Awards
2023 First-class Dalian Natural Science Award
2022 Rare Earth Science and Technology Award - First Prize of Fundamental Research
Min Enze Energy and Chemical Industry Award - Outstanding Contribution Award, 2021
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Awards, ACS, 2020
National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars, NSFC, 2020
NSFC-RS Newton Advanced Fellowship, 2019 (Collaborator: Stuart Taylor, Cardiff University, UK)
Jiaxi Lu Excellent Mentor Award, 2020
Mentor Award of Chinese Academy of Science, 2019
Cheung Kong Youth Scholar Program, Ministry of Education of P.R. China, 2016
National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, NSFC, 2014
Lin Liwu Excellent Youth Award, 2012
Chinese Catalytic Xinxiu Award, Chinese Chemistry Society, 2012
Young Scientist Award, 15th International Congress on Catalysis, Munich, 2012
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Presidential Scholarship, 2005
Education
2005 Ph.D., Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
1999 B.S., Zhengzhou University
Working Experience
2022-present, Associate Editor, ACS Catalysis
2021-present, Vice Director, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
2018 - present, Director, Division of Biomass Conversion & Bio-Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
2014 - 2018, Vice Director, Division of Biomass Conversion & Bio-Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
2011 - present, Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
2009 - 2011, Associate Professor, Team leader of Bioenergy Chemical Group, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
2006 - 2009, Postdoc, Hokkaido University-Catalysis Research Center, Japan
2005 - 2006, Postdoc, University of California-Berkeley, USA
2005.3-7, Assistant Professor, Organic Catalysis Group, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS
Research Interests
Synthesis and characterization of structurally well-defined nanomaterials, such as oxides, zeolites, and metal nanoparticles
Development of green and environmentally benign processes for the production of oxygenates from olefins, alcohols and carbon oxides
Catalytic upgrading of biomass (lignocellulose and derivatives) into phenolic compounds and polymer building blocks
Photocatalysis for solar fuel production, CO2 valorization, and biomass conversion
Theoretical calculations and machine learning in catalytic materials and chemistry
Publications
See the latest CV (January 14, 2024).