Education and Work Experiences

2024/08-present: Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2019/08-2024/06: Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2015/08-2019/06: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interests

Heterogeneous Catalysis

Physical Chemistry of Catalytic Materials

C1 Chemistry and Syngas Conversion

Multifunctional Catalyst Design

Structure-Performance Relationships in Catalysis

Honors and Awards

1. Jingbo Outstanding Doctoral Award (Silver Award), Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2024

2. Dalian Youth Talent, Dalian, 2024

3. Outstanding Young Doctoral Researcher Award, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024

4. Outstanding Graduate, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024

5. Outstanding Graduate, Beijing, 2024

6. President’s Award (Special Prize), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023

7. Lu Jiaxi Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2023

8. Baosteel Outstanding Student Scholarship, 2023

9. First Prize Scholarship, Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group Co., Ltd. & Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023

10. Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023

11. National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China, 2023

12. Pacemaker to Merit Student, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2023

13. National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China, 2020

Patents：

1. 潘秀莲，白冰，焦峰，包信和，一种含MnGaO_x的双功能催化剂及其在一氧化碳高温加氢制低碳烯烃中的应用，中国申请号：202110905828.1（已授权）。

2. 潘秀莲，白冰，焦峰，包信和，一种含复合纳米高熵金属氧化物的双功能催化剂及其在一氧化碳加氢制低碳烯烃中的应用，中国申请号：202410570415.6。

Representative Publications:

1. Feng Jiao⁺, Bing Bai⁺, Gen Li⁺, Xiulian Pan*, Yihan Ye, Shengcheng Qu, Changqi Xu, Jianping Xiao, Zhenghao Jia, Wei Liu, Tao Peng, Yilun Ding, Cheng Liu, Jinjing Li, Xinhe Bao*, Disentangling the activity-selectivity tradeoff in catalytic conversion of syngas to light olefins, Science, 2023, 380(6646): 727-730.

2. Bing Bai⁺, Chenxi Guo⁺, Feng Jiao*, Jianping Xiao*, Yilun Ding, Shengcheng Qu, Yang Pan, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao, Tuning the crystal phase to form MnGaO_x-Spinel for highly efficient syngas to light olefins, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62(25): e202217701.

3. Bing Bai⁺, Yihan Ye⁺, Feng Jiao*, Xiulian Pan*, Jianping Xiao, Zehua Cai, Mingshu Chen, Xinhe Bao, Surface Structure Dependent Activation of Hydrogen over Metal Oxides during Syngas Conversion, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146(50): 34909-34915.

4. Yihan Ye⁺, Bing Bai⁺, Yilun Ding, Xinzhe Li, Feng Jiao*, Jianping Xiao*, Xiulian Pan, Accelerated Oxide-Zeolite Catalyst Design for Syngas Conversion by Reaction Phase Diagram Analysis and Machine Learning, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64(25): e202505589.

5. Yilun Ding, Dengyun Miao*, Jingyao Feng, Bing Bai, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao, Enhanced formation of multi-branched isoparaffins in syngas conversion by ZnCrO_x-MCM-22 composites, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022, 316: 121628.

6. Yi Wang, Xue Lei, Bo Zhang, Bing Bai, Pratteek Das, Tasmia Azam, Jianping Xiao*, Zhong-Shuai Wu*, Breaking the Ru−O−Ru symmetry of a RuO₂ catalyst for sustainable acidic water oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63(25): e202316903.

7. Yi Wang, Rong Yang, Yajun Ding, Bo Zhang, Hao Li, Bing Bai, Mingrun Li, Yi Cui, Jianping Xiao*, Zhong-Shuai Wu*, Unraveling oxygen vacancy site mechanism of Rh-doped RuO₂ catalyst for long-lasting acidic water oxidation. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 1412.

8. Na Li, Yifeng Zhu, Feng Jiao, Xiulian Pan*, Qike Jiang, Jun Cai, Yifan Li, Wei Tong, Changqi Xu, Shengcheng Qu, Bing Bai, Dengyun Miao, Zhi Liu, Xinhe Bao*, Steering the reaction pathway of syngas-to-light olefins with coordination unsaturated sites of ZnGaO_x spinel, Nature Communications, 2022, 13: 2742.

9. Mengyuan Li, Yihan Ye, Bing Bai, Cheng Liu, Hanlixin Wang, Zhaochao Xu, Jianping Xiao, Feng Jiao, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao, Zeotype-confined frustrated lewis pair and its role in catalyzing hydrogenation, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147(18): 15747-15754.