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Hua Guo

Hua Guo PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

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Hua Guo is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the University of New Mexico. His research interests include dynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions in the gas phase and at gas-solid interfaces, as well as heterogeneous catalysis. He has published more than 600 articles in various journals. Hua Guo received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in China and his D.Phil. degree in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Sussex (U.K.) in 1988 under the supervision of John Murrell, FRS. After a postdoctoral appointment with George Schatz at Northwestern University, he started his independent career at the University of Toledo. In 1998, he moved to the University of New Mexico and rose through the ranks to become a Distinguished Professor in 2015. He was elected to APS fellow in 2013 and AAAS fellow in 2021. He serves on several editorial boards, including Senior Editor of J. Phys. Chem. A/B/C and Reviewing Editor of Science.