1. Synthesis of metals and metal oxides with controllable particle size and shape.

2. Analyses on the dynamic behavior of catalytic materials under or close to reaction conditions.

3. Applications of nanostructured catalytic materials to chemical reactions.

1. 2015/07- present: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis DICP, CAS, Director

2. 2001/04- present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor

3. 1998/04-2001/04: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, NEDO Fellow

4. 1996/10-1998/03: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea, Postdoc

5. 1991/05-1995/02: Institute of Coal Chemistry, CAS, PhD, Organic Chemicals

2018, Ten Thousand People Plan, Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee

2016, The Innovative Talents Promotion Plan, Ministry of Science and Technology

2010, Distinguished Young Scientist, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2010, National Catalysis Prize for Young Scientists, the Catalysis Society of China

1. Xiaowei Xie, Yong Li, Zhi-Quan Liu, Masatake Haruta, Wenjie Shen*, Low-temperature oxidation of CO catalysed by Co₃O₄ nanorods, Nature, 2009, 458(7239): 746-749

2. Xiaoling Mou, Bingsen Zhang, Yong Li, Lide Yao, Xuejiao Wei, DangShengSu*, Wenjie Shen*, Rod-shaped Fe₂O₃ as an efficient catalyst for the selective reduction of nitrogen oxide by ammonia, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51(12): 2989-2993

3. Na Ta, Jingyue (Jimmy) Liu*, Santhosh Chenna, Peter A. Crozier, Yong Li, Aling Chen, Wenjie Shen*, Stabilized gold nanoparticles on ceria nanorods by strong interfacial anchoring, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134(51): 20585-20588

4. Yong Li, Wenjie Shen*, Morphology-dependent nanocatalysts: Rod-shaped oxides, Chemical Society Reviews, 2014, 43(5): 1543-1574

5. Yan Zhou*, Chuanchuan Jin, Yong Li, Wenjie Shen*, Dynamic behavior of metal nanoparticles for catalysis, Nano Today, 2018, 20: 101-120

6. Xuejiao Wei, Bin Shao, Yan Zhou*, Yong Li, Chuanchuan Jin, Jingyue Liu*, Wenjie Shen*, Geometrical structure of the gold-iron(III) oxide interfacial perimeter for CO oxidation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57(35): 11289-11293

7. Aling Chen, Xiaojuan Yu, Yan Zhou*, Shu Miao, Yong Li, Sebastian Kuld, Jens Sehested*, Jingyue Liu, Toshihiro Aoki, Song Hong, Matteo Farnesi Camellone, Stefano Fabris, Jing Ning, Chuanchuan Jin, Chengwu Yang, Alexei Nefedov, Christof Woell, Yuemin Wang*, Wenjie Shen*, Structure of the catalytically active copper-ceria interfacial perimeter, Nature Catalysis, 2019, 2(4): 334-341