional theory (DFT), kinetic modeling, and reactor-scale simulations to bridge fundamental mechanisms with practical reactor design. The Xiao Research Group currently includes 1 Research Associate, 6 PhD students, and 8 undergraduate students. The group is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF), the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Board of Regents (BoR), the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Space Grant Consortium (LaSPACE), the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Transportation Research Center (LTRC), the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Materials Design Alliance (LAMDA), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).