Education: Sep 1995 – Jul 1999 Zhengzhou University, China, Department of Chemistry, B.S. Sep 1999 – Jan 2005 Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of sciences, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry Academic and Working Experience: May 2022 – present Associate Editor, ACS Catalysis May 2021 – present Vice Director, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS Oct 2018 – Mar 2024 Director, Division of Biomass Conversion & Bio-energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS Jan 2014 – Oct 2018 Vice Director, Division of Biomass Conversion & Bio-energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS Jun 2011 – present Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS Dec 2009 – Jun 2011 Associate Professor, Team leader of Bioenergy Chemical Group, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS Sep 2006 – Dec 2009 Postdoc, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan Aug 2005 – Sep 2006 Postdoc, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, USA Mar 2005 – Jul 2005 Assistant Professor, Organic Catalysis Group, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS 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

Synthesis and characterization of structurally well-defined nanomaterials, such as metal 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, alcohols and polymer building blocks Photocatalysis for solar fuel production, CO2 valorization, and biomass conversion Theoretical calculations and machine learning in catalytic materials and chemistry

Effect of the ZrO2 Crystal Phase on Performance over a CuCeZrO Catalyst for Dehydrogenative Condensation of Ethanol to Ethyl Acetate Siqi Li,# Yuda Zhang,# Yehong Wang* and Feng Wang J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2024, 15, 41, 10278–10283 Enhanced Radical Dehydrogenation over Carbon Monoxide-Decorated Palladium Sites for Linear α‑Olefin Production from Biomass-Derived Fatty Acids Genheng Li,# Juntao Ren,# Zhipeng Huang,* Jianyu Han, Nengchao Luo, Yanming Hu, Feng Wang* ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 14564−14573 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c03129 Engineering the coordination structure of Cu for enhanced photocatalytic production of C1 chemicals from glucose Lulu Sun#, Shiyang Liu#, Taifeng Liu*, Dongqiang Lei, Nengchao Luo*, Feng Wang Chin. J. Catal., 2024, 63, 234-243, DOI:10.1016/S1872-2067(24)60098-7 Photocatalytic methanol dehydrogenation promoted synergistically by atomically dispersed Pd and clustered Pd Zhuyan Gao#, Tiziano Montini#, Junju Mu, Nengchao Luo*, Emiliano Fonda, Paolo Fornasiero*, and Feng Wang* J. Am. Chem, Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06573 Hydrogen Bonding Promotes 1-Butanol-3-Carbocation to 4-Methyl-1,3-Dioxane in Prins Condensation of Formaldehyde with Propene on Solid Acid Catalysts Kun Zhang, Junju Mu, Qiang Guo*, Yehong Wang, Yinpan Zhang, Jian Zhang, and Feng Wang* ACS Catal. 2024, 14, XXX, 11302–11307, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01427 Engineering Lewis-Acid Defects on ZnO Quantum Dots by Trace Transition-Metal Single Atoms for High Glycerol-to-Glycerol Carbonate Conversion Teera Butburee,* Ampawan Prasert, Bunyarat Rungtaweevoranit, Pongtanawat Khemthong, Poobodin Mano, Saran Youngjan, Jakkapop Phanthasri, Supawadee Namuangruk, Kajornsak Faungnawakij,* Lijuan Zhang, Ping Jin, Huifang Liu, and Feng Wang* Small, 2024, 2403661. Sprayed Oil–Water Microdroplets as a Hydrogen Source Xuke Chen#, Yu Xia#, Yingfeng Wu#, Yunpeng Xu, Xiuquan Jia*, Richard N. Zare*, Feng Wang* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c01455 Selective Lignin Arylation for Biomass Fractionation and Benign Bisphenols Ning Li, Kexin Yan, Thanya Rukkijakan, Jiefeng Liang, Yuting Liu, Zhipeng Wang, Heran Nie, Suthawan Muangmeesri, Gonzalo Castiella-Ona, Xuejun Pan, Qunfang Zhou, Guibin Jiang, Guangyuan Zhou, John Ralph, Joseph S. M. Samec* & Feng Wang* Nature, 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07446-5 In-Depth Understanding of Highly Active Silicotungstic Acid Catalysts for Ethanol Dehydration to Ethylene under Industrially Favorable Conditions Huakai Li, Zhiquan Yu*, Zhixin Zhang, Shushuang Li, Zhen Shi, Changjun Ni, Lei Cao, Hong Du, Qun-Xing Luo*, Feng Wang. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c00388 Water-mediated photocatalytic coproduction of diesel fuel additives and hydrogen from dimethyl ether Shiyang Liu, Yike Huang, Nengchao Luo*, Jian Zhang, Botao Qiao, Feng Wang* ACS Catalysis, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01132 Concepts of ethylene carbonylation with hydrogen gas and insitu generated hydrogen Yinpan Zhang, Qiang Guo*, Feng Wang* Chem CatChem, 2024, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202301568 Pyrogenic Carbon Degradation by Galvanic Coupling with Sprayed Seawater Microdroplets Ruolan Zhang,¹ Zhenyuan Zhang,¹ Xuke Chen,¹ Jichun Jiang, Lei Hua, Xiuquan Jia,* Rui Bao,* and Feng Wang* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00290 Chlorine radical-mediated photocatalytic C(sp³)−H bond oxidation of aryl ethers to esters Yuting Liu, Beili Nie, Ning Li, Huifang Liu *, Feng Wang * Chin. J. Catal., 2024, 58, 123-128. Visible-Light-Driven Furfural Oxidation over CuOx/Nb2O5 Puning Ren, Yue Zhou, Kaiyi Su, Lulu Sun, Nengchao Luo*, and Feng Wang Chem Asian J., 2023, e202300732, DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300732 Photocatalytic Production of Ethanolamines and Ethylenediamines from Bio-Polyols over a Cu/TiO2 Catalyst Meijiang Liu, Hongji Li, Jian Zhang, Huifang Liu,* and Feng Wang* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, doi.org/10.1002/anie.202315795 Tuning Redistribution of CuOx Nanoparticles on TiO2 Support Xuezhong Nie, Yehong Wang,* Junju Mu, Jianyu Han, Huixiang Li, Nengchao Luo, Zhipeng Huang, Qiang Guo, Ning Li, Jian Zhang, Ning Li, and Feng Wang* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 48168−48178. DOI:10.1021/acsami.3c10035 Relay catalysis for conversion of secondary amine to formamide Dongxia Jiao, Jinghua An, Huixiang Li, Zhipeng Huang, Yehong Wang*, and Feng Wang* Chin. J. Catal., 2023, 53, 161-170. DOI:10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64518-8 Strong Metal–Support Interaction Facilitated Multicomponent Alloy Formation on Metal Oxide Support Jianyu Han, Jingyi Yang, Zhixin Zhang, Xunzhu Jiang, Wei Liu*, Botao Qiao*, Junju Mu*, and Feng Wang J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c07915 Hydrocarbon Degradation by Contact with Anoxic Water Microdroplets Xuke Chen, Yu Xia, Zhenyuan Zhang, Lei Hua, Xiuquan Jia*, Feng Wang, and Richard N. Zare* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07445 Ce doping promote the selective conversion of ethanol to ethyl acetate via the dehydrogenation-condensation over CuCeZr catalyst Yuda Zhang, Yehong Wang*, Xian Guan, Huixiang Li, Xuezhong Nie, Yafei Liang, Xiaolei Bao, Xiaoqiang Li*, Feng Wang* Journal of Catalysis, 426,2023, 86-95, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2023.06.030 Bottom-up synthesis of a pyramid-type (Pt/4nmCeO2)/SiO2 catalyst via a surface reduction strategy Jianyu Han, Zhixin Zhang, Zhuoran Xu, Lunhua He, Feiran Shen, Yehong Wang, Xuebin Liu, Meiling Guo, Zaihong Guan and Feng Wang* J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 10927. DOI: 10.1039/D3TA01563G Photoinduced organocatalytic lignin C–C bond cleavage in mixed binary solvents Yuting Liu, Huifang Liu*, Ning Li, and Feng Wang* Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 339, 123137, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123137 Photocatalytic 2-iodoethanol coupling to produce 1,4-butanediol mediated by TiO2 and a catalytic nickel complex Qingchun Xu, Puning Ren, Yang Peng, Nengchao Luo,* Zhuyan Gao, Caixia Meng, Jian Zhang, Feng Wang* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202301668 Insight into the strong Brönsted acid sites on isolated WOx-modified Pt/zirconium phosphate for glycerol efficient hydrodeoxygenation Huixiang Li, Yehong Wang⁎, Chaofeng Zhang, Zhipeng Huang, Jianyu Han, Xuezhong Nie, Feng Wang* Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 325 (2023) 122342 DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122342 Benefit analysis of multi-approach biomass energy utilization toward carbon neutrality Jiaoyue Wang, Jingying, Zhitong Zhao, Longfei Bing, Fengming Xi*, Feng Wang*, Jiang Dong, Shiyun Wang, Gang Lin, Yan Yin, Qinqin Hu. The Innovation., 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.xinn.2023.100423 Photocatalytic production of syngas from biomass Min Wang*, Hongru Zhou, and Feng Wang* Acc. Chem. Res., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00039 Catalytic strategies and mechanism analysis orbiting the center of critical intermediates in lignin depolymerization Chaofeng Zhang*, Xiaojun Shen, Yongcan Jin*, Jinlan Cheng, Cheng Cai, and Feng Wang* Chem. Rev., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00664 Facile synthesis of defective porous Sn-modified CeO2 catalyst via ball milling-pyrolysis method for efficient conversion of biomass-derived oxygenates Yafei Liang, Yehong Wang*, Zhixin Zhang, Jianyu Han, Jian Zhang, Yuda Zhang, and Feng Wang* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 5858–5866, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05592 Ethylene carbonylation to 3-Pentanone with in-situ hydrogen via water-gas-shift reaction on Rh/CeO2 Kun Zhang, Qiang Guo*, Yehong Wang, Pengfei Cao, Jian Zhang, Marc Heggen, Joachim Mayer, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski and Feng Wang* ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 3164−3169, DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06123 Stepwise photoassisted decomposition of carbohydrates to H2 Puning Ren, Zhuyan Gao, Tiziano Montini, Zhitong Zhao, Na Ta, Yike Huang, Nengchao Luo*, Emiliano Fonda, Paolo Fornasiero*, Feng Wang* Joule, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.01.002 Controlling the reactions of free radicals with metal‐radical interaction Zhipeng Huang, Yang Yang, Junju Mu, Genheng Li, Jianyu Han, Puning Ren, Jian Zhang, Nengchao Luo, Ke-Li Han and Feng Wang* Chin. J. Catal., 2023, 45, 120-131, DOI: 10.1016/S1872‐2067(22)64181‐0 Photocatalytic reductive C−O bond scission promoted by low-work-function Cd single atoms and clusters Lulu Sun, Yike Huang, Shiyang Liu, Xiumei Liu, Nengchao Luo,* Feng Wang* Chem. Commun., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06649a Using HCOONH4 as a reductant and nitrogen source in converting PhCHO to imine via a continuous condensation-reduction mechanism Siqi Li, Jianmin Lu, Zhipeng Huang, Shutao Xu, Chaofeng Zhang*, Feng Wang ChemistrySelect, 2022, 7, e202203482 Revealing the catalytic role of Sn dopant in CO2-oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over Pt/Sn-CeO2 catalyst Yehong Wang*, Jiapei Wang, Yuda Zhang, Qiang Guo, Jie An, Yafei Liang, Yanan Wang, Pengfei Cao, Marc Heggen, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski, Xiangxue Zhu, Xiujie Li*, Feng Wang ChemCatChem, 2022, DOI:10.1002/cctc.202200982 Facet-dependent electron transfer regulates photocatalytic valorization of biopolyols Hongru Zhou, Min Wang*, Fanhao Kong, Zhiwei Chen, Zhaolin Dou, and Feng Wang* JACS, 2022, DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c08655 Extracting high β-O-4 content lignin and by-producing substrate susceptible to enzymatic hydrolysis by a green flow through process Cheng Cai, Ning Li, Huifang Liu, Jian Zhang, J.Y. Zhu*， and Feng Wang* Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 453, 139730:1-8 Hydrogen bonding promotes alcohol C–C coupling Zhuyan Gao, Junju Mu, Jian Zhang, Zhipeng Huang, Xiangsong Lin, Nengchao Luo*, and Feng Wang* JACS, 2022, DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c07410 Conversion of biomass to γ-valerolactone by efficient transfer hydrogenation of ethyl levulinate over Al-SPAN nanosheets Ying Ji, Huifang Liu, Feng Wang*, Xinwen Guo* Catal. Today, 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2022.09.001 Biomass-based production of food preservatives Lin Yuan, Yancheng Hu, Xin Guo, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Feng Wang*, Tao Zhang*, and Ning Li* Chem Catalysis, 2, 2302-2311 Design and optimization of solid amine CO2 adsorbents assisted by machine learning Shichao Zhang, Hang Dong, An Lin, Chaofeng Zhang, Hong Du, Junju Mu*, Jianyu Han, Jian Zhang, and Feng Wang* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2022, DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04492 Selective oxidation of glycerol into formic acid by photogenerated holes and superoxide radicals Meijiang Liu, Huifang Liu, Ning Li, Chaofeng Zhang, Jian Zhang, and Feng Wang* Chemsuschem, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201068 Advances and challenges of photocatalytic methane C—C coupling Xueyuan Wang, Nengchao Luo, and Feng Wang* Chin. J. Chem., 2022, 12, 1492-1505 Low-work function metals boost selective and fast scission of methanol C–H bonds Nengchao Luo, Wei Nie, Junju Mu, Shiyang Liu, Mingrun Li, Jian Zhang, Zhuyan Gao, Fengtao Fan, and Feng Wang* ACS Catal., 2022, 12, DOI:10.1021/acscatal.1c06005 Synthesis of silico-phospho-aluminum nanosheets by adding amino acid and its catalysis in the conversion of furfural alcohol to fuel additives Ying Ji, Yi Zuo, Huifang Liu, Feng Wang*, and Xinwen Guo* ChemsusChem, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200747 Plasma-assisted construction of CdO quantum dots/CdS semi-coherent interface for the photocatalytic bio-CO evolution Zhe Zhang, Min Wang*, and Feng Wang* Chem Catal., 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.checat.2022.04.001 Opportunities and future directions for photocatalytic biomass conversion to value-added chemicals Feng Wang* and Haodong Duan* Chem Catal., 2022, 4, 644-646 Opportunities for electrocatalytic biomass valorization Haohong Duan* and Feng Wang* Chem Catal., 2022, 4, 641-643 Integrated carbon capture and utilization: Synergistic catalysis between highly dispersed Ni clusters and ceria oxygen vacancies Hongman Sun, Yu Zhang, Chunfen Wang, Mark A. Isaacs, Ahmed I. Osman, Yehong Wang, David Rooney, Youhe Wang, Zifeng Yan, Christopher M.A. Parlett*, FengWang*, and Chunfei Wu* Chem. Eng. J., 2022, 437, 135394:1-12 Single-Metal Alloys Jianyu Han,Junju Mu, and Feng Wang Metal Single Atom Catalysis[B], 2022, DOI: 10.1002/9783527830169.ch4Supported Unveiling the highly disordered NbO6 units as electron-transfer sites in Nb2O5 photocatalysis with N-hydroxyphthalimide under visible light irradiation Kaiyi Su, Chaofeng Zhang*, Yehong Wang, Jian Zhang, Qiang Guo, Zhuyan Gao, and Feng Wang* Chin. J. Catal., 2022, 43, 1894-1905 Single site Ni(II) anchored tetraethylene pentamine for enhancing CO2 kinetic adsorption rate and long-term cyclic stability Shichao Zhang, Wenbin Chen, Junju Mu*, Jianyu Han, Chaofeng Zhang, Zhuyan Gao, Jian Zhang, Yehong Wang, and Feng Wang* Chem. Eng. J., 2022, 436, 135211:1-9 Can Li: A Career in Catalysis Zili Wu, Qihua Yang, Yan Liu, Boyu Zhang, Rengui Li, Wangyin Wang, Jijie Wang, Kazunari Domen, Feng Wang*, and Fengtao Fan* ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 3063–3082 Catalytic self-transfer hydrogenolysis of lignin with endogenous hydrogen: road to the carbon-neutral future Xiaojun Shen, Chaofeng Zhang, Buxing Han, Feng Wang* Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00908g Interfacial tandem catalysis for ethylene carbonylation and C–C coupling to 3-pentanone on Rh/ceria Qiang Guo, Yehong Wang, Jianyu Han, Jian Zhang, and Feng Wang* ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 3286−3290 A carbon-negative route for sustainable production of aromatics from biomass-derived aqueous oxygenates Yehong Wang, Jiaxu Liu, Zhitong Zhao, Qiang Guo, Qike Jiang, Ning He, and Feng Wang* Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121139 Radical generation and fate control for photocatalytic biomass conversion Zhipeng Huang, Nengchao Luo, Chaofeng Zhang, and Feng Wang* Nat. Rev. Chem., 2022, DOI:10.1038/s41570-022-00359-9 Oxygen-implanted MoS2 nanosheets promoting quinolines synthesis from nitroarenes and aliphatic alcohols via an integrated oxidation-transfer hydrogenation-cyclization mechanism Chaofeng Zhang*, Zhuyan Gao, Puning Ren, Jianmin Lu, Zhipeng Huang, Kaiyi Su, Shichao Zhang, Junju Mu, and Feng Wang* Green Chem., 2022, DOI:10.1039/D1GC04058H Polar hydrogen species mediated nitroarenes selective reduction to anilines over an [FeMo]Sx catalyst Siqi Li, Zhipeng Huang, Huifang Liu, Meijiang Liu, Chaofeng Zhang* and Feng Wang. Dalton Trans., 51, 1553-1560 Photo–thermo-dual catalysis of levulinic acid and levulinate ester to γ-valerolactone Anon Bunrit, Teera Butburee, Meijiang Liu, Zhipeng Huang, Keerati Meeporn, Chaiyasit Phawa, Jian Zhang, Sanchai Kuboon, Huifang Liu, Kajornsak Faungnawakij*, and Feng Wang* ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 1677-1685 Photocatalytic conversion of waste plastics to low carbon number organic products Kaiyi Su, Huifang Liu, Chaofeng Zhang, and Feng Wang* Chin. J. Catal., 2022, 43, 589-594