Educations and Work Experiences：

PhD., Northwestern Polytechnical University University, (2000.03-2003.12)

Postdoc, California State University, Los Angeles(USA), (2006.01-2007.03)

Prof. Shaanxi Normal University (From 2004 to now)

Research Interests:

Green Synthesis and Catalytic Performance of the Titanocene and Zirconocene Complexes

Design Synthesis and Catalytic Performance of the Surface Organometallic Compounds

Design and Synthesis of the Electric Field Response Intelligent Materials

Awards and Honors:

Vice Chairman of Smart Education Research Branch, China Association of Higher Education

Vice Chairman of Shaanxi Chemical Society

Vice Chairman of Shaanxi Society of Flexible Electronics

Deputy Director of Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education

Director of Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Director of Shaanxi International Joint Research Center for Organometallic Catalytic Chemistry

Director of Xi'an Key Laboratory of Organometallic Materials Chemistry

Special Prize for Teaching Achievement of Shaanxi Province, 2023

Tianchi Distinguished Professor, 2020

Second Class Merit of the Party Committee and the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 2020

Second Prize for Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province, 2020

First Prize for Science and Technology in Shaanxi Province Higher Education Institutions, 2019

Outstanding Cadre in Aid to Xinjiang, 2017-2020

Sanqin Talent of Shaanxi Province, 2013

New Century Excellent Talent of the Ministry of Education, 2007

Award for Scientific and Technological Work by Middle-Aged and Young Scholars, Shaanxi Province, 2002

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21771122, Titanocene/Palladium Synergistic Relay Catalysis for N‑Heterocycle Annulation Reactions, 2017/01-2021/12, RMB 650,000.

2. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21571121, Titanocene/Zirconocene Domain‑Based Lewis Acid Catalysis for C–C/N Bond Formation, 2016/01-2019/12, RMB 774,000.

3. Emergency Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21446014, Synergistic Polymerization Catalysis by Bimetallocene Centers, 2015/01-2015/12, RMB 120,000.

4. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21271124, Titanocene Lewis–Brønsted Acid Cooperative Catalysis for Esterification/Amidation Reactions, 2013/01-2016/12, RMB 760,000.

5. Project of the Xi’an Key Laboratory of Organometallic Materials Chemistry, 2019-2021, RMB 1,000,000.

6. Major Research Project on Equipment Exploration and Generation of General Armament Department of the PLA, Grant No. ××××××, 2012/01-2018/12, RMB 1,000,000.

7. Director Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 21041004, Construction of Controllable Ordered Layered Titania/Zirconia Structures on the Surface of Silica Gel/Molecular Sieves, 2011/01-2011/12, RMB 100,000.

8. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 20771071, Novel Method for Site-Specific Anchoring of Metal Complexes on Silica Gel Surfaces and Asymmetric Catalytic Cyanosilylation, 2008/01-2010/12, RMB 250,000.

9. Young Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 20101005, Green Synthesis of Water-Soluble Metallocene Compounds and Their Catalytic Reactions, 2002/01-2002/12, RMB 70,000.

Representative Publications:

(1) Donor-length engineering in directly linked covalent heptazine frameworks for photocatalytic H₂O₂ production.

Sanqi Liang, Yufan Zhang, Ming Hou, Yanyan Wang, Jiwu Zhao*, Quan Gu*, Ziwei Gao*. Nature Communications. 2026, 17(1): 5386.

(2) Sustainable lignin valorization: Ti(III)-mediated reductive degradation yielding aromatic monomers (phenol and styrene).

Yanxiu Yao, Qiurong Lv, Xiu Wang, Ya Wu, Huaming Sun*, Zhenhua Wang*, Ziwei Gao*. Organic Letters. 2026, 28(5): 1838.

(3) An UV transparent metal‐free sulfate with giant birefringence enabled by optimal structural anisotropy.

Kun Yang, Zhiyong Bai*, Weiqi Huang, Ji Qi, Kaijie Xie, Yanqiang Li, Sangen Zhao*, Junhua Luo*, Ziwei Gao*. Laser & Photonics Reviews. 2026, 20(12): e03228.

(4) Photosensitive halide semiconductors enabled by electron reservoirs from extended viologens.

Qiqi Gao, Yanyan Wang*, Hao Huang, Jiwu Zhao, Xiaolin Zhu, Jiatian Cheng, Chengzhi Xue, Bing Han, Haomiao Tang, Pengli Wang, Zhou Yang*, Ziwei Gao*. Advanced Optical Materials. 2026, 14(8): e02913.

(5) Fabrication of low‐dimensional Nitrogen‐rich organic–inorganic hybrid halide perovskites and their high catalytic efficiency for thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate.

Tingyan Zhang, Liping Jiang, Yanyan Wang, Guofang Zhang*, Ziwei Gao*. Advanced Functional Materials. 2025, 36(31): e24227.

(6) The inhibited dehydration polycondensation tendency of a titanocene aqua complex attributed to the formation of hydrogen bonds between the ligand water and Py-NO: Mechanism and application.

Lei Fan, Xiao Zhang, Shunan Zhao, Huaming Sun, Weiqiang Zhang, Yajun Jian*, Ziwei Gao*. Inorganic Chemistry. 2025, 64(18): 8992.

(7) Balancing surface single-atom Ti active sites and N vacancies for controlled synthesis of azo- and azoxy-aromatics.

Wei Zhang, Jiwu Zhao, Ning Han, Yuxuan Zhang, Yanyan Wang, Ziwei Gao*, Quan Gu*. Journal of Catalysis. 2025, 450: 116326.

(8) Titanocene dichloride-catalyzed synthesis of heterocycles accelerated by in-situ formed Lewis and Brønsted acids. 

Yanxiu Yao, Li Tu, Xiu Wang, Ya Wu, Yajun Jian, Huaming Sun*, Zhenhua Wang*, Ziwei Gao*. Molecular Catalysis. 2025, 573: 114822.

(9) Palladium-catalysed suzuki–miyaura coupling of α, β-unsaturated superactive triazine esters.

Dezhi Lin, Hongyu Yang, Xiao Zhang, Huaming Sun, Xuepeng Zhang, Yajun Jian, Weiqiang Zhang*, Yunfang Liu*, Ziwei Gao*. Chemical Communications. 2023, 59(32): 4810.

(10) Boosting alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction via an unexpected dynamic evolution of molybdenum and selenium on mose2 electrode.

Lihai Zhou, Chunming Yang*, Wangchuan Zhu, Ran Li, Xiangxiang Pang, Yanzhong Zhen, Chuantao Wang, Loujun Gao, Feng Fu*, Ziwei Gao*, Yucang Liang*. Advanced Energy Materials. 2022: 2202367.