Personal Profile
- 1983.09 - 1987.07: Shandong University, Bachelor’s Degree
- 1987.09 - 1990.07: Shandong University, Master’s Degree
- 1990.08 - 1996.08: Shandong Normal University, Department of Chemistry, Lecturer
- 1996.09 - 1999.07: Peking University, PhD
- 1999.09 - 2000.09: Bar-Ilan University, Israel, Department of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2000.09 - 2001.12: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany, Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2002.02 - 2004.06: Max Planck Institute for Carbon Research, Germany, Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2004.07 - Present: East China University of Science and Technology, Professor and PhD Supervisor
Research Interests
- 1. Synthesis and catalytic performance of niobium-based catalysts
- 2. Catalytic conversion and utilization of carbon resources such as biomass, waste plastics, and CO₂
- 3. Catalytic Synthesis of Bio-based Fuels and Chemicals
Research Achievements
- 1. NbOx‑Based Catalysts for the Activation of C−O and C−C Bonds in the Valorization of Waste Carbon Resources. Acc. Chem. Res, 2022
- 2. Hydrogenolysis Cleavage of the Csp2 −Csp3 Bond over a Metal-Free NbOPO4 Catalyst. ACS Catal, 2022
- 3. Towards the Circular Economy: Converting Aromatic Plastic Waste Back to Arenes over a Ru/Nb2O5 Catalyst. Angew, Chem. Int. Ed. 2021
- 4. Mechanisms of Caromatic-C bonds cleavage in lignin over NbOx-supported Ru catalyst. J. Catal, 2021
- 5. Hydrogen-Free Production of 4-Alkylphenols from Lignin via Self-Reforming-Driven Depolymerization and Hydrogenolysis. ACS Catal, 2020
Research Projects
- 1. Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Directed Catalytic Conversion of Lignin to Arenes Based on Precise Activation of C-O and C-C Bonds
- 2. General Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Construction and Structure-Activity Relationship Study of a Two-Dimensional Pt Monolayer Cluster/CeO₂ Catalyst for the Hydrogen-Mediated Amination of Alcohols to Organic Amines
- 3. Incubation Project of the Major Research Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Directed Conversion of Lignin Biomass to Hydrocarbons and Catalytic Chemistry Research
- 4. Industry Projects
Awards and Honours
- 1. Second Prize, Shanghai Natural Science Award
- 2. Second Prize in Natural Sciences from the Ministry of Education
- 3. Recipient of the Ministry of Education’s “New Century Excellent Talents Support Program”
- 4. Shanghai Leading Talent
- 5. Shanghai Outstanding Discipline Leader
- 6. Shanghai “Dawn Scholar”
- 7. Member of the 11th and 12th Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
Academic Appointments
- Editorial Board Member of ACS Catalysis and Chem Catalysis