Name:  ZHOU Zhenyu 

Gender: Male

Job title: Lecturer

Email Address: zhouzhenyu@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience：

2022.06 ~ present: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Lecturer

2017.10 ~ 2021.12: Technical University of Munich, Doctoral degree

2013.09 ~ 2016.06: South China University of Technology, Master degree

2009.09 ~ 2013.06: Zhengzhou University, Bachelor degree.

Teaching：

Undertake core theoretical and practical courses for undergraduates, such as "Principles of Chemical Engineering" and "Basis of Chemical Transmission Process"; The teaching work of the postgraduate courses of “Materials and Chemical Transmission Principle”, “Frontier Problems of Modern Chemical Engineering” and “Progress of Chemical Technology”, etc. Author one college-level textbook and participated in the compilation of a digital textbook. Lead a university-level teaching reform project, driving innovation in pedagogical approaches. Under my mentorship, undergraduate students have repeatedly achieved First and Second Prizes in the National Finals of the National College Students' Chemical Experiment Competition.

Research fields:

Major in gas adsorption separation, sensor design and electrocatalytic performance research of metal organic frame (MOFs) materials. Director of one National Natural Science Foundation of China and one Provincial Natural Science Foundation project, participator of four German Research Foundation (DFG) projects, one National Natural Science Foundation key project and one Provincial Natural Science Foundation key project. More than 20 SCI publications in renowned journals, such as, Angew.Chem. Int. Ed, Adv. Funct. Mater., Chem. Eng. J, Small, J Mater. Chem. A, Sep. Purif. Technol, Chem. Eng. Sci, Langmuir. Applied for 7 Invention Patents.

Research projects：

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2024.01.01 ~ 2026.12.01, Director

Jiangxi Province Natural Science Foundation, 2023.07.01 ~ 2026.06.30, Director

Awards and Honors：

Honorary Title of "Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor" of Nanchang University, 2024.11

First Prize of the National College Students' Chemical Engineering Experiment Competition, 2024.08

China Scholarship Council, Full scholarship, 2017.10

University Creative Science and Technology Design on Environmental Protection, Bronze Award, 2015.06

Representative papers and patents:

(1)Shuangqing Shang, Zhenyu Zhou,* Jun Wang,* et al. A Rigid, Stable, and Scalable Aliphatic MOF Adsorbent for Efficient C₂H₂/CO₂ Separation with Record Acetylene Packing Density. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, e202503317

(2)Zhenyu Zhou, Weijin Li,* Roland A. Fischer*, et al. Porphyrinic MOF Film for Multifaceted Electrochemical Sensing. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 20551–20557.

(3)Zhenglong Zhu, Fengqi Huang, Zhenyu Zhou*, Jun Wang*, et al. Direct Separation of High-RON Gasoline From Six-Component C5-C6 Alkanes in a Sieving Metal–Organic Framework Adsorbent. Advanced functional materials, 2025, e18571.

(4)Huimin Liang, Ying Jia,* Zhenyu Zhou*. A MOF-based Core–Shell System Enables Controlled Release and Ordered Assembly of Nano-Hydroxyapatite for Enamel Remineralization. Advanced functional materials, 2025, e27093.

(5)Jingwen Chen,† Zhenyu Zhou,† Jun Wang*, et al. Recent advances in customizing the electrostatic potential pore environments of metal-organic frameworks for C₂H₂ and C₂H₄ purification. Fundamental Research, 2025. (Equal first authors)

(6)Pengxiang Wang, Shuangqing Shang, Zhenyu Zhou* and Jun Wang, et al. Engineering Pore Size of Interpenetrated Metal-Organic Frameworks for Molecular Sieving Separation of C₂H₂/C₂H₄. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13, 1915-1922.

(7)Yan Zhang, Lingmin Wang, Zhenyu Zhou*, Jun Wang*, et al. Compatible alignment of pore electro-fields for enhanced one-step ethylene purification from ternary gas mixtures. Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 357, 130057.

(8)Shuangqing Shang, Pengxiang Wang, Zhenyu Zhou*, Jun Wang, et al. Efficient molecular sieving separation of C₂H₂/CO₂ by a flexible interpenetrated metal-organic framework. Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 354, 129468.

(9)Junhui Liu, Zhenyu Zhou*, Jun Wang*, Shuguang Deng*, et al. Sulfate-Pillared Adsorbent for Efficient Acetylene Separation from Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene. Chem & Bio Engineering, 20241, 1, 83-90.

(10)Zhenyu Zhou, Jun Wang,* Shujin Hou, Soumya Mukherjee,* Roland A. Fischer.* Room Temperature Synthesis Mediated Porphyrinic NanoMOF Enables Benchmark Electrochemical Biosensing. Small, 2023, 2301933.

(11)Zhenyu Zhou, Liujiang Zhou,* Weijin Li,* Roland A. Fischer*, et al. A Porphyrinic MOF Derived Single-atom Electrocatalyst Enables Methanol Oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 449, 137888.

(12)Zhenyu Zhou, Weijin Li,* Roland A Fischer*, et al. Porphyrin based metal–organic framework films: nucleation and growth. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 25941-25950.

(13)Zhiwei Zhao, Hanting Xiong, Zhenyu Zhou,* Jun Wang*, et al. Pore Environment Modulation of Metal-Organic Frameworks Enables Efficient Adsorptive Separation of Xe/Kr. Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 325, 124529.

(14)Anna Lisa Semrau,† Zhenyu Zhou,† Soumya Mukherjee, Min Tu, Weijin Li,* Roland A Fischer.* Surface-Mounted Metal–Organic Frameworks: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives. Langmuir, 2021, 37, 6847-6863. (Equal first authors)

(15)Zhenyu Zhou, Liang Mei, Chen Ma, Feng Xu, Jing Xiao,* Qibin Xia, Zhong Li. A novel bimetallic MIL-101(Cr, Mg) with high CO₂ adsorption capacity and CO₂/N₂ selectivity. Chemical Engineering Science, 2016, 147, 109-117.

(16)Zhenyu Zhou, Baihua Cheng, Chen Ma, Feng Xu, Jing Xiao,* Qibin Xia, Zhong Li.* Flexible and mechanically-stable MIL-101(Cr)@PFs for efficient benzene vapor and CO₂ adsorption. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 94276-94282.