Professor Chunshan SONG（宋春山教授）
Dean of ScienceWei Lun Professor of ChemistryFellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Room G36 Science Centre
(852) 3943 1133
(852) 2603 5315
?chunshansong@cuhk.edu.hk


Education1989 Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry Osaka University, Japan
1986 M.S. in Applied Chemistry Osaka University, Japan
1983 Diploma in Japanese Northeast Normal University, China
1982 B.S. in Chemical Engineering Dalian University of Technology, China
Work Experience2020-present Dean of Science and Wei Lun Professor of Chemistry?Faculty of Science,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2007-2020 Director of the EMS Energy Institute (2007-2020)?and
Associate Director of Institutes of Energy and the Environment (2008-2020)
The Pennsylvania State University at University Park, USA
2015-2020 Founding Director of the University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research (UCFER) Funded by US Department of Energy,
National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL)

2011-2020 Founding Director of the international Joint Center for Energy Research (JCER) between the Pennsylvania State University and Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Pennsylvania State University, USA and Dalian University of Technology, China

1998-2020 Distinguished Professor of Fuel Science?(2010-2020),?Professor of Fuel Science?(2003-2020),?Associate Professor of Fuel Science?(1998-2003) of Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering?(2008-2020) of Department of Chemical Engineering,
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
2010-present Visiting Professor?in Energy and Chemical Engineering,
Dalian University of Technology, China
2005-2005 Invited Professor in Chemistry,
University of Pierre and Marie Curie (now Sorbonne University), Paris, France

2004-2005 Visiting Professor in Chemical Engineering,
Imperial College London, University of London, UK

2003-2007 Associate Director,
Hydrogen Energy Center, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

1995-2020 Director, Clean Fuels and Catalysis Program?(2000-2020);
Director, Applied Catalysis in Energy Laboratory (1998-2000);
Associate Director, Laboratory for Hydrocarbon Process Chemistry?(1995-1998);
EMS Energy Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

1989-1998 Associate Professor of Fuel Science, Assistant Professor, Senior Research Associate, Research Associate
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

1989-1989 Research Associate at Research Center,
Osaka Gas Company, Osaka, Japan

Research InterestsCatalysis and Chemistry of Energy and Fuels Involving Adsorption, Catalysis and Catalytic Materials for Clean Fuels, Chemicals and CO₂?Utilization:
Adsorptive separation of carbon dioxide (CO₂) using molecular basket sorbents and selective capture of H2S, NH3, NO2 and SO2 from gas strems
Catalysis for CO₂ conversion to fuels and chemicals?as well as non-thermal plasma catalytic conversion of CO2, SO2, and H2S gases
Shape-selective catalysis for chemicals synthesis over molecular sieving nano-porous materials
Catalysis & reaction chemistry for conversion of fossil energy and renewable energy
Selective adsorption in fuel processing for ultra-clean fuels and fuel cells
Reforming of hydrocarbon and alcohol fuels for syngas and H₂?production
Synthesis & applications of novel nano-porous catalytic and (ad)sorbent materials
Honours and Awards
2020 Top 2% Most Cited Scientists Worldwide according to a study published in PLOS Biology by Stanford University in October 2020
2019 George A. Olah Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
2019 Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award, Dalian University of Technology, China
2017 Honorary Professor, Tianjin University, China
2017 Global Alumni Fellow, Osaka University, Japan
2016 The Most Cited Researchers in Energy Science and Engineering, Elsevier and Shanghai Ranking
2016 The Most Cited Researchers in Chemical Engineering, Elsevier and Shanghai Ranking
2011 Faculty Scholar Medal, The Pennsylvania State University
2011 Distinguished Researcher Award, ACS Energy & Fuels Division
2011 Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award for Excellence in Catalysis
2010 Henry H. Storch Award, American Chemical Society
2010 Fellow of American Chemical Society
2010 Distinguished Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
2007 Herman Pines Award in Catalysis from Chicago Catalysis Club
2006 Chang Jiang Scholar Award, Ministry of Education, China
2006 Faculty Mentoring Award, The Pennsylvania State University
2004 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, US Department of State
2003 Outstanding Scholars Overseas Award from Chinese Academy of Science
2000 Wilson Award for Outstanding Research, The Pennsylvania State University
1998 NEDO Fellowship Award, NEDO, Japan
1995 Materials Science and Engineering Service Award, The Pennsylvania State University
Professional ActivitiesEditor in Chief, “Advances in Catalysis”, Elsevier, 2016-2020.
Advisory Editor, “Journal of CO2 Utilization”, Elsevier, 2012-present.
Associate Editor in Chief, “Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering”, Springer, 2018-present.
Chair of International Scientific Committee for International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU, 2011-present)
Chair of Selection Committee for Distinguished Researcher Award, Energy and Fuels Division of American Chemical Society (2012-present)
Co-Chair of North American Catalysis Society Biennial Meeting in 2015 and Treasurer in Organizing Committee of North American Catalysis Society Biennial Meeting in 2005
Academic Committee for Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) consisting of Fudan University, Xiamen University, China University of Science & Technology and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, 2015-2019.
International Advisory Board, the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2015-2020.
International Advisory Board, the State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, China, 2018-2022.
Editorial Advisory Board for “Energy & Fuels” (American Chemical Society journal, 2001-present); “Applied Catalysis B: Environmental” (Elsevier, 2009-2016); “Catalysis Today” (Elsevier, 2006-present); “Chinese Journal of Catalysis” (English journal by Elsevier, 2010-present); “Green Energy & Environment” (Elsevier and CSPM, 2016-present); “Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology” (Wiley, 2011-present); “Chemical Engineering & Technology” (Wiley-VCH, 2011-present); “International Journal of Coal Science and Technology” (Springer, 2014-present); “Research on Chemical Intermediates” (Springer, 2004-present); “Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology” (CAS, 2005-present); “RSC Catalysis Series” (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007-present).
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Chemical Society (ACS)Division of Energy and Fuels (ENFL)
Division of Catalysis Science and Technology (CATL)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)Division of Fuels and Petrochemicals
Division of Catalysis & Reaction Engineering
North American Catalysis SocietyCatalysis Club of Philadelphia
Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society
International Zeolite Association (IZA)
Sigma Xi – The Scientific Research Society

Representative PublicationsM.S. AlQahtani, X.X. Wang, S.D. Knecht, S.G. Bilén, and C.S. Song. Plasma-Enhanced Catalytic Reduction of SO₂: Decoupling Plasma-Induced Surface Reaction from Plasma-Phase Reaction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 286, 119852.
J.J. Wang, M.S. AlQahtani, X.X. Wang, S.D. Knecht, S.G. Bilén, C.S. Song and W. Chu. One-Step Plasma-Enabled Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Higher Hydrocarbons: Significance of Catalyst-Bed Configuration. Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 1642-1647.
X.B. Zhang, G.H. Zhang, W. Liu, F. Yuan, J.Y. Wang, J. Zhu, X. Jiang, A.F. Zhang, F.S. Ding, C.S. Song, and X.W. Guo. Reaction-driven Surface Reconstruction of ZnAl₂O₄ Boosts the Methanol Selectivity in CO₂ Catalytic Hydrogenation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 284, 119700.
J.Y. Wang, G.H. Zhang, J. Zhu, X.B., Zhang; F.S. Ding, A.F. Zhang, X.W. Guo and C.S. Song. CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol over In₂O₃-based Catalysts: From Mechanism to Catalyst Development. ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 1406–1423.
H.J. Kim, and C.S. Song. A Refined Design Concept for Sulfur-Tolerant Pd Catalyst Supported on Zeolite by Shape-Selective Exclusion and Hydrogen Spillover for Hydrogenation of Aromatics. Journal of Catalysis, 2021, in press.
M.S. AlQahtani, S.D. Knecht, X.X. Wang, S.G. Bilén, and?C.S. Song. One-Step Low-Temperature Reduction of Sulfur Dioxide to Elemental Sulfur by Plasma-Enhanced Catalysis.?ACS Catalysis,?2020, 10 (9), 5272-5277.
X. Jiang, X.W. Nie, X.W. Guo,?C.S. Song?and J.G. Chen. Recent Advances in Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol via Heterogeneous Catalysis.?Chemical Reviews,?2020, 120 (15), 7984–8034.
X. Jiang, X.W. Nie, Y.T. Gong, C.M. Moran, J.Y. Wang, J. Zhu, H.B. Chang, X.W. Guo, K.S. Walton, and?C.S. Song. A Combined Experimental and DFT Study of H₂O Effect on In₂O₃/ZrO₂?Catalyst for CO₂?Hydrogenation to Methanol.?Journal of Catalysis,?2020, 383, 283-296.
J. Zhu, G.H. Zhang, W.H. Li, X.B. Zhang, F.S. Ding,?C.S. Song?and X.W. Guo. Deconvolution of the Particle Size Effect on CO₂ Hydrogenation over Iron-based Catalysts. ACS Catalysis,?2020, 10 (13), 7424–7433.
J.Y. Wang, C.-Y. Liu, T.P. Senftle, J. Zhu, G.H. Zhang, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song.? Variation in In₂O₃?Crystal Phase Alters Catalytic Performance toward the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction.?ACS Catalysis,?2020, 10 (5), 3264?3273.
X.W. Nie, X.X. Ren, C.Y. Tu,?C.S. Song, X.W. Guo and J.G. Chen. Computational and Experimental Identification of Strong Synergy of Fe/ZnO Catalyst in Promoting Acetic Acid Synthesis from CH₄?and CO₂.?Chemical Communications,?2020, 56 (28), 3983-3986.
X. Jiang, X.W. Nie, X.X. Wang, H.Z. Wang, N. Koizumi, Y.G. Chen, X.W. Guo, and?C.S. Song. Origin of Pd-Cu Bimetallic Effect for Synergetic Promotion of Methanol Formation from CO₂?Hydrogenation.?Journal of Catalysis,?2019, 369, 21–32.
W.H. Li, G.H. Zhang, X. Jiang, Y. Liu, J. Zhu, F.S. Ding, Z.M. Liu, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song. CO₂?Hydrogenation on Unpromoted and M-Promoted Co/TiO₂?Catalysts (M=Zr, K, Cs): Effects of Crystal Phase of Supports and Metal-Support Interaction on Tuning Product Distribution.?ACS Catalysis,?2019, 9 (4), 2739–2751.
W.H. Li, Y. Liu, M.C. Mu, F.S. Ding, Z.M. Liu, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song. Organic Acid-assisted Preparation of Highly Dispersed Co/ZrO₂?Catalysts with Superior Activity for CO₂?Methanation.Applied Catalysis B: Environmental,?2019, 254, 531-540.
L. Luo, K.Y. Li, A.F. Zhang, H.N. Shi, G.H. Zhang, J.N. Ma, W. Zhang, J.W. Tang,?C.S. Song?and X.W. Guo. Controllable Assembly of Single/Double-thin-shell g-C₃N₄?Vesicles via a Shape-Selective Solid-state Templating Method for Efficient Photocatalysis.?Journal of Materials Chemistry A,?2019, 17815-17822.
R. Zhang, X.X. Wang, S.M. Liu, L.L. He,?C.S. Song, X. Jiang, T. Blach. Discovering Inherent Characteristics of Polyethylenimine-Functionalized Porous Materials for CO₂?Capture.?ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,?2019, 11 (40), 36515-36524.
Y.W. Sun, Y. Liu, J. Caro, X.W. Guo,?C.S. Song, and Y. Liu. In-Plane Epitaxial Growth of Highly c-Oriented NH2-MIL-125(Ti) Membranes with Superior H₂/CO₂?Selectivity.?Angewandte Chemie International Edition,?2018, 57, 1-7.
T. Zhang, D. Zhang, X.H. Han, T. Dong, X.W. Guo,?C.S. Song, R. Si, W. Liu, Y.F. Liu, and Z.K. Zhao. Preassembly Strategy to Single Cu-N₃?Sites Inlaid Porous Hollow Carbonitride Spheres for Selective Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol.?Journal of the American Chemical Society,?2018, 140, 16936–16940.
X.W. Nie, H.Z. Wang, W.H. Li, Y.G. Chen, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song. Mechanistic Understanding of Alloy Effect and Water Promotion for Pd-Cu Bimetallic Catalysts in CO₂?Hydrogenation to Methanol.?ACS Catalysis,?2018, 8 (6), 4873-4892.
W.H. Li, X.W. Nie, X. Jiang, A.F. Zhang, F.S. Ding, M. Liu, Z.M. Liu, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song. ZrO₂?Support Imparts Superior Activity and Stability of Co Catalysts for CO₂?Methanation.?Applied Catalysis B: Environmental,?2018, 220, 397-408.
J.W. Zhong, J.F. Han, Y.X. Wei, S.T. Xu, Y.L. He, M. Ye, X.W. Guo,?C.S. Song, and Z.M. Liu. Increasing the Selectivity to Ethylene in MTO Reaction by Enhancing Diffusion Limitation in the Shell Layer of SAPO-34 Catalyst.?Chemical Communications,?2018, 54, 3146-3149.
X.W. Nie, H.Z. Wang, M.J. Janik, Y.G. Chen, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song. Mechanistic Insight into C-C Coupling over Fe-Cu Bimetallic Catalysts in CO₂?Hydrogenation.?Journal of Physical Chemistry C,?2017, 121 (24), 13164-13174.
C.Y. Dai, A.F. Zhang, M. Liu, L. Gu, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song. Hollow Alveolus-like Nanovesicle Assembly with Metal-encapsulated Hollow Zeolite Nanocrystals.?ACS Nano,?2016, 10 (8), 7401-7408.
C.Y. Dai, A.F. Zhang, M. Liu, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song. Hollow ZSM‐5 with Silicon‐Rich Surface, Double Shells, and Functionalized Interior with Metallic Nanoparticles and Carbon Nanotubes.?Advanced Functional Materials,?2015, 15, 7479–7487
C.Y. Dai, S.H. Zhang, A.F. Zhang,?C.S. Song, C. Shi and X.W. Guo. Hollow Zeolite Encapsulated Ni-Pt Bimetals for Sintering and Coking Resistant Dry Reforming of Methane.?Journal of Materials Chemistry A,?2015, 3, 16461-16468.
X. Jiang, N. Koizumi, X.W. Guo and?C.S. Song. Bimetallic Pd-Cu Catalysts for Selective CO₂?Hydrogenation to Methanol.?Applied Catalysis B: Environmental,?2015, 170–171, 173–185.