催化反应机理的动态模拟；

新型催化材料的理性设计；

理论-实验结合开发绿色催化反应体系。

2018.6-至今   西安交通大学，副教授、博导

2016.7-2018.5  西安交通大学，副教授、硕导

2013.7-2016.6  西安交通大学，讲师、硕导

2010.4-2011.3  慕尼黑工业大学，访学1年

2009.9-2013.7  清华大学，博士

主持的主要科研项目：

国家重大研究计划-重点项目子课题 (2017-2020)

国家自然科学基金-青年基金 (2017-2019)

国家自然科学基金-主任基金 (2016)

陕西省自然科学基金 (2016-2018)

中国博士后基金面上、特别资助 (2014, 2018)

中央高校基本科研业务费 (2014)

10篇代表性论文：

(1) Sai Zhang, Zheng-Qing Huang, Yuanyuan Ma, Wei Gao, Jing Li, Fangxian Cao, Lin Li, Chun-Ran Chang^*, Yongquan Qu^*, Solid frustrated-Lewis-pair catalysts constructed by regulations on surface defects of porous nanorods of CeO₂, Nature Communications. 2017, 8: 15266.

(2) Jing Wang, Zheng-Qing Huang, Wei Liu, Chun-Ran Chang^*, Haolin Tang, Zhijin Li, Wenxing Chen, Chunjiang Jia, Tao Yao, Shiqiang Wei, Yuen Wu^*, Yadong Li, Design of N‑coordinated dual-metal sites: a stable and active Pt-free catalyst for acidic oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139(48): 17281-17284.

(3) Chun-Ran Chang, Xiaofeng Yang, Bo Long, Jun Li^*, A water-promoted mechanism of alcohol oxidation on a Au(111) surface: understanding the catalytic behavior of bulk gold, ACS Catalysis, 2013, 3(8): 1693-1699.

(4) Zheng-Qing Huang, Li-Ping Liu, Sui-Tao Qi, Sai Zhang, Yongquan Qu,  Chun-Ran Chang^*, Understanding all-solid frustrated-Lewis-pair sites on CeO₂ from theoretical perspectives, ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(1): 546-554.

(5) Jincheng Liu, Yan Tang, Chun-Ran Chang^*, Yanggang Wang^*, Jun Li^*, Mechanistic insights into propene epoxidation with O₂-H₂O mixture on Au₇/α-Al₂O₃: A hydroproxyl pathway from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6(4): 2525-2535.

(6) Jiayuan Li, Ming Yan, Xuemei Zhou, Zhengqing Huang, Zhaoming Xia, Chun-Ran Chang^*, Yuanyuan Ma^*,Yongquan Qu^*, Mechanistic insights on ternary Ni_2−xCo_xP for hydrogen evolution and their hybrids with graphene as highly efficient and robust catalysts for overall water splitting, Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26(37): 6785-6789.

(7) Wei Gao, Ming Yan, Ho-Yuen Cheung, Zhaoming Xia, Xuemei Zhou, Yuanbin Qin, Chun-Yuen Wong, Johnny C. Ho^*, Chun-Ran Chang^*, Yongquan Qu^*, Modulating electronic structure of CoP electrocatalysts towards enhanced hydrogen evolution by Ce chemical doping in both acidic and basic media, Nano Energy, 2017, 38: 290-296.   

(8) Chun-Ran Chang, Zhengqing Huang, Jun Li^*, The promotional role of water in heterogeneous catalysis: Mechanism insights from computational modeling, WIREs Computational Molecular Science, 2016, 6(6), 679-693.

(9) Chun-Ran Chang^*, Zhengqing Huang, Jun Li^*, Hydrogenation of molecular oxygen to hydroperoxyl: an alternative pathway for O₂ activation on nanogold catalysts, Nano Research, 2015, 8(11): 3737-3748.

(10) Chun-Ran Chang, Yanggang Wang, Jun Li^*, Theoretical investigations of the catalytic role of water in propene epoxidation on gold nanoclusters:ahydroperoxyl-mediated pathway, Nano Research, 2011, 4(1): 131-142.