1996年3月～2000年9月，在日本国立金泽大学自然科学研究科物质化学专业攻读博士学位。工作经历：
2000年10月～2001年3月，在日本国立金泽大学自然科学研究科物质化学专业，做研究员。
2001年5月～2002年9月，在广州暨南大学化学系从事教学科研工作。
研究方向：
主要从事从事多组分液液相平衡的测定，溶解度等有关物性值的实 验测定，以及溶液热力学模型的推算和关联等计算。包括醇类、脂类、胺类、羧酸和含氧醚类等多组分溶液相分离行为的研究以及溶液模型的运用方面研究。
主要论文：
(1). Yao Chen, Zhongjuan Pan, Yanhui Dong, Measurements of Liquid-Liquid Equilibria for Quaternary Mixtures of Water, Methyl tert-Butyl Ether and Diisopropyl Ether with Methanol or Ethanol, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2005, 50(3): 1047-1051.
(2). Yao Chen, Yanhui Dong, and Zhongjuan Pan, Quaternary (liquid + liquid) equilibria for (water + 1,1-dimethylethyl methyl ether + diisopropyl ether + toluene) at the temperature 298.15 K, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2005, 37(10): 1138-1143.
(3). Yao Chen, Yanhui Dong and Zhongjuan Pan, Ternary and Quaternary Liquid–Liquid Equilibria of Water + Methanol + Diisopropyl Ether and Water + Methanol + Diisopropyl Ether + Toluene Mixtures, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2005, 50(6): 2031-2034.
(4). Yao Chen, Yanhui Dong, Liquid–Liquid Equilibria of Oxygenate Fuel Additives with Water at 298.15 K: Ternary and Quaternary Aqueous Systems of Diisopropyl Ether and Hydrocarbons with 2-Propanol, Journal of Solution Chemistry, 2005, 34(12): 1445-1457.
(5). Yao Chen, Min Fu, Yuanming Zhang, Jiemei Chen, Quaternary Liquid–Liquid Equilibria for Fuel Additives Systems Containing Diethyl Carbonate or 1,1-Dimethylethyl Methyl Ether at 298.15 K and Atmospheric Pressure, Journal of Solution Chemistry, 2009, 38(8): 1029-1041.
(6). Yao Chen, Chenyu Cao, Liquid–Liquid Equilibria for three Quaternary Systems of Water, 2-Propanol, and Dimethyl Carbonate with Isooctane or Toluene or Heptane at 298.15 K, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2009, 54(6): 1793-1798.
(7). Yao Chen, Liu Xueen, Xiong Zihao, Measurement and correlation of liquid-liquid equilibria for quaternary system of water + 2-propanol + dimethyl carbonate + octane, Chemical Journal on Internet, 2009, 11(10): 44.
(8). Yao Chen, Yanhui Dong, Quaternary (liquid + liquid) equilibria for (water + 2-propanol + 1,1-dimethylethyl methyl ether + diisopropyl ether) at the temperature 298.15 K, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2006, 38(4): 484-489.
(9). Kazhuhiro Tamura, Yao Chen and Hengde Li, Quaternary (liquid + liquid) equilibria for (methanol + 2,2,4-trimethylpentane + toluene + 1,1-dimethylpropyl methyl ether or 1,1-dimethylethyl methyl ether) at T = 298.15 K, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2006, 38, 90-96.
(10). Yao Chen, Shenli Zhang, Liquid–Liquid Equilibria of Oxygenate Fuel Additives with Water: (Water + Diisopropyl Ether + 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane + Ethanol) and (Water + Diisopropyl Ether + 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane + 2-Propanol), Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2006, 51(4): 1236-1241.
(11). Yao Chen, Yanhui Dong, Zhang Shengli, Quaternary liquid–liquid equilibria for (water + ethanol + diisopropyl Ether + heptane) at 298.15 K, Chemical Journal on Internet, 2006, 8(10): 66-72.
(12). Yao Chen, Shenli Zhang, Liquid–Liquid Equilibria of Oxygenate Fuel Additives with Water: Two Quaternary Aqueous Systems of Diisopropyl Ether + 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane with Methyl tert-butyl Ether or Toluene, Journal of Solution Chemistry, 2007, 36(5): 583-594.
(13). Yao Chen, Shenli Zhang, Renqiang Li, Liquid–liquid equilibria for two ternary systems of (water + dimethoxymethane + diisopropyl ether or 2,2,4-trimethylpentane) at 298.15K. Chemical Journal on Internet, 2007, 9(5): 21-26.
(14). Yao Chen, Yansong Zhang, Min Fu, Enping Chen, Measurements and Correlation of Liquid–Liquid Equilibria of (Water + Ethanol + Dimethyl Carbonate + 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane or n-Heptane) and (Water + Dimethyl Carbonate + n-Heptane + Toluene), Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 2008, 53(3): 830-837.
(15). Chen Yao, Chenyu Cao, Min Fu, Enping Chen, Yansong Zhang, Liquid-liquid equilibria of quaternary system with two partially miscible solvent pairs: water + methanol + 1,1-dimethylethyl methyl ether + benzene, Chemical Journal on Internet, 2008, 10(5): 23-32.
(16). Yao Chen, Min Fu, Chenyu Cao, Enping Chen, Quaternary Liquid–Liquid Equilibria for Aqueous Systems Containing Dimethyl Carbonate at 298.15 K, Journal of Solution Chemistry, 2008, 37(11): 1529-1540.
(17). 陈瑶，李任强，田村和弘，1-甲氧基-2-丙醇-水-癸烷的液液平衡。化学工程，2003, 31(6): 71-73.
(18). Yao Chen, Renqiang Li, K. Tamura and T. Yamada, Ternary liquid-liquid equilibria for associated mixtures of acetic acid, triethylamine and chlorobenzene or toluene. Chemical Journal on Internet, 2003, 5(2): 11-17.
(19). 陈瑶，李任强， 田村和弘，1-乙氧基-2-丙醇-水-癸烷的液液平衡。化工学报，2003, 54(10): 1463-1465.
(20). 陈瑶，李任强， 田村和弘，2-异丙氧基乙醇、水和癸烷三元混合物的液液平衡。Chemical Journal on Internet, 2003, 5(4): 32-35.
(21). 陈瑶，李任强， 田村和弘，乙酸—苯—三乙胺的液液相平衡。暨南大学学报（自然科学版）, 2003, 24(3): 81-85.
(22). 陈瑶，李任强，潘中娟，余广宁，Windows下的二元气液平衡的处理数据系统的设计。暨南大学学报（自然科学版）, 2004, 25(3): 331-334.
(23). 陈瑶，潘中娟，董艳辉，含水和界面活性剂2－异丙氧基乙醇的混合物的液液平衡。广东化工，2004, 7, 17-18.
(24). 陈瑶，付敏，曹晨雨，陈恩平，张炎松, 含甲基叔丁基醚的四元体系液液相平衡, 化学工程，2009, 37(2): 42-45.
承担课题：
1．广东省科技计划基金：机动车用的高辛烷值的绿色汽油添加剂的开发研究，主持人
2．教育部留学回国人员科研基金：汽油添加剂的开发研究，主持人
3．暨南大学引进人才科研基金：含汽油添加剂的多元组分热力学性质的研究，主持人
4. 国家自然科学基金：新型非经典反铂抗癌物与靶分子反应过渡态的理论分析，第二主持人
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