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C2-b502 (Guangzhou International Campus)
haobingwang@scut.edu.cn
Professor Wang graduated with his Bachelor's degree from Southwest University in 2009 and obtained his Ph.D. from East China University of Science and Technology in 2015. From 2015 to 2020, he conducted postdoctoral research at the RIKEN Institute in Japan, publishing nearly 30 papers in journals such as JACS and filing multiple PCT patents.
Prof. Haobing Wang’s research focus is on the development of novel organometallic catalysts for the synthesis of functional polyolefin materials, recyclable polymers and biodegradable polymers. Chemical recycling of plastics through organometallic catalysis to achieve polymer sustainability.
2022
Pearl River Talent Plan for Outstanding Young Talents
2020
RIKEN EIHO Award
Zheng Tan#, Yidan Cheng#, Wenxing Zhang, Haobing Wang*, Zhao Wu*. Photoinduced Zirconium-Catalyzed Hydrodechlorination of Nonactivated Chlorine-Containing Alkanes and Polymers. CCS Chem. 2025, DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.025.202506338
Shuyu Zheng, Dazhe Zhao, Nengjie Cao, Jiajia Zhou*, Junwen Zhong*, Haobing Wang*. Polymer-constrained excimer enables flexible and self-healable optoelectronic elastomer for mechanical sensor. Nature Communications 2025, 16, 10500
Zuowen Shi, Hao Jiang, Can Xue, Yang Yang*, Zhaomin Hou*, Haobing Wang*. Metal Synergistic Dual Activation Enables Efficient Transesterification by Multinuclear Titanium Catalyst: Recycling and Upcycling of Polyester Waste. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505024.
Lin Huang, Yang, Yang, Jingjing Shao, Gang Xiong, Haobing Wang*, Masayoshi Nishiura, Zhaomin Hou*. Synthesis of Tough and Fluorescent Self-Healing Elastomers by Scandium-Catalyzed Terpolymerization of Pyrenylethenylstyrene, Ethylene, and Anisylpropylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 2718−2727.
Haobing Wang#, Yang Yang#, Masayoshi Nishiura, You-lee Hong, Yusuke Nishiyama, Yuji Higaki, Zhaomin Hou*. Making Polyisoprene Self-Healable through Microstructure Regulation by Rare-Earth Catalysts. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202210023.
Haobing Wang, Xia Wu, Yang Yang, Masayoshi Nishiura, Zhaomin Hou*. Co-Syndiospecific Alternating Copolymerization of Functionalized Propylenes with Styrene by Rare-Earth Catalysts. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 7173-7177.
Haobing Wang#, Yanan Zhao#, Masayoshi Nishiura, Yang Yang, Gen Luo, Yi Luo*, Zhaomin Hou*. Scandium Catalyzed Regio- and Stereo-Selective Cyclopolymerization of Functionalized α,ω-Dienes and Copolymerization with ethylene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12624−12633.
Haobing Wang#, Yang Yang#, Masayoshi Nishiura, Yuji Higaki, Atsushi Takahara, Zhaomin Hou*. Synthesis of Self-Healing Polymers by Scandium-Catalysed Copolymerization of Ethylene and Anisylpropylenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 3249−3257. (ESI highly cited paper)
Undergraduate courses:
Organic Chemistry experiment II
Graduate courses:
Soft Matter Engineering