Jinlong Gong was born in Lanzhou, Gansu Province. He received B.S. (2001) and M.S. (2004) degrees from Tianjin University and a Ph.D. (2008) degree from the University of Texas at Austin (with C. B. Mullins), all in chemical engineering. He was a visiting scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2007. After a stint with Professor George M. Whitesides as a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University, he joined the faculty of the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Tianjin University in 2010, where he currently holds a Cheung Kong Chair Professorship. Professor Gong is a Vice President of Tianjin University. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (2012), the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC) (2021), and Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) (2023). Professor Gong is an elected foreign member of Academia Europaea (2021) and international fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (2023).
Selected Awards
Larry Yung Chi Kin Fellowship (2003)
Donald D. Harrington Doctoral Fellowship (2004)
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Graduate Students Abroad (2006)
International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) Research Award (2007)
David & Mary Miller Fellowship (2008)
Graduate Student Professional Development Award (University of Texas at Austin) (2008)
IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists–Honorable Mention Award (2010)
Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (the Ministry of Education) (2010)
Tianjin Outstanding Teacher Award (2012)
Scopus Young Investigator Award (2012)
NSFC Excellent Young Investigator Award (2012)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2012)
Chem Comm Emerging Investigator (2013)
Te-Pan Hou Chemical Engineering Innovation Award (2014)
NSFC Outstanding Young Investigator Award (2015)
Young Scientist, World Economic Forum (2016)
Chief Scientist of National Key Research and Development Program (2016)
Cheung Kong Chair Professor (Ministry of Education) (2016)
Pei Yang Chair Professor (Tianjin University) (2016)
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award (2017)
Lectureship Award in Osaka-Kansai International Symposium on Catalysis (2017)
The SCEJ (Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan) Award for Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer (2017)
Chinese Most Cited Researchers (Elsevier) (2018)
The 15th China Youth Science and Technology Award–Special Award (2019)
I&EC Research 2019 Class of Influential Researcher (2019)
Nano Research Young Innovators Award in Nanoenergy (2019)
Xplorer Prize (2019)
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers (2019-)
Fellow of The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC) (2021)
Foreign Member of Academia Europaea (2021)
Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Innovation Award (2021)
Evonik Chemical Innovation Award-Distinguished Scientist (CCS) (2022)
Fellow of Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) (2023)
National Innovation Excellence Award (2023)
International Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (2023)
Memberships and Fellowships
American Chemical Society
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Vacuum Society
Royal Society of Chemistry
Recent Advisory Positions
International Association for Hydrogen Energy (2010-)
Editorial Boards
Guest Editor, Catalysis Today (2009–2010); Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2013); Chemical Society Reviews (2014, 2017); Advanced Materials (2015); Chemical Engineering Science (2015)
Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of Tianjin University
Associate Editor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Associate Editor, Chemical Science
Consulting Editor, AIChE Journal
Editorial Board, Renewable Energy
Editorial Board, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Society Reviews
Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Science
Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Engineering Science
Advisory Editorial Board, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
Editorial Advisory Board, Advanced Materials Interfaces
Editorial Advisory Board, Advanced Sustainable Systems
Editorial Advisory Board, Cell Reports Physical Science
Editorial Advisory Board, Chem Catalysis
Editorial Advisory Board, Accounts of Materials Research
Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Reviews
Editorial Board, Molecular Catalysis/Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
Editorial Board, Scientific Reports
Editorial Board, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
Editorial Board, Science China Materials
Editorial Board, Science China Chemistry
Editorial Board, Acta Chimica Sinica
Editorial Board, Chinese Chemical Letters
Editorial Board, Green Energy & Environment
Editorial Board, Journal Energy Chemistry
Editorial Board, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
Editorial Board, Green Chemical Engineering
Editorial Board, eScience
Editorial Board, Discover Chemical Engineering
Editorial Board, Fundamental Research
Research Interests
Catalysis & Kinetics; Surface Science; Materials Science; Micro- and Nanotechnology; Green Chemistry; C1 Chemistry (energy related); Environmental Engineering
中文简介
巩金龙，天津大学化学工程与工艺专业学士、硕士，美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校化学工程专业博士，美国哈佛大学George Whitesides实验室博士后。现任天津大学北洋讲席教授、博士生导师，天津市能源化工国际联合研究中心主任；国家自然科学基金创新研究群体负责人、国家首批“万人计划”入选者、国家杰出青年基金获得者、教育部长江学者特聘教授、国家重点研发计划项目（基础前沿类）首席科学家。先后入选英国皇家化学学会（FRSC）、中国化工学会和中国化学会会士。分别于2021年和2023年当选为欧洲科学院（Academia Europaea）和加拿大工程院外籍院士。
主要从事多相催化、能源化工应用基础研究，在人工光合作用、烷烃脱氢和CO2转化与利用等领域取得系统研究进展。 围绕能源催化过程中的微观本质问题，从亚纳米、纳米、亚微米三个尺度，系统研究了电子结构、缺陷结构和空间限域结构对表界面催化过程的影响规律。提出了利用催化剂表界面电子结构对催化活性进行调控的普适性方法；建立了催化剂缺陷位的新型调控方法；发现了催化剂空间限域结构能量传递的微观影响机制。先后主持国家重点研发计划项目、国家自然科学基金委原创探索计划项目/重点项目/国际合作项目、科技部863项目、中石油/中石化重大产学研项目30余项。在Science、Nature Nanotechnol、Nature Energy、Nature Rev Chem、Nature Rev Mater、Sci Adv、Nature Commun、J Am Chem Soc、Angew Chem Int Ed、AIChE J、Adv Mater、Chem Rev、Acc Chem Res、Chem Soc Rev、Energy Environ Sci等国际期刊上发表论文300余篇，被引用30000余次；申请美国、中国发明专利120余项，其中60余项已获授权。研究成果60余次被Chemical & Engineering News、Nature China等国际新闻媒体、科学杂志遴选为研究亮点报道；研究论文70余次被Nature Rev Chem/Mater、JACS、Angew Chem Int Ed、Adv Mater、Chem Soc Rev、Acc Chem Res、Energy Environ Sci等期刊选为封面论文刊登。曾获全国创新争先奖（2023年）、高等教育国家级教学成果特等奖（2022年，排名第二）、高等教育国家级教学成果二等奖（2022年，排名第一）、何梁何利科学与技术创新奖（2021年）、国家自然科学奖二等奖（2019年，排名第一）、首届科学探索奖（2019年）、第十五届中国青年科技奖—特别奖（2019年）、高等教育国家级教学成果一等奖（2018年，排名第七）、天津市自然科学奖一等奖（2017年，排名第一）、高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖—青年科学奖（2016年）、世界经济论坛（WEF）青年科学家奖（2016年）、天津市青年科技奖（2016年）、第六届侯德榜化工科学技术奖——创新奖（2014年）等科技奖励。入选科睿唯安全球高被引科学家和爱思唯尔中国高被引学者。
目前任国家级大学生创新创业训练计划专家组组长、教育部高等学校专业设置与教学指导委员会委员、国际氢能学会（IAHE）顾问委员、天津大学校学术委员会委员、中国化学会催化委员会委员、中国化学会绿色化学委员会委员、AIChE Journal顾问编辑，Transactions of Tianjin University（天津大学学报(英文版)）主编，Chinese Chemical Letters执行主编，Chemical Science、International Journal of Hydrogen Energy、Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering等期刊副主编，以及Chemical Reviews、Account of Materials Research、Chemical Society Reviews、Chemical Engineering Science、Advanced Materials Interfaces、Fundamental Research、Science China Materials/Chemistry等20余个国际SCI期刊编委/顾问编委。
曾入选第四批“万人计划”领军人才-科技创新领军人才（2019）、国家创新人才推进计划-中青年科技创新领军人才（2014）、天津市首批中青年科技创新领军人才（2014）、“万人计划”青年拔尖人才（2012）、国家首批优秀青年基金获得者（2012）、天津市131创新型人才培养工程第一层次人才（2012）、教育部新世纪优秀人才计划（2010）。曾获第六届中国化学会-赢创化学创新奖-杰出科学家（2022）、I&EC Research Influential Researcher (2019)、Nano Research Young Innovators Award in Nanoenergy(2019) 、日本化工学会The SCEJ Award for Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer (2017)、Lectureship Award in Osaka-Kansai International Symposium on Catalysis (2017）、美国化学学会ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award (2017)、第六届中国侨界贡献奖––创新人才奖（2016）、霍英东教育基金会青年教师奖（2016）、天津市劳动模范（2015）、 天津大学第七届“我心目中的好导师”（2014）、天津市五四青年奖章（2013）、第十二届“挑战杯”天津市大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛优秀指导教师（2013）、天津市五一劳动奖章（2012）、天津市师德先进个人（2012）、Scopus青年科学家奖（2012）、天津市教育工委优秀共产党员（2011）、天津大学第十七届十佳杰出青年（教工）（2011）、国际纯粹及应用化学联合会（IUPAC）青年化学家奖—提名奖（2010）等荣誉称号。
巩金龙教授现任天津大学党委常委、副校长；兼任中华全国青年联合会第十三届委员会副主席、第六届中国青年科技工作者协会副会长、天津市青年联合会第十三届委员会副主席、天津市第十七届人民代表大会代表。