(1) Design and preparation of composite metal oxide catalysts;

(2) Selective catalytic conversion of low-carbon small molecules.

(1) - In 2019, selected as a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences

(2) - In 2022, awarded the Second Prize of Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Academic Achievement Award (Academic Paper Category)

(3)- In 2022, awarded the First Prize of China Rare Earth Science and Technology Award (Ranked second).

[1] Wang, Y. H.; Peng, M.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, Z. X.; An, J. H.; Du, S. Y.; An, H. Y.; Fan, F. T.; Liu, X.; Zhai, P.; Ma, D.*; Wang, F.*, Selective production of phase-separable product from a mixture of biomass-derived aqueous oxygenates. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9. 5183.

[2] An, J. H.^‡; Wang, Y. H^.‡ (co-first); Lu, J. M.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, Z. X.; Xu, S. T.; Liu, X. Y.; Zhang, T.; Gocyla, M.; Heggen, M.; Dunin-Borkowsk, R. E.; Fornasiero, P.; Wang, F.*, Acid-promoter-free ethylene methoxycarbonylation over Ru-clusters/ceria: The catalysis of interfacial Lewis acid-base pair. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (11): 4172-4181.

[3] Wang, Y. H.; Wang, F.*; Song, Q.; Xin, Q.; Xu, S. T.; Xu, J.*, Heterogeneous ceria catalyst with water-tolerant Lewis acidic sites for one-pot synthesis of 1, 3-diols via Prins condensation and hydrolysis reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135 (4): 1506-1515.

[4] Wang, Y. H.^‡; Liu, J. X.^‡; Zhao, Z. T.^‡; Guo, Q.; Jiang, Q. K.; He, N.; Wang, F.*. A carbon-negative route for sustainable production of aromatics from biomass-derived aqueous oxygenates. Appl. Catal. B-Environ, 2022, 307: 121139.

[5]  Wang, Y. H.; Zhang, Z. X.; Lei L. J., Liu, W.; Du, S. Y.; Zhu, X. X.; Li, X. J.*; Wang F.*. Defect-Dependent Selective C–H/C–C Bond Cleavage of Propane in the Presence of CO2 over FeNi/Ceria Catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9: 17301-17309.