Dr. Haihui Wang received Ph.D degree (2003) from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academic Science. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and research associate at Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany (2003 - 2007). From 2007 to Oct. 2020 He was a full professor at the School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering at South China University of Technology. Since Nov. 2020, he jointed Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University. Dr. Wang’s main research areas are inorganic membranes, membrane reactors, electrocatalysis, batteries. He has published over 300 refereed papers in chemical engineering and materials science SCI journals; he is an inventor of 50 patents, his papers have received more than 33000 citations (with google H-index of 95 as of 2024). Dr. Wang received several awards, including Excellent Presidential Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2003), The Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2003), New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of China (2007), Award from Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation, Hongkong (2008), Pearl River Scholar for Distinguished Professor (2011). He got Distinguished Young Scientist Foundation, National Nature Science Foundation of China (2012). He was awarded as Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry in 2016. He was awarded as Changjiang Chair professor of Chinese Ministry of Education in 2017 and The State Council special allowance by the Government. He was also award the Natural Science Award of Guangdong Province (1st class) (2014), National Natural Science Award(2nd class) (2015) and Natural Science Award from Ministry of Education of China (1st class) (2019)， XPlorer Prize (2021) and Invention Award from China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (2023).

2003 Ph.D in Physical Chemistry/Membrane separation; Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1998 B.S. in Analytical Chemistry; Anhui University of Technology

2020.11 - present Professor Department of Chemical Engineering,Tsinghua University

2007.3 - 2020.10 Professor in School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, China

2013.1 - 2015.1 Vice Dean of School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, China

2005.8 - 2007.2 Postdoct in Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

2004.2 - 2005.7 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow inInstitute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

2019 Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education (1st class)

2018 The State Council special allowance by the Government

2017 Changjiang Chair professor

2016 Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry

2015 National Natural Science Award(2nd class)

2015 Youth Science and technology innovation leader (Ministry of science and technology, China)

2014 Natural Science Award of Guangdong Province (1st class)

2014 Youth Science and technology innovation leader (Guangdong Province)

2014 Elsevier Most Cited Chinese Researchers（Chemical Engineering）

2012 Distinguished Young Scientist Foundation, National Nature Science Foundation of China

2011 Pearl River Scholar for Distinguished Professors

2008 Award from Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation

2007 New Century Excellent Talents in University of China

2003 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship

2003 Excellent Award of the President of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Inorganic membrane separation

Membrane Reactor

Clean Energy and Device

2018 NSFC-DFG joint project:Helium recovery from liquefied natural gas waste stream using nanoporous mxene materials, (Chief Investigator)

2016 National Program on Key Basic Research Project of China： High efficient nano materials and devices for energy storage （Chief Investigator）

2015 National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Program)：Properties of hydrogen permeable membrane and the application of membrane reactors （Chief Investigator）

2014 Innovative research group Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province：Advanced separation and catalysis for energy saving and emission reduction in petrochemical Engineering （Chief Investigator）

2013 Sino-German Joint Lab in the Sino-German Centre for Science Promotion in NSFC：Inorganic Membrane for Clean Energy and Clear Environment（Chief Investigator）

2012 National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar：Inorganic Membrane for Separation and Catalysis （Chief Investigator）

2011 National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program)：Preparation and hydrogen permeation properties of hollow fiber hydrogen permeation membrane with an asymmetric structure （Chief Investigator）

2011 Sino-German Cooperation Project in the Sino-German Centre for Science Promotion in NSFC：Novel CO2-stable oxygen separating membranes for oxyfuel concept with CO2 capture and for CO2 utilization in catalytic membrane reactors （Chief Investigator）

2008 Joint project of National Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangdong Province (Key Program)：Membrane separation for hydrogen production by partial oxidation of bioethanol （Partern Investigator）

2007 National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Program)：Preparation, characterization and application of a new type of mixed conducting perovskite hollow fiber membrane for oxygen separation（Chief Investigator）

In years, I have published more than 220 peer-reviewed articles on a number of flagship journals such as Nature Energy, Science Advance, Nature Communications, AIChE Journal，Angwante Chemie International Edit，JACS, Advanced Materials. My publications have received more than16400 citationswith anH-index of 67.

10 selected publication in the last years：

Gao-Feng Chen, Yifei Yuan, Haifeng Jiang, Shi-Yu Ren, Liang-Xin Ding, Lu Ma, Tianpin Wu, Jun Lu* andHaihui Wang*,Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia via direct eight-electron transfer using a copper-molecular solid catalyst,Nat. Energy5 (2020) 605-613.

Li Ding, Libo Li, Yanchang Liu, Yi Wu, Zong Lu, Junjie Deng, Yanying Wei*, Jürgen Caro*,Haihui Wang*,Effective ion sieving with Ti3C2Tx MXene membranes for production of drinking water from seawater,Nat. Sustain.3 (2020) 296-305.

Yaru Luo, Gao-Feng Chen, Li Ding, Xinzhi Chen, Liang-Xin Ding*,Haihui Wang*,Efficient electrocatalytic N2 fixation with MXene under ambient conditions,Joule3 (2019) 279-289.

Sheng Zhou, Yanying Wei, Libo Li, Yifan Duan, Qianqian Hou, Lili Zhang, Liang-Xin Ding, Jian Xue,Haihui Wang*, Jürgen Caro,Paralyzed membrane: Current-driven synthesis of a metal-organic framework with sharpened propene/propane separation,Sci. Adv.4 (2018) eaau1393.

Qianqian Hou, Sheng Zhou, Yanying Wei,* Jürgen Caro,*Haihui Wang*,Balancing the grain boundary structure and the framework flexibility through bimetallic metal−organic framework (MOF) membranes for gas separation,J. Am. Chem. Soc.141 (2020) 9582-9586.

Hui Cheng, Liang-Xin Ding,* Gao-Feng Chen, Lili Zhang, Jian Xue, andHaihui Wang*,Molybdenum carbide nanodots enable efficient electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions,Adv. Mater.30 (2018) 1803694.

Lili Zhang, Liang-Xin Ding,* Gao-Feng Chen, Xianfeng Yang,Haihui Wang*,Ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions: selective electroreduction of dinitrogen to ammonia on black phosphorus nanosheets,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.58 (2019) 2612-2616.

Zhouyang Jiang, Suqing Wang*, Xinzhi Chen, Wenlong Yang, Xiang Yao, Xinchao Hu, Qingyue Han,Haihui Wang*,Tap-Casting Li0.34La0.56TiO3 ceramic electrolyte films permit high energy density of lithium-metal batteries,Adv. Mater.32 (2020) 1906221.

Xinzhi Chen, Wenjun He, Liang -Xin Ding, Suqing Wang,Haihui Wang*,Enhancing interfacial contact in all solid state batteries with a cathode-supported solid electrolyte membrane framework,Energy Environ. Sci.12 (2019) 938-944.

Lingfei Liu, Yisa Zhou, Jian Xue*,Haihui Wang*,Enhanced antipressure ability through graphene oxide membrane by intercalating g-C3N4 nanosheets for water purification,AlChE J.65 (2019) e16699.