Ting Han, PhD

Assistant Professor

Office: SRC 104F
Lab: SRC 120
Phone: 940-898-2551
Email: Than1@twu.edu

Education

Bio

Han was born and raised in a small town in the Jiangnan region of China near the Yangtze River, an area renowned for its rich cultural heritage and natural beauty. He earned his BE in Applied Chemistry from Anhui Normal University in 2019, where he conducted undergraduate research in chemical/biosensors and electrocatalysis under the guidance of Dr. Xiaojun Zhang and Dr. Guangfeng Wang.

In 2019, Han began his graduate studies at the University of North Texas, working under the supervision of Hong Wang, PhD. His doctoral research focused on the design and synthesis of β-functionalized benzoporphyrins, as well as the development of advanced porous materials for applications in catalysis and photochemistry.

After completing his PhD, Han joined TWU. He leads the Han Research Group, where his research focuses on porphyrin-based functional materials, photo- and electrocatalysis, and mechanochemistry-driven green synthesis. His interdisciplinary approach bridges organic chemistry, materials science and sustainable technologies to address emerging challenges in energy, environment and bioapplications.

Research interests

Organic synthesis, DNA–porphyrin bio-catalysts, porphyrin-based nanomaterials, photo/electro sensor/catalysis, mechanochemistry, solvent-free synthesis and green chemistry

Latest articles

Ting Han, Nicholas Starrett, Katelyn Martin, Joaquin Bueno Arroyo, Sicheng Wang and Manal Rawashdeh-Omary. Green Synthetic Strategies for Porphyrins: Toward Sustainable Functional Macrocycles (Review Article) submitted

Ting Han, Sicheng Wang, Gustavo A Salazar and Manal Rawashdeh-Omary. Porous Porphyrin-Based Photocatalysts: Recent Progress and Applications in Environmental Remediation. (Review Article) major revision

Liang Liu, Hui Wang, Ting Han, Wenkun Luo, Chao Liu, Jun Zhou, and Weiwei Luo. Atroposelective Synthesis of Isoxazole-Derived Amino Alcohols via Organocatalytic Arylation Reaction. Chin. J. Chem. 2025, 43, 2661—2668.

Han T, Sharma P, Khetrapal N and Wang H. Conjugated porphyrin trimers linked through benzo [4,5] imidazo[2,1-a] isoindole bridges. Chem. Commun. 2024;60(77):10696-10699.

Han T, Jang Y, Arvidson J, D’Souza F, Wang H. Optical and photophysical properties of platinum benzoporphyrins with C2vand D2hsymmetry. J Porphyr Phthalocyanines. 2022;26(6–7):458–468.

Han T, Wang G. Peroxidase-like activity of acetylcholine based colorimetric detection of acetylcholinesterase activity and inhibitor organophosphorus J. Mater. Chem. B. 2019;7(16):2613-2618.  

Han T, Zhu S, Wang S, Wang B, Zhang X, Wang G. Fluorometric methods for determination of H2O2, glucose and cholesterol by using MnO2 nanosheets modified with 5-carboxyfluorescein. Microchim Acta. 2019;186(5).

Han T, Wang S, Sheng F, Wang S, Dai T, Zhang X, Wang G. Target triggered ultrasensitive electrochemical polychlorinated biphenyl aptasensor based on DNA microcapsules and nonlinear hybridization chain reaction. Analyst. 2020;145(10):3598–3604.

Han T, Shaikh S, Nesterov V, Wang H. Design and synthesis of polyimide donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks based on the β-functionalized porphyrin for intermolecular charge transfer. (to be submitted)