Linxiao Chen joined IU in 2014 to pursue PhD in Physical Chemistry under the supervision of Professor Steven Tait. After graduation Linxiao was a Postdoc Research Associate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from 2019 to 2023, under the supervision of Dr. János Szanyi. In August 2023, he started as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at The University of Akron. Linxiao now leads a group that studies heterogeneous catalysis for sustainability-driven applications, attempting to understand mechanistic principles guiding rational catalyst design, and teaches Chemical Reaction Engineering.