Zhu Yuting is working on biomass and plastics valorization. She earned his undergraduate degree from Yunnan Normal University in 2015 and a Doctor of Chemical Engineering from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2022. She conducted postdoctoral research at the CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics from 2022 to 2024. Later, she started working at the CAS Guangzhou Institute of Energy as an assistant research fellow. She was leading several research projects (Youth Project and Key Research and Development Program) funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. She has published nearly 20 papers including ACS Catal., Green Chem., and ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., etc., and have obtained 2 national invention patents and 1 PCT patent.

Selected Publications

1. Y. Zhu, N. Li, H. Liu, C. Cai, Y. Wang, J. Mu and F. Wang*, Oxidative Catalytic Fractionation of Lignocellulose Enhanced by Copper−Manganese-Doped CeO₂, ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 16872−16884.

2. Y. Zhu, Y. Liao, L. Lu, W. Lv, J. Liu, X. Song, J. Wu, L. Li, C. Wang*, L. Ma and B. F. Sels*, Oxidative Catalytic Fractionation of Lignocellulose to High-Yield Aromatic Aldehyde Monomers and Pure Cellulose, ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 7929−7941.

3. Y. Zhu, Y. Liao, W. Lv, J. Liu, X. Song, L. Chen, C. Wang*, B. F. Sels* and L. Ma, Complementing Vanillin and Cellulose Production by Oxidation of Lignocellulose with Stirring Control, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2020, 8, 2361−2374.

4. Y. Zhu, J. Liu, W. Lv, Q. Pi, X. Zhang, L. Chen, Q. Liu, Y. Xu, Q. Zhang, L. Ma and C. Wang*, Revisiting Alkaline Pretreatment of Lignocellulose: Understanding the Structural Evolution of Three Components, Adv. Sustainable Syst., 2020, 2000067.

5. Y. Zhu, Z. Li and J. Chen, Applications of lignin-derived catalysts for green synthesis, Green Energy & Environment, 2019, 4, 210−244.

6. Y, Zhu, J. Liu, Y. Liao, W. Lv, L. Ma and C. Wang*, Degradation of Vanillin During Lignin Valorization Under Alkaline Oxidation, Topics in Current Chemistry (2018) 376:29.

▪ Fractionation of Lignocellulose

▪ Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulose into Chemicals and Materials

▪ Valorizaiton of Waste Plastics and fabrics

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund Project (Category C), 22208338, Chemical Looping Oxidation of Lignin to Aromatic Aldehydes and Ketones , Jan. 2023–Dec. 2024, 20,0000 yuan, Project Leader.

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Research and Development Program (Young Scientists), 2024YFB4206400, Key Technologies for Efficient Separation and Depolymerization of Biomass to Prepare Structural Units, Jan. 2025–Dec. 2027, 3 million yuan, Project Team Member.