Heterogeneous Catalysis; Inorganic-Enzymatic Hybrid Catalysis; Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation; H₂ Production and CO₂ Utilisation.

To be confirmed;

曾在英国讲授：

• Course leader of Reactor and Equipment

• First year lab leader of Chemistry for Engineers

• Course leader of Water Resources and Treatment

• Course leader of Engineering Thermodynamics

• Group leader of Chemical Engineering Design

• Course leader of Catalysis and Reactor Design

• Course leader of Loss of Containment

• Course contributor of Energy from Biomass

英国化学会会士，英国高等教育学院会士，Chinese Chemical Letters编委等

入选国家级人才计划。囊括英国 EPSRC New Horizons Award迄今仅有的两轮资助。

历任英国兰卡斯特大学副教授（2019-2025），阿伯丁大学助理教授（2015-2019）；博士毕业于英国赫瑞瓦特大学（2014），本科、硕士就读于天津大学（2002-2009）。曾任阿伯丁大学过程安全硕士项目主任和工程学院教育委员会委员；克罗地亚学位认证委员会专家委员。

入选 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Emerging Investigators（2025）和Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology Emerging Leaders（2019）；第十届英国催化会议主旨报告人（2024）。

Representative grants:

(1) EPSRC New Horizons Award for Engineering (EP/X018172/1): 主持, 2023.05-2025.07

(2) EPSRC New Horizons Award for Physical Sciences (EP/V048635/1): 主持, 2021.08-2023.07

(3) EPSRC UK Catalysis Hub exemplar project 2021 (via EP/R026645/1): 主持, 2022.10-2024.11

(4) EPSRC UK Catalysis Hub exemplar project 2020 (via EP/R026645/1): 主持, 2021.03-2024.11

(5) EPSRC UK Catalysis Hub exemplar project 2016 (via EP/K014706/2): 主持, 2017.08-2018.07

(EPSRC: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK)

Representative publications:

(1) Jones W.; Burnett J. W. H.; Shi J.; Howe R. F.*; Wang, X.* Improving Photocatalytic Energy Conversion via NAD(P)H. Joule 2020, 4(10), 2055-2059.

(2) Wang, X.*; Saba, T.; Yiu, H. H. P.; Howe, R. F.; Anderson, J. A.; Shi, J.* Cofactor NAD(P)H Regeneration Inspired by Heterogeneous Pathways. Chem 2017, 2(5), 621-654.

(3) Saba, T.; Li, J.; Burnett, J. W. H.; Howe, R. F.; Kechagiopoulos, P. N.; Wang, X.* NADH Regeneration: A Case Study of Pt-Catalyzed NAD+ Reduction with H2. ACS Catal. 2021, 11(1), 283-289.

(4) Wang, X.; Yiu, H. H. P.* Heterogeneous Catalysis Mediated Cofactor NADH Regeneration for Enzymatic Reduction. ACS Catal. 2016, 6(3), 1880-1886.

(5) Burnett, J. W. H.; Chen, H.; Li, J.; Li, Y.; Huang, S.; Shi, J.; McCue, A. J.; Howe, R. F.; Minteer, S. D.*; Wang, X.* Supported Pt Enabled Proton-Driven NAD(P)+ Regeneration for Biocatalytic Oxidation. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14(18), 20943-20952.