Educational Background

• University of Texas—Dallas, Dallas, TX | 2021-Present
• Naveen Jindal School of Management
• Master of Business Administration
• Expected Graduation by Aug. 2023


• Texas A&M University, College Station, TX | 2011-2016
• College of Science
• Department of Chemistry
• Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry


• Oklahoma Christian University, Edmond, OK | 2008-2011
• College of Art & Science
• Department of Chemistry
• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Professional Experience

• Texas A&M University | 08/2018 – Current
• Position: Instructional Assistant Professor


• Colorado State University-Pueblo (CSUP) | 02/2017 –08/2018
• Position: Visiting Assistant Professor

Awards & Recognition

• 2022 Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen High Impact Practice Grant
• 2021 Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen High Impact Practice Grant
• 2020 Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen High Impact Practice Grant
• American Chemical Society-South Texas Section Travel Grant
• 2019 Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen Faulty Travel Grant
• 2018 Open Education Resources University Initiative from Colorado State University

Leadership, Community Outreach, & Departmental Service

• 2023
• Lead search committee for Technical Lab Coordinator


• 2022
• Lead Coordinator and Organizer for 2nd Course-Based Undergraduate Poster Symposium
• Faculty Insight Panel for New Student Conference 2022
• Immediate Past Chair, American Chemical Society South Texas Local Section


• 2021
• Coordinator and Organizer for 1st Course-Based Undergraduate Poster Mix
• Faculty Insight Panel for New Student Conference 2021
• Co-organizer of International Day Celebration
• Chair, American Chemical Society South Texas Local Section
• Faculty Advisor- McAllen Aggie STEM Club


• 2020
• Faculty Insight Panel for New Student Conference 2021
• Chair-elect, American Chemical Society South Texas Local Section
• Invited Judges for the Student Poster Award Competition organized by the ACS Energy & Fuel (ENFL) division
• Faculty Advisor- McAllen Aggie STEM Club


• 2019-2018
• Faculty Advisor- McAllen Aggie STEM Club

Selected Publications

• Wang, X.; Bashir, S.; Liu, J.L. Nano Chemistry: From Theory to Application for In-depth Understanding of Nanomaterials, Walter De Gruyter, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, Germany, 2021 (ISBN: 9783110739855)
• Wang, X., Lee, C. (undergraduate student from TAMU) Water-Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks for Water Adsorption. In Advances in Sustainable Energy: Policy, Materials, and Devices, Springer-Nature, 2021, pp 387-416.
• Wang, X.; Bashir, S.; Liu, J.L. General Chemistry: Chemistry 1111. Laboratory Manual I: A Nanoworld to Explore. McGraw-Hill Publication, 2019 (ISBN-13: ISBN-13: 978-1-264-10554-0)
• Wang, X.; Bashir, S.; Liu, J.L. General Chemistry: Chemistry 1112. Laboratory Manual I: A Nanoworld to Explore. McGraw-Hill Publication, 2019 (ISBN-13: ISBN-13: 978-1-264-10552-6)
• Wang, X.; Bashir, S.; Liu, J.L. General Chemistry: Chemistry 1112. Laboratory Manual I: A Nanoworld to Explore. McGraw-Hill Publication, 2020 (ISBN-13: ISBN-13: 978-1-264-10552-6)
• Hu, X. *; Wang, X. * (co-first author); Chen, Y.-P.; Liu, D.; Liu, T. “Characterization of Gas Adsorption Sites and Behaviors in Metal-organic Frameworks” General Chemistry, 2018, 4, 180006.
• Wang, X.; L. W.; G, Z.-Y.; Zhang, W.; Zhou, H.-C. “Topology-Guided Design of An Anionic bor-Network for Photocatalytic [Ru(bpy)3]2+ Encapsulation” Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 1926-1929.
• Liu. D.H. *; Wang, X.* (co-first author); Chen, Y.-P.; Yuan, S.; Zhou, H.-C. “Nitrogen-Rich Porphyrinic Metal- Organic Frameworks Synthesized by Postsynthetic Metathesis Method: From Inert Material to Active Catalyst”, Science China Chemistry, 2016, 59, 975-979.
• Wang, X.; Fordham, S.; Zhou, H.-C. Metal-organic Frameworks for Methane Storage. In Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy, ACS : 2015; Vol. 1213, pp 173-191.
• Fordham, S. *; Wang, X. *(co-first author); Bosch, M.; Zhou, H.-C. Lanthanide Metal-Organic Framework: Synthesis, Properties and Potential Applications, Springer Berlin Heidelberg: 2015, 163, 1-27.
• Wang, X.; Makal, T. A.; Zhou, H.-C. “Protein Immobilization in Metal-Organic Frameworks by Covalent Binding” Aust. J. Chem. 2014, 67, 1139.
• Yuan, S.; Sun, X.; Pang, J.; Lollar, C.; Qin, J.-S.; Perry, Z.; Joseph, E.; Wang, X.; Fang, Y.; Bosch, M.; Sun, D.; Liu, D.; Zhou, H.-C. “PCN-250 under Pressure: Sequential Phase Transformation and the Implications for MOF Densification” Joule 2017, 1, 1-10.
• Zhang, Y.; Yuan, S.; Day, G.; Wang, X.; Yang, X.; Zhou, H.-C. “Luminescent Sensors Based on Metal-Organic Framework” Coordination Chemistry Review. 2018, 354, 28-45.
• Yuan, S.; Zou, L.; Qin, J.-S.; Li, J.; Huang, L.; Feng, L.; Wang, X.; Bosch, M.; Alsalme, A.; Cagin, T.; Zhou, H.-C. “Construction of Hierarchically Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks Through Linker Labilization” Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, doi:10.1038/ncomms15356.
• Zou, L.; Sun, Y.; Che, S.; Yang, X.; Wang, X.; Bosch, M.; Wang, Q; Li, H.; Smith, M.; Yuan, S.; Perry, Z.; Zhou, H.-C. “Porous Organic Polymers for Carbon Capture” Adv. Mat. 2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201700229.
• Lian, X.; Yu, F.; Elizabeth, J.; Wang, Q.; Li, J.; Sayan, B.; Lollar, C.; Wang, X.; Zhou, H.-C. “Enzyme-MOF (Metal- Organic Framework) Composite”, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, DOI 10.1039/C7CS00058H.
• Yuan, S.; Chen, Y.-P.; Qin, J.-S.; Lu, W.; Zou, L.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, X.; Sun, X.; Zhou, H.-C., “Linker Installation: Engineering Pore Environment with Precisely Placed Functionalities in Zirconium MOFs” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04501.
• Yuan, S.; Qin, J.-S.; Zou, L.; Chen, Y.-P.; Wang, X.; Zhou, H.-C., “Thermodynamically Guided Synthesis of Mixed-Linker Zr-MOFs with Enhanced Tunability” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03263.
• Bosch, M.; Sun, X.; Yuan, S.; Chen, Y.-P.; Wang, Q.; Wang, X.; Zhou, H.-C., “Modulated Synthesis of Metal- Organic Frameworks through Tuning of the Initial Oxidation State of the Metal” European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 2016, 4368-4372.
• Feng, D.; Liu, T.-F.; Su, J.; Bosch, M.; Wei, Z.; Wan, W.; Chen, Y.-P.; Wang, X.; Wang, K.; Lian, X.; Gu, Z.-Y.; Park, J.; Yuan, D.; Zou, X.; Zhou, H.-C. “Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks Containing Single-Molecule Traps for Enzyme Encapsulation” Nat. Comm. 2015, 6, 5979.
• Yuan, S.; Lu, W.; Chen, Y.-P.; Zhang, Q.; Liu, T.-F.; Feng, D.; Wang, X.; Qin, J.; Zhou, H.-C. “Sequential Linker Installation: Precise Placement of Functional Groups in Multivariate Metal–Organic Frameworks” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137 (9), 3177–3180.
• Yuan, S.; Chen, Y.-P.; Qin, J.-S.; Lu, W.; Wang, X.; Zhang, Q.; Bosch, M.; Zhou, H.-C. “Cooperative Cluster Metalation and Ligand Migration in Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks”, Anew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, DOI: 10.1002/ange.201505625.
• Lian, X., Feng, D.; Chen, Y.-P.; Liu, T.F.; Wang, X.; Zhou, H.-C. “The Preparation of An Ultrastable Mesoporous Cr(III)-MOF via Reductive Labilization”, Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 7044-7048.
• Zou, L.; Feng, D.; Liu, T.-F.; Chen, Y.-P.; Yuan, S.; Wang, K.; Wang, X.; Fordham, S.; Zhou, H.-C. “A Versatile Synthetic Route for the Preparation of Titanium Metal-Organic Framework”, Chem. Sci., 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5SC03620H.
• Liu, T.-F.; Zou, L.; Feng, D.; Chen, Y.-P.; Fordham, S.; Wang, X.; Liu, Y.; Zhou, H.-C. “Stepwise Synthesis of Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks via Post-Synthetic Metathesis and Oxidation of Metal Nodes in a Single- Crystal to Single-Crystal Transformation” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 36, 7813–7816.
• Bosch, M.; Zhang, M.; Feng, D.; Yuan, S.; Wang, X.; Chen, Y-P.; Zhou, H-C. "Lithium Inclusion in Indium Metal- Organic Frameworks Showing Increased Surface Area and Hydrogen Adsorption" APL Materials, 2014, 2, 124103.
• Makal, T. A.; Wang, X.; Zhou, H.-C. “Tuning the Moisture and Thermal Stability of Metal-Organic Frameworks through Incorporation of Pendant Hydrophobic Groups” Cryst. Growth Des., 2013, 13, 4760−4768.

Invited Seminars, Conference Talks, & Workshops

• 2021
• 2nd COVID Seminar Series: How to Think During Chaos (Invited speaker)
• Howdy Week Event Facilitator: When and How to Ask Questions


• 2020
• 1st COVID Seminar Series: Facts and Myths about COVID (Invited speaker)


• 2019
• Facilitator: Howdy Week Event Facilitator: BTHO Chemistry!
• Invited talk-ACS South Texas Local Section, McAllen, “Metal-organic Frameworks for Energy-Related Applications”