zhang tao, doctor of science honoris causa
tao zhang is a professor at dalian institute of chemical physics（dicp), chinese academy of sciences (cas). he is an academician of cas, the world academy of sciences and the canadian academy of engineering. he is also a member of the standing committee of the 14th national people's congress (npc) and a member of the environment and resources protection committee of the npc. he was the director of dicp (2007-2017) and vice president of cas（2017-2023）. professor zhang’s main research interest lies in the catalysts and new materials for energy conversion. he coined the new concept of “single-atom catalysis” in 2011 and invented a new catalytic process from cellulose to ethylene glycol in 2008. over the past decade, prof. zhang has successfully designed a great number of nano, subnano and single-atom catalysts for the applications in energy conversion and environmental protection.
prof. zhang is the members of editorial board or advisory board of green chemistry, applied catalysis b: environmental, acs sustainable chemistry & engineering, industrial & engineering chemistry research, chemphychem, and the co-editors-in-chief of chinese journal of catalysis. he has also received many research awards, including national award of technology invention (2008, 2006, 2005), excellent young scientist award of chinese catalysis society (2008), zhou guang zhao foundation award for applied science (2009), distinguished award of chinese academy of sciences (2010), the science and technology progress award of hlhl foundation (2016), science china materials innovation award (2018), chinanano award (2019) and advance of catalysis award of the asian-pacific association of catalysis societies (2023).