潘秀莲，女，博士，研究员，博士生导师，国家杰出青年科学基金获得者，碳基能源催化转化研究组长。

主要致力于碳基能源催化转化的研究，包括（1）碳一分子催化转化的精准偶联与调控；（2）多相催化反应，包括合成气催化转化、甲烷等低碳烷烃催化转化、乙炔氢氯化、CO2和废塑料的资源化利用，以及温和条件合成氨探索等；（3）分子筛，金属氧化物、氮化物和纳米结构碳基非金属催化材料的控制制备及应用；（4）催化相关谱学表征和催化反应动力学；（5）催化剂放大制备科学和技术。团队近期一项代表性工作是，提出 OXZEO双功能催化新概念，使 C-O 键活化和中间体 C-C 键偶联这两个关键步骤的催化活性中心有效分离， 实现合成气一步反应制低碳烯烃过程，被誉为“开创煤制烯烃新捷径”，获2016年度中国科学十大进展。潘秀莲获2020年国家自然科学奖一等奖（第2完成人），2009年和2019年度辽宁省自然科学奖一等奖（第2完成人）等。

主持国家自然科学基金创新研究群体项目、重大研究计划集成项目、重点基金、国际合作项目等，国家重点研发计划课题、中国科学院战略性先导专项课题。

1. Yuxiang Chen, Shaobo Han, Xiulian Pan*, Feng Jiao, Wei Liu, Yang Pan, Xinhe Bao*. Visualization of the Active Sites of Zinc–Chromium Oxides and the CO/H2 Activation Mechanism in Direct Syngas Conversion. J. Am. Chem. Sci. 2024, 146, 1887-1893.

2. Yi Ding, Shuchi Zhang, Cheng Liu, Yu Shao, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao. CO2 -facilitated upcycling of polyolefin plastics to aromatics at low temperature.  Natl. Sci. Rev., 2024, 11, nwae097.

3. Feng Jiao, Bing Bai, Gen Li, Xiulian Pan*, Yihan Ye, Shengcheng Qu, Changqi Xu, Jianping Xiao, Zhenghao Jia, Wei Liu, Tao Peng, Yilun Ding, Cheng Liu, Jinjing Li, Xinhe Bao*, Disentangling the Activity-Selectivity Trade-off in Catalytic Conversion of Syngas to Light Olefins. Science 2023, 380, 727-730.

4. Xin Huang, Daniel Eggart, Gangqiang Qin, Bidyut Bikash Sarma, Abhijeet Gaur, Jiuzhong Yang, Yang Pan, Mingrun Li, Jianqi Hao, Hongfei Yu, Anna Zimina, Xiaoguang Guo, Jianping Xiao, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt*, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao*. Methyl radical chemistry in non-oxidative methane activation over metal single sites. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 5716.

5. Bing Bai, Chenxi Guo, Feng Jiao*, Jianping Xiao*, Yilun Ding, Shengcheng Qu, Yang Pan, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao. Tuning the crystal phase to form MnGaO_x-spinel for highly efficient syngas to light olefins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202217701.

6. Na Li, Yifeng Zhu, Feng Jiao, Xiulian Pan*, Qike Jiang, Jun Cai, Yifan Li, Wei Tong, Changqi Xu, Shengcheng Qu, Bing Bai, Dengyun Miao, Zhi Liu, Xinhe Bao*, Steering the Reaction Pathway of Syngas-to-Light Olefins with Coordination Unsaturated Sites of ZnGaO_x Spinel, Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 2742.

7. Yang Zhang, Pan Gao, Feng Jiao, Yuxiang Chen, Yilun Ding, Guangjin Hou*, Xiulian Pan*, and Xinhe Bao*. Chemistry of Ketene Transformation to Gasoline Catalyzed by H-SAPO-11. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18251-18258

8. Jingyao Feng, Dengyun Miao*, Yilun Ding, Feng Jiao, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao, Direct synthesis of isoparaffin-rich gasoline from syngas, ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 1462-1468.

9. Xiulian Pan*, Feng Jiao, Dengyun Miao, Xinhe Bao*, Oxide–Zeolite-Based Composite Catalyst Concept that Enables Syngas Chemistry beyond Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis, Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 6588-6609.

10. Yuxiang Chen, Ke Gong, Feng Jiao, Xiulian Pan*, Guangjin Hou^*, Rui Si, Xinhe Bao. C-C Bond Formation in Syngas Conversion over Zinc Sites Grafted on ZSM-5 Zeolite. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 6529-6534.

11. Na Li, Feng Jiao, Xiulian Pan*, Yuxiang Chen, Jingyao Feng, Gen Li and Xinhe Bao*, High-quality gasoline directly from syngas by dual metal oxide-zeolite (OX-ZEO) catalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 7400-7404.

12. Feng Jiao, Xiulian Pan*, Ke Gong, Yuxiang Chen, Gen Li, Xinhe Bao*, Shape-Selective Zeolites Promote Ethylene Formation from Syngas via a Ketene Intermediate, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 4692-4696.

13. Pierre Schwach, Xiulian Pan*, Xinhe Bao*. Direct Conversion of Methane to Value-Added Chemicals over Heterogeneous Catalysts: Challenges and Prospects. Chem. Rev. 2017, 117, 8497-8520.

14. Feng Jiao, Jinjing Li, Xiulian Pan*, Jianping Xiao, Haobo Li, Hao Ma, Mingming Wei, Yang Pan, Zhongyue Zhou, Mingrun Li, Shu Miao, Jian Li, Yifeng Zhu, Dong Xiao, Ting He, Junhao Yang, Fei Qi, Qiang Fu, Xinhe Bao*, Selective Conversion of Syngas to Light Olefins, Science 2016, 351, 1065-1068.

15. Jianping Xiao, Xiulian Pan*, Shujing Guo, Pengju Ren, Xinhe Bao*. Toward Fundamentals of Confined Catalysis in Carbon Nanotubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 477-482.