Sang Rui, Tenure-Track Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Education & Professional Experience

• Sep 2008 - Jul 2012: B.Eng. in Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
  Graduate Thesis Supervisor: Distinguished Young Scholar Prof. Liu Peinian

• Jul 2012 - Jun 2014: Research Assistant, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Specialization: Organometallic Catalysis | Mentor: Distinguished Young Scholar Prof. Shi Min

• Sep 2014 - Jul 2016: M.Sc. in Catalysis, Molecular & Green Chemistry, University of Rennes 1 (France)
  Advisors: Academician Prof. Pierre Dixneuf & Prof. Jean-François Soulé

• Jul 2016 - Nov 2019: Ph.D. in Applied Catalysis (Industrial Carbonylation), Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (Germany)
  Advisors: Academician Prof. Matthias Beller & Dr. Ralf Jackstell
  ▪ Awarded 2018 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad
  ▪ Defended doctoral thesis "State-of-the-Art Palladium-Catalysed Alkoxycarbonylation of Olefins" with magna cum laude honors

• Nov 2019 - Nov 2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (Germany)
  Specialization: Catalysis & Energy | Mentors: Academician Prof. Matthias Beller & Dr. Henrik Junge

• Nov 2020 - Sep 2025: Associate Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (Germany)

• May 2024 - Present: R&D Consultant, Shaanxi Coal Industry Group

• Oct 2025 - Present: Tenure-Track Professor, Overseas Outstanding Young Scholar, International Carbon Neutrality Research Center, Hangzhou Beihang International Innovation Institute

Research Output

• 35 SCI publications, including 13+ first/co-first authored papers in Nature Catalysis, Nature Energy, Nature Communications, JACS, Angewandte Chemie, etc.

• Participated in Evonik's industrial carbonylation project and Germany's national hydrogen energy project (APEX EFRE h2cycle)

• 12 granted and commercialized international patents, including 10 as primary inventor