Zhiping Zhao, Professor, doctoral supervisor, Director of the Institute of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Technology. He has long been engaged in the research work of new functional membrane material design and preparation, biomass conversion and separation process, new membrane reactor design and development, molecular simulation calculation, etc. He has presided over key projects of National Natural Science Foundation, surface projects, key research and development projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology and provincial and ministerial projects, etc. J. Membr. Sci. Other top journals have published more than 100 SCI indexed papers and authorized more than 10 invention patents. He is also chief supervisor of Beijing Membrane Society and editor of Advanced Membranes and Membrane Science and Technology. He led the team to win the National Petroleum and Chemical Education Excellent Teaching Team in 2021 (ranked first) and the second prize of China Petroleum and Chemical Education Excellent Teaching Achievement in 2022 (ranked first).

(1) Membrane material design theory and preparation technology, membrane formation mechanism and membrane structure regulation, molecular dynamics simulation and transfer mechanism of membrane process
(2) Key issues of biomass chemistry and bioconversion into platform compounds
(3) Catalytic membrane and membrane reactor
(4) Membrane separation of liquid and gas (steam)
(5) New separation materials (CO2 capture, VOCs adsorption, H2 separation, etc.)

1999.09-2002.08 Tianjin University, Chemical Engineering major, Doctor of Engineering
1992.09-1995.07 Sichuan University, Chemical Engineering, Master of Engineering
1982.09-1986.07 Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering

2016.07-present Professor/Dean/Director, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
2005.08-2016.06 School of Chemical Engineering and Environment, Beijing Institute of Technology, Professor/Department Secretary/Department Head
2002.09-2005.07 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
1995.08-1999.08 Lecturer, Associate Professor/Director of Teaching and Research Department, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Kunming University of Science and Technology 1987.08-1992.08 Assistant and Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology
1986.08-1987.07 Qujing Branch of Yunnan Provincial Organ Lecturers Volunteer Teaching

在Science，AIChE J，J. Membr. Sci.，Chem. Eng. J.等顶级期刊发表SCI收录论文100余篇，授权发明专利10余项。 部分代表性成果
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. Science. 2022, 378: 308-313.
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. AIChE Journal. 2023, e18120.
3.Muhammad Ahmad, Maryam Yousaf, Weiwei Cai*, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Formulation of heterometallic ZIF-8@Cu/Ni/ZnO@CNTs heterostructure photocatalyst for Ultra-Deep desulphurization of coal and fuels. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2023, 453, 139846.
4.Heng-Xing Lu, Wei-Yao Yang, Ying-Xian Shi, Hong-Bin Wang, Heng Mao, Le Sang*, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Fast and continuous conversion of xylose to furfural in micropacked bed reactors. Chemical Engineering Science. 2023, 266, 118256.
5.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. Separation and Purification Technology. 2023, 318, 124025.
6.Muhammad Ahmad, Maryam Yousaf, Sen Wang, Weiwei Cai*, Le Sang, Zhengzheng Li, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Development of rapid CO2 utilizing microbial ecosystem onto the novel & porous FPUF@nZVI@TAC@ASP hybrid for green coal desulphurization. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2022, 433, 134361.
7.Ying-Xian Shi, Shen-Hui Li, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Molecular simulations of the effects of substitutions on the dissolution properties of amorphous cellulose acetate. Carbohydrate Polymers. 2022, 291, 119610.
8.Li-Hao Xu, Yan Li, Shen-Hui Li, Ming-Yu Lv, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Space-confined growth of 2D MOF sheets between GO layers at room temperature for superior PDMS membrane-based ester/water separation. Journal of Membrane Science. 2022, 656, 120605.
9.Heng Mao, Han Jiang, Le Sang, Shuo Li, Fu-Xue Chen, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. An integrated ionic liquid hybrid polymeric fixed-bed reactor with a porous sponge-like structure for biomass hydrolysis. Chemical Engineering Science. 2022, 253, 117562.
10.Yu-Jie Wang, Yiqun Liu, Xin Wei, Li-Ming Ding, Ying-Nan Feng*, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Polypropylene hollow fiber membrane prepared with green binary diluents via TIPS: Effects of spinning process parameters and VMD desalination performance. Desalination. 2022, 541, 116026.
11.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. Journal of Membrane Science. 2021, 638, 119611.
12.Li-Hao Xu, Shen-Hui Li, Heng Mao, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Wei-Wei Cai, Tao Wang, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Advanced necklace-like metal organic framework with ultrahighly continuous structure in membrane for superior butanol/water separation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2021, 9:11853-11862.
13.Ihtisham Ul Haq, Tao Wang, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Heng Mao, Rehan Khan, Li-Hao Xu, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Fabrication of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks based mixed matrix membranes and mass transfer properties of C4H6 and N2 in membrane separation. AIChE Journal. 2021, 67, e17114.
14.Ali Ahmad, Shen-Hui Li, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Insight of organic molecule dissolution and diffusion in cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane using molecular simulation. Journal of Membrane Science. 2021, 620, 118863.
15.Han Jiang, Tao Wang*, Shuo Li, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Fabrication of porous polymer membrane from polysulfone grafted with acid ionic liquid and the catalytic property for inulin hydrolysis. Journal of Membrane Science. 2021, 618, 118742.
16.Ao-Shuai Zhang, Shen-Hui Li, Heng Mao, Li-Hao Xu, Ming-Yu Lv, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Significantly improved pervaporation performance by relatively continuous and defect-free distribution of IL-modified ZIF-8 in PDMS membrane. Advanced Membranes. 2021, 1, 100006.
17.Jun Zhang, Xin Zhao, Wen-Zhi Wang, Zhi-Ping Zhao*, Acidic ionic liquid grafted PPF membrane reactor and its catalytic esterification kinetics. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2020, 400, 125319.
18.Ihtisham Ul Haq, Shen-Hui Li, Hong-Gang Zhen, Rehan Khan, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Highly Efficient separation of 1, 3-Butadiene from nitrogen mixture by adsorption on highly stable MOF. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2020, 402, 125980.
19.Shuo Li, Han Jiang, Jun Zhang, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Yong-dong Zhao, Xin Zhao, Zhi-Ping Zhao*. Fabrication of porous polysulfone microsphere covalently grafted with ionic liquid as catalyst and its catalytic hydrolysis kinetics of inulin. Chemical Engineering Science. 2020, 217, 115544.
20.Zhi-Ping Zhao*, Ao-Shuai Zhang, Xiao-Lan Wang, Peng Lu, Hai-Yun Ma. Controllable modification of polymer membranes by LDDLT plasma flow: Grafting acidic ILs into PPF membrane for catalytic performance. Journal of Membrane Science. 2018: 99-110.