Research Interests: Industrial Catalysis, Physical Chemistry, Heterogeneous Catalysis, C1 Chemistry
◆Fundamental and Applied Research on Catalytic Conversion Processes, i.e. methane and syngas (CO+H₂) conversion.
◆ Controllable Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Advanced Materials
◆ Multifunctional Catalyst Design and Reaction Mechanism Studies
2025/04-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Group Leader
2023/08-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor
2018/07-2023/08: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor
2013/09-2018/06: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Physical Chemistry
2009/09-2013/06: University of Science and Technology of China, B.S., Physical Chemistry
(1) the Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program, 2024
(2) “Zhang Dayu” excellent scholar of DICP, 2024
(3) "Leading talent" level of Dalian high-level talents, 2024
(4) Outstanding young talents fund of Liaoning Province, 2024
(5) "Young Talent" label of 18th International Congress on Catalysis, 2024
(6) Youth Chemistry Award of Chinese Chemical Society, 2024
(7) Excellent member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024
(8) Young Talent Award of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, 2023
(9) Outstanding Impact Award of China's New Scientific and Technological Figures (Science and Technology Communication Center of China Association for Science and Technology/Zhishe Academic Circle) , 2023
(10) the Fifth Young Cutting-edge Nanochemistry Research Award (Nano Chemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society) , 2023
(11) Zhang Dayu young scholar of Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
(12) Outstanding young scientific and technological talents fund of Dalian City, 2022
(13) Outstanding Young Science and Technology Talent Award of Shenyang Branch of CAS, 2022
(14) the first batch of special backbone positions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2021
(15) the 8th China Catalysis Rookie Award by Catalysis Committee of Chinese Chemical Society, 2021
(16) "eminent" youth of Dalian City, 2019
(17) Excellent doctoral dissertation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019
(18) Lin Liwu Outstanding Youth Award, 2019
(19) Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019
(20) DICP Outstanding Youth Award, 2019
(21) DICP "Outstanding Young Doctor Talents", 2018
(22) "President's Special Award" of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017
[1] Feng Jiao†, Bing Bai†, Gen Li†, Xiulian Pan,* Xinhe Bao,* et al. Disentangling the activity-selectivity trade-off in catalytic conversion of syngas to light olefins. Science, 2023, 380, 727-730.
[2] Feng Jiao†, Jinjing Li†, Xiulian Pan,†* Xinhe Bao,* et al. Selective conversion of syngas to
light olefins. Science, 2016, 351, 1065-1068.
[3] Mengyuan Li†, Yihan Ye†, Feng Jiao*, Xiulian Pan* et al. Zeotype-Conffned Frustrated Lewis Pair and Its Role in Catalyzing Hydrogenation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c03123.
[4] Yihan Ye†, Bing Bai†, Feng Jiao*, Jianping Xiao* et al. Accelerated Oxide-Zeolite Catalyst Design for Syngas Conversion by Reaction Phase Diagram Analysis and Machine Learning. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2025, e202505589. (VIP paper)
[5]Haodi Wang, Feng Jiao*, Xiulian Pan* et al. Maximizing the Accessibility of Acid Sites Within Zeolite Catalysts for Syngas Conversion. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2025, e202424946. (VIP paper)
[6] Bing Bai†, Yihan Ye †, Feng Jiao*, Xiulian Pan* et al. Surface Structure Dependent Activation of Hydrogen over Metal Oxides during Syngas Conversion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 50, 34909–34915
[7] Bing Bai†, Chenxi Guo†, Feng Jiao*, Jianping Xiao*, Xiulian Pan* et al. Tuning the Crystal Phase to Form MnGaOx-Spinel for Highly Efficient Syngas to Light Olefins. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2023, e202217701.
[8] Haodi Wang, Feng Jiao*, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao,* et al. Dynamic confinement of SAPO-17 cages on the selectivity control of syngas conversion. National Science Review, 2022, nwac146, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwac146.
[9] Na Li†, Bin Huang†, Xue Dong†, Feng Jiao,* Jianping Xiao,* Zhenping Qu,* et al. Bifunctional zeolites-silver catalyst enabled tandem oxidation of formaldehyde at low temperatures. Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 2209. (Editors’ Highlight)
[10] Feng Jiao†, Xiulian Pan,†* Xinhe Bao,* et al. Shape-Selective Zeolites Promote Ethylene Formation from Syngas via a Ketene Intermediate. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2018, 57, 4692-4696. (Hot paper)