Catalytic conversion of circular carbon including lignocellulosic biomass and end-of-life plastics to renewable fuels and chemicals such as SAF and bio-BTX.
2025/02-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor, Group Leader of Environmental Catalysis Engineering
2022/01-2025/01: Nanjing Tech University, Professor, Jiangsu Specially appointed Professor
2016/10-2021/12: University of Groningen, Postdoctoral Researcher
2014/04-2016/09: University of Twente, The Netherlands, Postdoctoral Researcher
2011/10-2014/02: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor
2009/07-2011/09: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Assistant Professor
2004/09-2009/07: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D.,
[1] Shasha Zheng§, Zhenlei Zhang§, Songbo He§, Huaizhou Yang, Hanan Atia, Ali M. Abdel-Mageed, Sebastian Wohlrab, Eszter Barath, Sergey Tin, Hero J. Heeres*, Peter J. Deuss*, Johannes G. de Vries*, Benzenoid aromatics from renewable resources, Chem. Rev., 2024, 124: 10701-10876
[2] Cui Ouyang, Jianwei Li*, Yaqi Qu, Song Hong, Songbo He*, Catalyst regenerability and irreversible deactivation mechanism for oxidation of benzene to phenol with N2O over a hierarchical Fe/ZSM-5 catalyst, Green Energy Environ., 2023, 8(4): 1161-1173
[3] Songbo He, Thomas Sjouke Kramer, Dian Sukmayanda Santosa, Andre Heeres, Hero Jan Heeres*, Catalytic conversion of glycerol with co-feeds (fatty acids, alcohols, and alkanes) to bio-based aromatics: remarkable and unprecedented synergetic effects on catalyst performance, Green Chem., 2022, 24: 941-949
[4] Songbo He, Kenny Zuur, Dian Sukmayanda Santosa, Andre Heeres, Chuncheng Liu, Evgeny Pidko, Hero Jan Heeres*, Catalytic conversion of pure glycerol over an un-modified H-ZSM-5 zeolite to bio-based aromatics, Appl. Catal., B, 2021, 281: 119467
[5] Songbo He*, Anton Bijl, Leon Lefferts, Sascha R.A. Kersten, Gerrit Brem, Recycling strategy for bio-aqueous phase via catalytic wet air oxidation to bio-based acetic acid solution, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020, 8:14694-14699.
[6] Songbo He*, Catalytic wet oxidation: process and catalyst development and the application perspective, Specialist periodical reports (SPRs) - Catalysis, Volume 31, PP. 37-71, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019
[7] Songbo He, I. Muizebelt, A. Heeres, N.J. Schenk, R. Blees, H.J. Heeres*, Catalytic pyrolysis of crude glycerol over shaped ZSM-5/bentonite catalysts for bio-BTX synthesis, Appl. Catal., B, 2018, 235: 45-55.
[8] Songbo He*, K.R. Krishnamurthy, K. Seshan, Dehydrogenation of long chain paraffins to olefins - A perspective, Specialist periodical reports (SPRs) - Catalysis, Volume 29, PP. 282-316, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017
[9] T.S. Nguyen, Songbo He*, G. Raman, K. Seshan, Catalytic hydro-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass over dual Na2CO3/Al2O3 and Pt/Al2O3 catalysts using n-butane at ambient pressure, Chem. Eng. J., 2016, 299: 415-419.
[10] Songbo He*, Bin Wang, Xihai Dai, Chenglin Sun*, Ziwu Bai, Xiao Wang and Qi Guo, Industrial development of long chain paraffin (n-C100-C130) dehydrogenation catalysts and the deactivation characterization, Chem. Eng. J., 2015, 275: 298-304.