Biography

• ResearchAssociate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2019-now)

• Post Master, Post Doc, PhD intern,Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2015-2019)

• Ph.D. in Technical Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (2018)

• M.S. in Physical Chemistry, Nanjing University (2015)

• B.S. in Physical Chemistry, Nanjing University (2012)

Research Interests

He focuses on designing innovative reaction pathways for upcycling plastic waste and understanding the hydrogenation reactions of CO and CO2 currently.

Selected Publications

1. Complete hydrogenolysis of mixed plastic wastes. Wang, Meng; Gao, Yongjun; Yuan, Shaoyu; Deng, Jin; Yang, Jie; Yan, Jie; Yu, Shixiang; Xu, Bingjun; Ma, Ding, Nature Chemical Engineering 1 (5), 376-384, 2024.

2. One-Pot Conversion of Polyester and Carbonate into Formate without External H2. Liang, Xuan; Wang, Meng; Ma, Ding, Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (4), 2711-2717, 2024.

3. Valorization of waste biodegradable polyester for methyl methacrylate production. Sun, Bo; Zhang, Jie; Wang, Maolin; Yu, Shixiang; Xu, Yao; Tian, Shuheng; Gao, Zirui; Xiao, Dequan; Liu, Guosheng; Zhou, Wu; Wang, Meng; Ma, Ding, Nature Sustainability 6 (6), 712-719, 2023.

4. Solvent-Free Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Polyesters to Diols. Mi, Rongli; Zeng, Lingzhen; Wang, Maolin; Tian, Shuheng; Yan, Jie; Yu, Shixiang; Wang, Meng; Ma, Ding, AngewandteChemie International Edition 62 (28), e202304219, 2023.

5. Co-upcycling of polyvinyl chloride and polyesters. Cao, Ruochen; Zhang, Mei-Qi; Jiao, Yuchen; Li, Yuchen; Sun, Bo; Xiao, Dequan; Wang, Meng; Ma, Ding, Nature Sustainability 6 (12), 1685-1692, 2023.