Xin Chang (常鑫) received her BS in Chemical Processing of Forest Products from Nanjing Forestry University in 2017 and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University in 2023. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Tianjin University-National University of Singapore Joint Institute from 2023 to 2025. Dr. Chang’s research interests focus on theory-guided material design in heterogeneous catalysis, with particular emphasis on predictive model-based catalyst design.
Education
2017.09-2023.03: Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, PhD (supervisor: Prof. Jinlong Gong and Prof. Zhi-jian Zhao)
2013.09-2017.06: Nanjing Forestry University, College of Chemical Engineering, BS (supervisor: Prof. Hui Pan)
Work Experience
2025.12-present: Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Associate Professor
2023.04-2025.12: Tianjin University-National University of Singapore Joint Institute in Fuzhou, Postdoc (supervisor: Prof. Jinlong Gong and Prof. Peng Zhang)
Selected Awards
2025: Tianjin Science and Technology Award——Special Prize in Natural Science, The People's Government of Tianjin Municipality
2023: The Jingbo Science and Technology Award——Silver Award in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials, Shandong Jingbo Holding Group Co., Ltd. and the Chinese Chemical Society
2023: China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Postdoctoral Management Committee
2017: The Sixth Liang Xi Outstanding Student Award, Chinese Society of Forestry
Selected Publications
1.Xin Chang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Zhenpu Lu, Sai Chen, Ran Luo, Shenjun Zha, Lulu Li, Guodong Sun, Chunlei Pei, and Jinlong Gong*, Designing Single-Site Alloy Catalysts using a Degree-of-Isolation Descriptor. Nat. Nanotechnol., 2023, 18, 611-616.
2.Sai Chen#, Yiyi Xu#, Xin Chang#, Yue Pan, Guodong Sun, Xianhui Wang, Donglong Fu, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Dong Su, Jinlong Gong*, Defective TiOx Overlayers Catalyze Propane Dehydrogenation Promoted by Base Metals, Science, 2024, 385, 295-300.
3.Xin Chang, Zhenpu Lu, Xianhui Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Jinlong Gong*, Tracking C–H Bond Activation for Propane Dehydrogenation over Transition Metal Catalysts: Work Function Shines, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 6414-6419.
4.Xin Chang, Lyudmila Moskaleva, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Jinlong Gong*, Activity-Selectivity Trade-Off in Propane Dehydrogenation: Pt–C Repulsion Is the Essence, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2024, 128, 12931-12937. (Invited)
5.Xin Chang#, Zhenpu Lu#, Ran Luo, Xianhui Wang, Guodong Sun, Donglong Fu, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Jinlong Gong*, Microenvironment Engineering of Non-Noble Metal Alloy for Selective Propane Dehydrogenation. Chem, 2025, 11, 102294.
6.Ran Zhao, Xiao Ma, Xin Chang*, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Jinlong Gong, Exploration of Factors Affecting C–H Bond Activation on BN-Supported Single-Atom Catalysts, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2025, 129, 11345-11354. (Invited)
7.Xin Chang#, An-Feng Liu#, Bo Cai, Jin-Yue Luo, Hui Pan, Yao-Bing Huang*, Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural to 2-Methylfuran and 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran over Bimetallic Copper-Palladium Catalysts, ChemSusChem, 2016, 11, 3330-3337.
List of publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jeYsJAwAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao
个人简介：
常鑫，2017年本科毕业于南京林业大学，获林产化工学士学位（导师：潘晖教授）。2023年毕业于天津大学，获化学工程与技术博士学位（导师：巩金龙教授，赵志坚教授）。2023-2025年在天津大学-新加坡国立大学福州联合学院开展博士后研究（合作导师：巩金龙教授，张鹏教授）。2025年12月加入天津大学化工学院巩金龙教授课题组，任英才副教授。
常鑫以能源绿色低碳发展为核心，立足于催化科学与计算材料学的交叉领域，在微观原子层面构筑精准预测模型，发展催化剂设计新策略，在应用层面进行实验合成验证和材料结构解析，致力于推动催化剂研发由传统的“经验试错”模式向“理性设计”范式转变。迄今发表SCI论文35篇，H因子22，被引3700余次，其中以第一作者（含共一）及通讯作者（含共通讯）在Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Chem等刊物发表论文7篇，相关研究成果入选2024年中国十大重大科学进展，受到央视新闻、科技日报等学术媒体专访报道。曾获2023年度博士后创新人才支持计划，第六届梁希优秀学子奖、京博科技奖-化学化工与材料京博优秀博士奖银奖、2025年度博士后科研业绩评估考核一档资助、第十届全国大学生化工设计竞赛二等奖、天津大学优秀毕业生、南京林业大学优秀毕业生、江苏省第五届化工设计竞赛特等奖、江苏省第十二届高等数学竞赛二等奖、江苏省普通高校本科优秀毕业设计等奖励。作为负责人主持国家自然科学基金青年科学基金、中国博士后面上资助、国家级大学生创新创业训练计划等基金项目，所参与项目《丙烷脱氢催化剂结构化设计与反应机制研究》获得天津市科学技术奖自然科学特等奖。