Personal Profile
- 2002.09 - 2006.07: Department of Chemistry, Weifang University, Bachelor’s degree
- 2006.09 - 2012.03: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, PhD
- 2015.10 - 2016.10: University of California, Riverside, Visiting Scholar
- 2012.07 - Present, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology: Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor
- 2021: Deputy Director, Shanghai Engineering Research Centre for Catalysis and Resource Recovery in Multi-media Environments
Research Interests
- 1. Research on advanced oxidation and reduction technologies (including Fenton, piezoelectric and photocatalysis) for the treatment of recalcitrant pollutants in water bodies
- 2. Resource recovery and conversion of organic pollutant molecules in water bodies
- 3. Resource recovery and conversion of greenhouse gas molecules such as CO₂ and methane
- 4. Hydrogen production from wastewater and seawater
Research Achievements
- 1. Organic carbon transfer process in advanced oxidation systems for water clean-up, Nature Water, 2025
- 2. Ultrafast Water Purification by Template-Free Nanoconfined Catalysts Derived from Municipal Sludge, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025
- 3. Constrained Heterogeneous CoFe2O4/ZnO/PMS Fenton-LikeSystem for Industrial Wastewater Remediation with Recyclabilityand Zero Metal Loss, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025
- 4. Mass Transfer-Enhanced Photothermal Membranes with Synergistic Light Utilization for High-Turbidity Wastewater Purification, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025
- 5. Multi-channel electron transfer induced by polyvanadate in metal-organic framework for boosted peroxymonosulfate activation, Nature Commun., 2024
Research Projects
- As principal investigator, has led over 20 national, provincial, ministerial and industry-sponsored projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, Excellent Young Scientist Fund, and the National Key Research and Development Programme;
- The “Shanghai Engineering Research Centre for Multimedia Environmental Catalysis and Resource Recovery”, of which he is a member, maintains industry-academia-research collaborations with numerous enterprises, including Shanghai Electric, Beijing Construction Engineering Group, Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., and Nanjing Yangtze River Delta Green Development Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Awards and Honours
- 2024: Selected as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2024: Recipient of the Hou Debang Award for Chemical Science and Technology (Young Scientist Category)
- 2024: Selected as an ACS Environ. Au Rising Star in Environmental Research
- 2023: Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
- 2023: Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader
- 2021–2023: Elsevier China Highly Cited Researcher
- 2019: First Chin. Chem. Lett. Young Scientist Award in Environmental Chemistry
- 2018: Awarded funding under the “National Excellent Youth Fund” (project completed with distinction)
- 2018: First Prize, “Dongyue Pharmaceutical” Teaching Award
- 2017 First Prize, Shanghai Natural Science Award (Second Contributor)
- 2017 Shanghai Pujiang Scholar
- 2016 Awarded funding under the “National Key Research and Development Programme -Youth Project”
- 2015 Shanghai Chenguang Scholar
Academic Appointments
- Associate Editor, CleanMat
- Editorial Board Member, Science Bulletin
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Hazardous Materials
- Editorial Board Member, Chinese Chemical Letters