Ning Li got his Ph.D. degree in 2004 from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) under the supervision of Prof. Tao Zhang. After working as a postdoc in Institute of Research on Catalysis and Environment of Lyon (IRCELYON) and University of Massachusetts, he joined Prof. Tao Zhang’s group in 2010. His current research focuses on the synthesis of renewable aviation fuel and chemicals with lignocellulose.

Main research areas:

Synthesis of renewable aviation fuel and chemicals with lignocellulose

Selection of recent publications:

(1) Zhufan Zou, Zhenjie Yu, Weixiang Guan, Yanfang Liu, Yumin Yao, Yang Han, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Xinmiao Liang*, Tao Zhang*, Ning Li*, Selective production of methylindan and tetralin with xylose or hemicellulose, Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 3723.

(2) Guangyi Li, Ran Wang, Jifeng Pang, Aiqin Wang, Ning Li,* and Tao Zhang*, Production of Renewable Hydrocarbon Biofuels with Lignocellulose and Its Derivatives over Heterogeneous Catalysts, Chemical Reviews, 2024, 124, 2889-2954.

(3) Zhenjie Yu, Zhufan Zou, Ran Wang, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang,* Ning Li*, Synthesis of Cyclopentadiene and Methylcyclopentadiene with Xylose or Extracted Hemicellulose, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62(13): e202300008.

(4) Lin Yuan, Yancheng Hu, Zhitong Zhao, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Feng Wang*, Tao Zhang*, Ning Li*. Production of Copolyester Monomers from Plant-Based Acrylate and Acetaldehyde, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61(4): e202113471.

(5) Yanting Liu, Ran Wang, Haifeng Qi, Xiao Yan Liu, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang*, Ning Li*, Synthesis of bio-based methylcyclopentadiene via direct hydrodeoxygenation of 3-methylcyclopent-2-enone derived from cellulose, Nature Communications, 2021, 12(1): 46.

(6) Ran Wang, Yanting Liu, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang, Ning Li*, Direct Synthesis of Methylcyclopentadiene with 2,5-Hexanedione over Zinc Molybdates, ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11(8): 4810-4820.

(7) Guangyi Li, Baolin Hou, Aiqin Wang, Xuliang Xin, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, Ning Li,* Tao Zhang*, Making JP-10 Superfuel Affordable with a Lignocellulosic Platform Compound, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58(35): 12154-12158.

(8) Yanting Liu, Guangyi Li, Yancheng Hu, Aiqin Wang, Fang Lu, Ji-Jun Zou, Yu Cong, Ning Li,* Tao Zhang*, Integrated Conversion of Cellulose to High-Density Aviation Fuel, Joule, 2019, 3(4): 1028-1036.

(9) Yancheng Hu, Zhitong Zhao, Yanting Liu, Guangyi Li, Aiqin Wang, Yu Cong, Tao Zhang, Feng Wang*, Ning Li*, Synthesis of 1,4‐Cyclohexanedimethanol, 1,4‐Cyclohexanedicarboxylic Acid and 1,2‐Cyclohexanedicarboxylates from Formaldehyde, Crotonaldehyde and Acrylate/Fumarate, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57(23): 6901-6905.

(10) Xueru Sheng, Guangyi Li, Wentao Wang, Yu Cong, Xiaodong Wang, George W. Huber, Ning Li*, Aiqin Wang, Tao Zhang*, Dual-bed catalyst system for the direct synthesis of high density aviation fuel with cyclopentanone from lignocellulose, AIChE Journal, 2016, 62(8): 2754-2761.