Zhenshan HOU 

Professor 

  School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

Contact Information
  Office:  Room 230, Researching Building 8
             130 Meilong Road, Mailbox 396
             Shanghai, 200237
             P. R. CHINA

Email: houzhenshan@ecust.edu.cn
  Office Phone: +86 21 642 51686
  Office Fex: +86 21 642 51686
Education
  1999.06 Ph.D.  Lanzhou institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese
                           Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, P. R. China
  1990.07 M.S.    Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, P. R. China
  1987.07 B.S.    Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, P. R. China
Research Interests
  Green Chemistry: Alternative solvents, Environmental Friendly Chemical Process
  Catalysis: Selective Oxidation and Hydrogenation, Cellulose transformation
Professional Experience
  2009-now   Hundred Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2006-now   Full professor, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, CHINA
  2002-2006 Max-Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung and RWTH Aachen University
                    Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Scientist, GERMANY
  1999-2002 Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoctoral fellow, Beijing, CHINA
Selected Publications(*Corresponding author)
  1.Zhu, W. W.; Yu Y. Y.; Yang, H. M.; Hua, L.; Qiao, Y. X.; Zhao, X. G.; Hou, Z. S *. (2013): Cooperative Effects in Catalytic Hydrogenation Regulated by both the Cation and Anion of an Ionic Liquid, Chem. Eur. J., 19: 2059–2066.
  2. Feng, B.; Chen. C.; Yang, H.-M.; Zhao, X.-G.; Hua, L.; Yu Y. Y.; Cao, T.; Shi, Y.; Hou, Z. S*. (2012): Ionic Liquid-Promoted Oxidant-Free Dehydrogenation of Alcohols with Water-Soluble Ruthenium Nanoparticles in Aqueous Phase. Adv. Syn. Catal., 354: 1559-1565.

3.Qiao, Y. X.; Li, H.; Hua, L.; Orzechowski, L.; Yan, K.; Feng, B.; Pan, Z. Y.; Theyssen, N.; Leitner, W.; Hou Z. S.* (2012): Peroxometalates Immobilized on Magnetically Recoverable Catalysts for Epoxidation, ChemPlusChem, 77: 1128–1138.
  4.Li, H.; Chen, J. Z.; Hua, L.; Qiao, Y. X.; Yu Y. Y.; Pan, Z. Y.; Yang, H. M.; Hou, Z. S.* (2012): Polyoxometalate and Copolymer-functionalized Ionic Liquid Catalyst for Esterification”, Pure Appl. Chem., 84: 541–551.
  5.Zhu, W. W.; Yang, H. M.; Yu,Y. Y.; Hua, L.; Li, H.; Feng, B.; Hou, Z. S*. An Amphiphilic Ionic Liquid Stabilizing Palladium Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Catalytic Hydrogenation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13: 13492-13500.

6.Hua, L.; Qiao, Y.-X.; Yu, Y. Y.; Zhu, W. W.; Cao, T.; Shi, Y.; Li, H.; Feng, B.; Hou, Z. S*. (2011) A Ti-Substituted Polyoxometalate as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Olefin Epoxidation with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide. New J. Chem., 35: 1836–1841.

7.Yu. H.; Yu,Y. Y.; Hou,Z. S.;* Yang, H. M.; Feng, B.; Li, H.; Qiao, Y. X.; Wang, X. R.; Hua, L.; Pan, Z. Y.; Zhao, X. G.(2010) Ionic Liquid-Immobilized Nickel(0) Nanoparticles as Stable and Highly Efficient Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation in Aqueous Phase”, Chem. Asian J., 5: 1178–1184.

8.Feng, B.; Hou, Z.-S*.; Yang, H.-M.; Wang, X. R.; Hu, Y.; Li, H.; Qiao, Y.-X.; Zhao, X. G. (2010): Huang, Q.-F.; Functionalized Poly(ethylene glycol)-Stabilized Water-Soluble Palladium Nanoparticles: Property/Activity-Relationship for the Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation in Water. Langmuir, 26: 2505–2513.

9.Li, H.; Qiao, Y.-X.; Hua, L.; Hou, Z. S*.; Feng, B.; Pan, Z. Y., Hu,Y.; Wang, X.-R.; Zhao, X. G.; Yu, Y. Y.(2010): Imidazolium Polyoxometalate: An Ionic Liquid Catalyst for Esterification and Oxidative Esterification. ChemCatChem., 2: 1165-1170.