CUI Yanbin obtained his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2019 under supervision of Prof. John Atkinson, and received his postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Prof. Shannon Stahl, from 2019 to 2022. He joined GIEC at 2022 and his research interests mainly focus on the development of upstream catalytic conversion and downstream separation technologies for high-value utilization of biomass. This includes: 1) Catalytic conversion for lignin depolymerization and related reaction mechanism research; 2) Design of continuous reactors for the biomass upgrading and process scale-up; 3) Separation and purification of value-added products, such as aromatic monomer, organic acid, fuel additives. In past 5 years, he published over 40 research papers and co-authored one book chapter, and received over 1,200 citations.

Selected Publications

1. Ma, Z., Zhang, B., He, Z., Xu, T., Cheng, Y., Cui, Y. *, Chen, Z. *, (2025) Atomically Dispersed Fe-N-C Catalyzed Intermolecular Reductive Coupling toward the Synthesis of Benzimidazoles. ACS Catalysis, 15, 11875-11885.

2. Zhang, B., Yang, Y., Li, P., Yu, J., Wu, H., Ren, T., Cai, C., Moghaddam, L., Zhu, T., Luo, Y., Li, Y., Xie, J., Wang, C. *, Cui, Y. *, (2025) Continuous High-Pressure Screw Reaction System for Scalable Hydroxycinnamic Acid Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 13, 10864-10875.

3. Deng, Y., Zhang, B., Wu, H., He, Z., Liu, Q.*, Wang, C.*, Cui, Y. *, (2025) Correlation of the catalytic performance with Ruδ+ species on Ru/Nb2O5 in furfural aqueous reductive conversion. Catalysis Science Technology, 15, 33-40.

4. Wu, H., Zhang, B., He Z., Deng, Y., Yang, Y., Luo, Y., Wang, H., Song, X., Du, X.*, Wang, C.*, Cui, Y.*, (2025) One-pot xylose-to-cyclopentanone conversion tuned by intermediate partitioning behavior and poisoning-resistant multifunctional Co/Nb2O5 catalysts. Applied Catalysis A, General, 699, 120282.

5. Ren, T., Li, P., He, Z., Cui, Y. *, Wang, C.*, (2024) Green aromatic aldehydes production from biomass via catalytic fractionation and ozonolysis. Green Chemistry, 26, 11866-11872.

▪ Sustainable Resource Recovery from Urban and Rural Waste ("Urban-Rural Mines")

▪ High-Value Recycling of Decommissioned New Energy Devices

▪ Energy Strategy and Policy Analysis