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Wei Zhang |
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2025 - | East China Normal University, China | Professor | |
2023 - 2024 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA | Postdoc RA C | |
2020 - 2023 | Technical University of Munich, Germany | Postdoc & Group leader | |
2015 - 2019 | University of Amsterdam, NL | Chemical Engineering | Ph.D. |
2012 - 2015 | East China Normal Univerity, China | Applied Chemistry | M.Sc. |
2008 - 2012 | Taiyuan University of Technology, China | Applied Chemistry | B.Sc. |
Wei Zhang received his BS from Taiyuan University of Technology in 2012 and MS from East China Normal University in 2015, both in the field of Applied Chemistry. He earned his Ph.D. in 2019 from the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From 2020 to 2023, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher and senior scientist with Prof. Johannes A. Lercher at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. After that, he joined the Institute of Integrated Catalysis at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA. Since November 2024, Zhang holds a professorship in the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Chemical Processes at East China Normal University. His research focuses on heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable chemistry.
Publications (ORCID: 0000-0003-4506-6583 | Google Scholar)
13. Zhang, W.*; Kim, S.; Wahl, L.; Khare, R.; Hu, J.; Camaioni, D.; Gutiérrez, O. Y.; Liu, Y.; Lercher, J. A. Low-temperature upcycling of polyolefins into liquid alkanes via tandem cracking-alkylation. Science 2023, 379, 807–811.
12. Zhang, W. *; Khare, R.; Kim, S.; Hu, W.; Yuan, C.; Sheng, Y.; Zhang, P.; Wahl, L., Mai, J.; Yang, B.; Ray, D.; Fulton, J.; Camaioni, D.; Lee, M.; Hu.J.; Wang, H.; Gutiérrez, O.; Lercher, J. A.*Active species in chloroaluminate ionic liquids catalyzing low-temperature polyolefin deconstruction. Nat. Commun. 2024,15, 5785.
11. Zhang, W.; Yao, H.; Khare, R.; Zhang, P.; Yang, B.; Hu, W.;Ray, D.; Hu, J.; Camaioni, D.; Wang, H.; Kim, S.; Lee, M.; Sarazen, M.; Chen, J. G.; Y.; Lercher, J. A. Hydride transfer as key to catalytic upcycling of polyethylene into liquid alkanes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202319580.
10. Zhang, W.; Oulego, P.; Sharma, S. K..; Yang, X., Li, L-J.; Rothenberg, G.; Shiju, N. R. Self-exfoliated Synthesis of Transition Metal Phosphate Nanolayers for Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Ethyl Lactate to Ethyl Pyruvate. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 3958-3967.
9. Zhang, W.; Xu, C.; Kobayashi, T.; Guo, Z.; Pruski, M.; Huang, W. Hydrazone-linked heptazine-based mesoporous conjugated polymer for visible-light-driven oxidation of benzyl alcohols with molecular oxygen.Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 7358-7364.
8. Zhang, W.; Mei, Y.; Huang, X.; Wu, P.; Wu, H.-H.; He, M. Y. Size-controlled growth of silver nanoparticles onto functionalized ordered mesoporous polymers for efficient CO2 upgrading. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 47, 44241.
7. Zhang, W.; Mei, Y.; Wu, P.; Wu, H.-H.; He, M. Y. Highly tunable periodic imidazole-based mesoporous polymers as cooperative catalysts for efficient carbon dioxide fixation. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2019, 9, 1030-1038.
6. Zhang, W.; Oulego, P.; Slot, T. K.; Rothenberg, G.; Shiju, N. R.Selective aerobic oxidation of lactate to pyruvate catalysed by vanadium-nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets.ChemCatChem 2019,11, 3831-3387.
5. Zhang, W.; Innocenti, G.; Oulego, P.; Wu, H.-H.; Ensing, B.; Cavani, F.; Rothenberg, G.; Shiju, N. R. Highly selective oxidation of ethyl lactate to ethyl pyruvate catalysed by mesoporous vanadia–titania. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 2365-2374.
4. Zhang, W.; Ensing, B.; Rothenberg, G.; Shiju, R. N. Designing effective solid catalysts for biomass conversion: Aerobic oxidation of ethyl lactate to ethyl pyruvate. Green Chem. 2018, 20, 1866-1873.
3. Zhang, W.; Innocenti, G.; Ferbinteanu, M.; Ramos Fernandez, E. V.; Sepulveda-Escribano, A.; Wu, H.-H.; Cavani, F.; Rothenberg, G.; Shiju, R. N. Understanding the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethyl lactate to ethyl pyruvate over vanadia/titania catalysts. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8, 3737-3747.
2. Zhang, W.; Liu, T.; Wu, H.; Wu, P.; He, M. Direct synthesis of ordered imidazolyl-functionalized mesoporous polymers for efficient chemical fixation of CO2. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 682-684.
1. Zhang, W.; Wang, Q.; Wu, H.; Wu, P.; He, M. A highly ordered mesoporous polymer supported imidazolium-based ionic liquid: an efficient catalyst for cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides to produce cyclic carbonates. Green Chem. 2014, 16, 4767-4774.
Doctoral thesis: Zhang, W. (2019). “Selective air oxidation of biobased lactate to pyruvate catalyzed by abundant element heterogeneous catalysts”. ISBN: 978-94-6380-460-8.
