Name:		Ye Wang
	Address:		College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,  Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005
	Tel:		+86-592-2186156
	Fax:		+86-592-2183047
	E-mail:		wangye@xmu.edu.cn
	Research group:		http://pcoss.xmu.edu.cn/wangye/

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• B.Sc. and M.Sc.: Nanjing University (1986 and 1989)
• Ph.D.: Tokyo Institute of Technology (1996)
• Research Associate: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku Univ. (1996-2000)
• Research Associate, Associate Professor: Hiroshima Univ. (2000-2001)
• Professor, Xiamen University (2001- )

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Activation and selective conversion of methane
• Selective oxidation catalysis
• Novel catalytic system for CO hydrogenation
• Catalytic conversion of biomass (lignocellulosic biomass and related platform molecules).
• Catalysis and photocatalysis for CO₂ conversion

HONORS AND AWARDS

• New Century Excellent Talents in University of China (2004)
• National Scientific Fund for Distinguished Young Investigator (2006)
• Young Scientist Award of Catalysis Society of China (2010)

RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

• Vice chairman of Catalysis Society of China (2005-2012)
• Applied Catalysis A: General: Member of Editorial Board
• Journal of Energy Chemistry: Editor
• Member of Editorial Board for Chinese Science Bulletin, Acta Phisico-Chimica Sinica and Petrochemical Technology

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Jieli He, Ting Xu, Zhihui Wang, Qinghong Zhang*, Weiping Deng, Ye Wang*, Transformation of Methane to Propylene via a Novel Two-step Reaction Route Catalyzed by Modified CeO₂ Nanocrystals and Zeolites, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2438-2442.
2. Jincan Kang, Kang Cheng, Lei Zhang, Qinghong Zhang,* Jiansheng Ding, Weiqi Hua, Yinchuan Lou, Qingge Zhai,Ye Wang*, Mesoporous Zeolite-Supported Ru Nanoparticles as Highly Selective Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for Production of C₅-C₁₁ Isoparaffins, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5200-5203.
3. Jincan Kang, Shuli Zhang, Qinghong Zhang*, Ye Wang*, Ruthenium Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Nanotubes as Efficient Catalysts for Selective Conversion of Synthesis Gas to Diesel Fuel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2009, 47, 2565-2568 (Hot Paper).
4. Qinghong Zhang, Weiping Deng and Ye Wang*, “Effect of size of catalytically active phase in the dehydrogenation of alcohols and the challenging selective oxidation of hydrocarbons”, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 9275-9292 (Feature Article).
5. Weiping Deng, Qinghong Zhang, Ye Wang*, Polyoxometalates as efficient catalysts for transformations of cellulose into platform chemicals, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 9817-9831 (Perspective Article).
6. Qinghong Zhang, Jincan Kang, Ye Wang*, Development of Novel Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Toward Tuning the Product Selectivity, ChemCatChem 2010, 2, 1030-1058 (Review Article).
7. Weqing Fan, Qinghua Lai, Qinghong Zhang*, Ye Wang*, Nanocomposites of TiO2 and Reduced Graphene Oxide as Efficient Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 10694-10701 (Top 10 most read article in J. Phys. Chem. C in 2011).
8. Ting Xu, Qinghong Zhang*, Hang Song, Ye Wang*, Fluoride-treated H-ZSM-5 as a highly selective and stable catalyst for the production of propylene from methyl halides, J. Catal. 2012, 295, 232-241.
9. Weiping Deng, Mi Liu, Xuesong Tan, Qinghong Zhang*, Ye Wang*, Conversion of cellobiose into sorbitol in neutral water medium over carbon nanotube-supported ruthenium catalysts, J. Catal. 2010, 271, 22-32.
10. Lüjuan Yang, Jieli He, Qinghong Zhang, Ye Wang*, Copper-catalyzed propylene epoxidation by oxygen: Significant promoting effect of vanadium on unsupported copper catalyst, J. Catal. 2010, 276, 76-84.
11. Dongli An, Aihua Ye, Weiping Deng, Qinghong Zhang, Ye Wang*, Selective conversions of cellobiose and cellulose into gluconic acid in water medium in the presence of oxygen catalyzed by polyoxometalate-supported gold nanoparticles, Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 2938-2947.
12. Wenhao Fang, Jiashu Chen, Qinghong Zhang*, Weiping Deng, Ye Wang*, Hydrotalcite-Supported Gold Catalyst for Oxidant-Free Dehydrogenation of Benzyl Alcohol: Studies on Support and Gold Size Effects, Chem. Eur. J.2011, 17, 1247-1256.
13. Mi Liu, Weiping Deng, Qinghong Zhang,* Yanliang Wang, Ye Wang*, Polyoxometalate-supported ruthenium nanoparticles as bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for the conversions of cellobiose and cellulose into sorbitol under mild conditions, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 9717-9719.
14. Weiping Deng, Mi Liu, Qinghong Zhang*, Xuesong Tan, Ye Wang*, Acid-catalysed direct transformation of cellulose into methyl glucosides in methanol at moderate temperatures, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2668-2670.
15. Wenhao Fang, Qinghong Zhang*, Jing Chen, Weiping Deng, Ye Wang*, Gold nanoparticles on hydrotalcites as efficient catalysts for oxidant-free dehydrogenation of alcohols, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 1547-1549.
16. Xuesong Tang, Weiping Deng, Mi Liu, Qinghong Zhang*, Ye Wang*, Carbon nanotube-supported gold nanoparticles as efficient catalysts for selective oxidation of cellobiose into gluconic acid in water medium, Chem. Commun. 2009, 7179-7181.
17. Qinghong Zhang, Chuanjing Cao, Ting Xu, Miao Sun, Jizhe Zhang, Ye Wang* and Huilin Wan*, NiO-polyoxometalate nanocomposites as efficient catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane and isobutene, Chem Commun. 2009, 2376-2378.
18. Yang Li, Dongli An, Qinghong Zhang, Ye Wang*, Copper-Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Methane by Oxygen: Studies on Catalytic Behavior and Functioning Mechanism of CuO_x/SBA-15, J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 13700-13708.