Dr. Min Wang, Professor, was graduated from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science. In 2018, He joined in Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology (DUT as an independent PI, and initiating the research group of "Renewable carbon conversion". The research includes the design and preparation of nanocatalyst,biomass comversion and carbon dioxie conversion. More thant 50 papers have been publised in the research fields, including Angew Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Catal. et. al, as well as some more than 50  China Patents. 

There are open positions for Postdoc, Ph.D, Master, Bachelor and Visiting students to join in our group. Please feel free to contact me (wangmin@dlut.edu.cn), if interested in the research topics.

Education Background：

2003/09 - 2007/07，Huazhong University of Science and Technology，Applied Chemistry，Bachelor

2007/09 - 2012/07，Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science，Organic chemistry,Doctor

Working Experience:

2013/01 – 2015/07，Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science，assitant professor

2015/07 – 2018/03，Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science，associate professor

2015/07 – present，Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology ，professor

 Fund：

1.  National Natural Science Foundation，21872135，Invistigation of oxidation-hydrolysis stragety for the depolymerization of lignin to phenols，2019/01-2022/12，640, 000 RMB。

2.National Natural Science Foundation，21603219，CuO/Cu₂O interface catalyzed the C-C bond oxidative cleavege，2017/01-2019/12，200,000 RMB。

3. DTU Discipline Construction Projects, Catalytic conversion of biomass, 2018-2020，1,000,000 RMB

 Research areas：

1.Biomass conversion

Catalytic conversion of biomass reosoures, such as sugar cane, straw and wood, to chemicals and fuels. 

2. Catalytic conversion of CO₂

3. Heterogeneous catalyst catalyzed organic reacitons 

4. Preparation of  catalytic materials 

Selected Publications:

(1)     Min Wang, Jianmin Lu, Jiping Ma, Zhe Zhang, Feng Wang*, Cuprous oxide catalyzed oxidative C-C bond cleavage for C-N bond formation: synthesis of cyclic imides from ketones and amines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 14061-14065.

(2)     Min Wang, Meijiang Liu, Hongji Li, Zhitong Zhao, Xiaochen Zhang, Feng Wang*.Dealkylation of lignin to phenol via oxidation–hydrogenation strategy.ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 6837-6843.

(3)     Min Wang, Xiaochen Zhang, Hongji Li, Jianmin Lu, Meijiang Liu, Feng Wang*. Carbon modification of nickel catalyst for depolymerization of oxidized lignin to aromatics. ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 1614-1620

(4)     Min Wang, Jiping Ma, Huifang Liu, Nengchao Luo, Zhitong Zhao, Feng Wang*. Sustainable productions of organic acids and their derivatives from biomass via selective oxidative cleavage of C-C bond. ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 2129-2165.

(5)     Min Wang, Jianmin Lu, Xiaochen Zhang, Lihua Li, Hongji Li, Nengchao Luo, Feng Wang*. Two-step, catalytic C–C bond oxidative cleavage process converts lignin models and extracts to aromatic acids. ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 6086–6090

(6)     Min Wang, Lihua Li, Jianmin Lu, Hongji Li, Xiaochen Zhang, Huifang Liu, Nengchao Luo and Feng Wang*. Acid promoted C–C bond oxidative cleavage of β-O-4 and β-1 lignin models to esters over a copper catalyst. Green Chem., 2017, 19, 702-706.

(7)     Min Wang, Jianmin Lu, Lihua Li, Hongji Li, Huifang Liu, Feng Wang*. Oxidative C(OH)-C bond cleavage of secondary alcohols to acids over a copper catalyst with molecular oxygen as the oxidant. J. Catal., 2017, 348, 160-167.

(8)     Min Wang, Xiangkui Gu, Haiyan Su, Jianmin Lu, Jiping Ma, Miao Yu, Zhe Zhang, Feng Wang*, Preferential cleavage of C-C bonds over C-N bonds at interfacial CuO-Cu₂O sites, J. Catal., 2015, 330: 458-464.

(9)     Min Wang, Lihua Li, Jianmin Lu, Nengchao Luo, Xiaochen Zhang, Feng Wang*. Photocatalytic coupling of amines to imidazoles using Mo-ZnIn2S4 catalyst. Green Chem., 2017, 19, 5172-5177.

(10)     Min Wang, Feng Wang*, Jiping Ma, Jie Xu*, Organic linker geometry controlled synthesis of coordination polymer spheres and their thermal transformation to yolk-shell metal oxides. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 15480-15487.

(11)  Min Wang, Feng Wang*, Jiping Ma, Mingrun Li, Zhe Zhang, Yehong Wang, Xiaochen Zhang, Jie Xu*, Investigations on the crystal plane effect of ceria on gold catalysis in the oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols and amines in the liquid phase. Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 292-294.

(12)  Min Wang, Feng Wang*, Jiping Ma, Chen Chen, Song Shi, Jie Xu*, Insights into support wettability in tuning catalytic performance in the oxidation of aliphatic alcohols to acids. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6623-6625.

(13)  Min Wang, Jiping Ma, Chen Chen, Fang Lu, Zhongtian Du, Jiaying Cai and Jie Xu*, Gold nanoparticles confined in the interconnected carbon foams with high temperature stability, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 10404-10406.

(14)  Min Wang, Chen Chen, Jiping Ma, Xi Zheng, Qingwei Li, Yuqi Jin, Jie Xu*, Cobalt ammonia complex mediated synthesis of hollow silica nanospheres with multi-nanochambers. J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 11904-11907.

(15)  Min Wang, Jiping Ma, Chen Chen, Xi Zheng, Zhongtian Du, Jie Xu*, Preparation of self-assembled cobalt hydroxide nanoflowers and the catalytic decomposition of cyclohexyl hydroperoxide. J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 12609-12612.

(16）Min Wang, Chen Chen, Jiping Ma, Jie Xu*, Preparation of superhydrophobic cauliflower-like silica nanospheres with tunable water adhesion. J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 6962-6967.

(17)  Min Wang, Jiping Ma, Miao Yu, Zhe Zhang, Feng Wang*. Oxidative coupling of anilines to azobenzenes using heterogeneous manganese oxide catalysts. Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 1940-1945. 

(18)  Min Wang, Feng Wang*, Chin. J. Catal., 2014, 35, 453-456. 

(19)  Min Wang, Chen Chen, Qiaohong Zhang, Zhongtian Du, Zhan Zhang, Jin Gao, Jie Xu*, Phenyl modification of Mn-containing mesoporous silica and catalytic oxidation of toluene. J. Chem. Technol. Biot., 2010, 85, 283-287.