Facing the major strategic needs of the country such as carbon neutrality, energy conservation and emission reduction, the company is mainly engaged in research and development of new membrane materials, advanced functional membrane materials design, chemical process strengthening and other research topics involving chemical engineering, membrane science and technology, energy and materials and other interdisciplinary frontier fields. He has rich research accumulation in gas separation, biomass resource utilization, organic wastewater treatment, chemical separation device design and development. He has presided over the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Science Fund project, China Post-doctoral program, and university-level science and technology innovation activities special plan projects, and participated in 7 National key research and development plans, National Natural Science Foundation key projects and surface projects as a core member of the project. He won the 2020 "Beijing Film Society Outstanding Youth Achievement Award", the 2022 "China Petroleum and Chemical Education and Teaching Excellent Achievement Award" second prize (ranked fifth) and 2023 "China Chemical Society Science and Technology Award (Basic Research Achievement Award)" first prize (ranked third).

(1) Development of new membrane materials (gas separation, VOCs separation, etc.);
(2) Advanced functional membrane material design and large-scale preparation;
(3) Enhancement of membrane microstructure regulation and transfer process;
(4) Efficient separation of biomass conversion products (pervaporation, nanofiltration, etc.)

2015.09-2019.06 Beijing Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering and Technology major, Doctor of Engineering
2012.09-2015.07 Zhengzhou University, Chemical Technology major, Master of Engineering
2008.09-2012.07 Henan University of Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering and Technology major, Bachelor of Engineering

2022.02-present, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Pre-appointed Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
2019.07-2022.01 Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology

So far, he has published more than 40 academic papers in high-level academic journals and conferences at home and abroad. Including Science, AIChE J., J. Membr. Sci., Sep. Purif. Technol., ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., Chem. Eng. Sci. Etc.; 4 national invention patents were authorized.
Research projects:
[1] Young Science Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China (22008008), Preparation of hollow fiber mixed matrix Pervaporation membrane by interfacial diffusion regulation of MOFs nucleation growth, 240,000 yuan, 2021/01-2023/12.
[2] China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M670165), Study on the morphology of two-dimensional MOFs and their orientation regulation in mixed matrix membranes, 2020/07-2022/01.
[3] Beijing Institute of Technology Young Faculty Academic Start-up Program, Enhanced Microstructure Regulation and Transfer Process of high-performance Mixed Matrix Gas Separation Membranes, 2022/02-2025/06.
[4] Beijing Institute of Technology Science and Technology Innovation Activities Project (2016CX10024), Pervaporation membrane priority transfer of organic matter channel construction and its microenvironment control, 2016/01-2016/12.
Representative Papers:
[1]Li-Hao Xu†, Shen-Hui Li†, Heng Mao, Yan Li, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Sen Wang, Wei-Min Liu, Jing Lv, Tao Wang, Wei-Wei Cai, Le Sang, Wen-Wen Xie, Chan Pei, Zheng-Zheng Li, Ying-Nan Feng*, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Highly flexible and superhydrophobic MOF nanosheet membrane for ultrafast alcohol-water separation[J]. Science, 2022, 378(6617): 308-312.
[2]Wei-Min Liu, Heng Mao*, Yu-Jie Wang, Shen-Hui Li, Ying-Nan Feng, Li-Hao Xu, Sen Wang, Chan Pei, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Fabrication of highly permeable PDMS@ZIF-8/PVDF hollow fiber composite membrane in module for ethanol-water separation[J]. AIChE Journal, 2023, 69(9), e18120.
[3]Rehan Khan#, Wei-Min Liu#, Ihtisham Ul Haq, Hong-Gang Zhen, Heng Mao*, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Fabrication of highly selective PEBA mixed matrix membranes by incorporating metal-organic framework MIL-53 (Al) for the pervaporation separation of pyridine-water mixture[J]. Journal of Membrane Science, 2023, 686: 122014.
[4]Chan Pei, Heng Mao*, Yu-Jie Wang, Wei-Min Liu, Zheng-Zheng Li, Wen-Wen Xie, Yan Li, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Boosting pervaporation performance of ZIF-L/PDMS mixed matrix membranes by surface plasma etching for ethanol/water separation[J]. Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 318, 124025.
[5]Heng Mao, Han Jiang, Le Sang, Shuo Li, Fuxue Chen, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. An integrated ionic liquid hybrid polymeric fixed-bed reactor with a porous sponge-like structure for biomass hydrolysis[J]. Chemical Engineering Science, 2022, 253: 117562.
[6]Heng Mao, Shen-Hui Li, Li-Hao Xu, Sen Wang, Wei-Min Liu, Ming-Yu Lv, Jing Lv, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks in mixed matrix membranes for boosting phenol/water separation: Crystal evolution and preferential orientation[J]. Journal of Membrane Science, 2021, 638: 119611.
[7]Heng Mao, Shen-Hui Li, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Li-Hao Xu, Heng-Xing Lu, Jing Lv, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Furfural separation from aqueous solution by pervaporation membrane mixed with metal organic framework MIL-53(Al) synthesized via high efficiency solvent-controlled microwave. [J]. Separation and Purification Technology, 2021, 272: 118813.
[8]Heng Mao, Shen-Hui Li, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Li-Hao Xu, Jiao-Jiao Lu, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Novel MOF-capped halloysite nanotubes/PDMS mixed matrix membranes for enhanced n-butanol permselective pervaporation[J]. Journal of Membrane Science, 2020, 595: 117543.
[9]Heng Mao, Hong-Gang Zhen, Ali Ahmad, Shen-Hui Li, Yue Liang, Jun-Fan Ding, Yao Wu, Lin-Zhi Li, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Highly selective and robust PDMS mixed matrix membranes by embedding two-dimensional ZIF-L for alcohol permselective pervaporation[J]. Journal of Membrane Science, 2019, 582: 307–321.
[10]Heng Mao, Hong-Gang Zhen, Ali Ahmad, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. In situ fabrication of MOF nanoparticles in PDMS membrane via interfacial synthesis for enhanced ethanol permselective pervaporation[J]. Journal of Membrane Science 2019, 573: 344–358.
[11]Heng Mao, Haoqin Zhang, Yifan Li, Yubin Xue, Fei Pei, Jingtao Wang*, Jindun Liu. Tunable solvent permeation properties of thin film nanocomposite membrane by constructing dual-pathways using cyclodextrins for organic solvent nanofiltration[J]. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2015, 3: 1925−1933.
[12]Haoqin Zhang, Heng Mao, Jingtao Wang*, Rui Ding, Zheng Du, Jindun Liu, Shaokui Cao. Mineralization-inspired preparation of composite membranes with polyethyleneimine– nanoparticle hybrid active layer for solvent resistant nanofiltration[J]. Journal of Membrane Science, 2014, 470: 70–79.
Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022, 73(3): 1389 -- 1402. (br>) Research progress of diluents for preparation of microporous membranes by thermal phase separation [J]. Membrane Science and Technology, 2022, 42(4): 163 -- 173. (in Chinese)
Representative patent:
The invention relates to a preparation method of ultra-thin silicone rubber /MOF hollow fiber composite film. China Invention Patent, CN202211241762.1.
The invention relates to a method for preparing mixed matrix flat film of MOF particle modified nanotubes filled with silicone rubber. China Invention Patent, ZL201910330092.2.
The invention relates to a preparation method of an internal pressure MOF-based hollow fiber composite membrane module. China Invention Patent, CN202311699790.2.
The invention relates to a preparation method for a honeycomb MOF nanosheet film modified by silicone rubber. China Invention Patent, ZL202111014312.4.
The invention relates to a preparation process of an integral polymer porous fixed bed with catalytic function. China Invention Patent, ZL202110895092.4.
The invention relates to a beaded MOF filled with silicone rubber mixed matrix film. China Invention Patent, ZL202011213427.1.