陈效华 博士，教授/博士生导师，2015年9月-至今，重庆大学化学化工学院教授；2015年2月-2016年2月，美国明尼苏达大学化学院高加力教授课题组访学；2011年9月-2015年8月，重庆大学化学化工学院副教授；2009年7月-2011年8月重庆大学化学化工学院讲师；2009年6月山东大学化学与化工学院获博士学位，师从步宇翔教授。

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研究方向
电子传递和能量传递：研究光合作用、呼吸作用、生物固氮和基因复制等过程中的电子传递和能量传递的相关问题，阐明生命活动的本质；
生物燃料电池电极反应：将生物活性分子和纳米导电材料结合，向生物学习电荷输运，为提高纳米电路和电力运输系统的功效提供方法和思想；
光电能转化机理：深入研究绿色植物利用光能的机理，为设计非天然光合作用中心和人工燃料电池有效生物催化剂提供信息，提高对太阳能的利用率及能量转化的能力。
代表性论文、专著和专利
[1] Qin Li, Wang Liancheng*, Yang Xi, Ding Ruimin, Zheng Zhanfeng, Chen Xiaohua*, Lv Baoliang* Synergistic enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction with BC3 and graphitic-N in boron- and nitrogen-codoped porous graphene J. Catal. 2018, 359(1), 242–250.
[2] Xin Qin, Li Deng, Caihong Hu, Li, Li; Xiaohua Chen* Copper-Containing Nitrite Reductase Employing Proton-Coupled Spin-Exchanged Electron-Transfer and Multiproton Synchronized Transfer to Reduce Nitrite Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 14900-14910.
[3] Weichao Sun, Haisheng Ren, Ye Tao, Dong Xiao, Xin Qin, Li Deng, Mengyao Shao, Jiali Gao*, and Xiaohua Chen* Two Aromatic Rings Coupled a Sulfur-Containing Group to Favor Protein Electron Transfer by Instantaneous Formations of π∴S:π?π:S∴π or π∴π:S?π:π∴S Five-Electron Bindings J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (17), 9149–9158.
[4] Weichao Sun, Mengyao Shao, Haisheng Ren, Dong Xiao, Xin Qin, Li Deng, Xiaohua Chen*, and Jiali Gao A New Type of Electron Relay Station in Proteins: Three-Piece S:Π∴S?S∴Π:S Resonance Structure J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (13), 6998–7005.
[5] Xiaohua Chen*, Guangcai Ma, Weichao Sun, Hongjing Dai, Dong Xiao, Yanfang Zhang, Xin Qin, Yongjun Liu*, and Yuxiang Bu Water Promoting Electron Hole Transport between Tyrosine and Cysteine in Proteins via a Special Mechanism: Double Proton Coupled Electron Transfer J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (12), 4515–4524. (IF=11.444)
[6] Xiaohua Chen, Yuxiang Bu* Cation-Modulated Electron-Transfer Channel: H-Atom Transfer vs Proton- Coupled Electron Transfer with a Variable Electron-Transfer Channel in Acylamide Units J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (31), 9713–9720.
[7] Xiaohua Chen, Laibin Zhang, Liang Zhang, Wenming Sun, Zhenwei Zhang, Haiying Liu, Yuxiang Bu* and Robert I. Cukier alpha-Helix C-Terminus Acting as a Relay to Mediate Long-Range Hole Migration in Proteins J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1 (10), 1637–1641. (IF=6.687)
[8] Dong Xiao, Weichao Sun, Hongjing Dai, Yanfang Zhang, Xin Qin, Li Li, Zidong Wei, and Xiaohua Chen* Influence of Charge States on the π–π Interactions of Aromatic Side Chains with Surface of Graphene Sheet and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Bioelectrodes J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (35), 20694–20701. (IF=4.835)
[9] Xiaohua Chen and Yuxiang Bu* Single- versus Multi-Proton-Coupled Rydberg-State Electron Transfer in Amine Clusters J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (33), 18861–18867.
[10] Weichao Sun, Hongjing Dai, Ye Tao, Dong Xiao, Yanfang Zhang, Zidong Wei, and Xiaohua Chen* Potent Relay Stations for Electron Transfer in Proteins: π π Three-Electron Bonds J. Phys. Chem. C2013, 117 (36), 18325–18333.
[11] Xiaohua Chen*, Ye Tao, Jilai Li, Hongjing Dai, Weichao Sun, Xuri Huang, and Zidong Wei Aromatic Residues Regulating Electron Relay Ability of S-Containing Amino Acids by Formations of Sπ Multicenter Three-Electron Bonds in Proteins J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116 (37), 19682–19688.
[12] Xiaohua Chen*, Hongjing Dai, Jilai Li, Xuri Huang, Zidong Wei The Effects of Biological Environments on the Electron-Relay Functionality of Tryptophan Residues in Proteins ChemPhysChem 2012, 13 (2), 183-192.
[13] Xiaohua Chen, Laibin Zhang, Liang Zhang, Jun Wang, Haiying Liu, Yuxiang Bu* Proton-Regulated Electron Transfers from Tyrosine to Tryptophan in Proteins: Through-Bond Mechanism versus Long-Range Hopping Mechanism J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113 (52), 16681–16688.
[14] Xiaohua Chen, Liang Zhang, Zhiping Wang, Jilai Li, Yuxiang Bu* Relay Stations for Electron Hole Migration in Peptides: Possibility for Formation of Three-Electron Bonds along Peptide Chains J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112 (45), 14302–14311.
[15] Xiaohua Chen, Dianxiang Xing, Liang Zhang, Robert I. Cukier, Yuxiang Bu* Effect of Metal ions on Radical Type and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Channel: σ-radical vs π-radical and σ-Channel vs π-Channel in the Imide Units J. Comput. Chem. 2009, 30, 2694–2705.
[16] Boran Han, Xiaohua Chen, Jing Zhao and Yuxiang Bu* A peptide loop and an a-helix N-terminal serving as alternative electron hopping relays in proteins Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 15849–15859.
团队仪器设备
目前实验室有高性能8核和4核服务器40余台、先进的Gaussian09、Games、VASP、ATK、ADF、Molpro程序包、分子力学计算软件及分子模拟软件（Charmm、CPMD、MaterialsStudio、InsightII、NAMD、Amber、Gromas等），可做较大生物体系的理论化学计算工作。