Dr. Minli Tao is an associate professor of department of chemistry, school of science, Tianjin University (from 2012.06-now). She got her Bachelor of Engineering in 1996.07, Master of Engineering and Doctor's degree in 2007.03 at Tianjin University. She became an Associate Research Fellow at the center for petrochemical technology development, Tianjin University  2007.04. Her research interests include surface modification and functionalization of fiber materials for the removal and recognition of heavy metal ions and organic pollutant, preparation of fiber catalysts for green organic synthesis etc. Her Research Grants include The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.21777111 and 21306133 ), and Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology (Grant No. 14JCYBJC22600). The courses her taught include Organic chemistry, basis of Industrial Chemistry, Comprehensive Chemical Experiment, Instrumental Analysis Experiment and Chemical Analysis Experiment.

• Design and synthesis of organic molecule functionalized fiber and the recognition mechanism for heavy metal ions and organic contaminants in water.
• Design and synthesis of fiber catalysts

• Innovative Chemical Experiment Competition of National College
• Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award

• [1] Gang Xu, Lu Wang,Mengmeng Li, Minli Tao, Wenqin Zhang*, Phosphorous Acid Functionalized Polyacrylonitrile Fiber with Polarity Tunable Surface Micro-environment for One-Pot C-C and C-N Bond Formation Reactions,Green Chem. 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02935G..2019
• [2] Jian. Cao, Gang Xu, Pengyu Li, Minli Tao, Wenqin Zhang*, Polyacrylonitrile Fiber Supported N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ag(I) As Efficient Catalysts for Three-Component Coupling and Intramolecular 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions under Flow Conditions, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 5 (2017) 3438-3447..2019
• [3] Pengyu Li, Yuanyuan Liu, Jian Cao, Minli Tao,* and Wenqin Zhang*,Tuning the Catalytic Activity of Tertiary-Amine Functionalized Polyacrylonitrile Fibers by Adjusting the Surface Microenvironment, ChemCatChem 2017, 9,3725 –3732..2019
• [4] Gang Xu, Jian Cao, Yali Zhao, Lishuo Zheng, Minli Tao*, and Wenqin Zhang*, Phosphorylated Polyacrylonitrile Fibers as an Efficient and Greener Acetalization Catalyst, Chemical Asian Journal, 2017,12，2565-2575..2019
• [5] Gang Xu, Yali Zhao, Liping Hou, Jian Cao, Minli Tao*, Wenqin Zhang，A recyclable phosphinic acid functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber for selective and efficient removal of Hg2+, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 325, 533–543..2019
• [6] Gang Xu, Yujia Xie, Jian Cao, Minli Tao* and Wen-Qin Zhang, Highly selective and efficient chelating fiberfunctionalized by bis(2-pyridylmethyl) amino group for heavy metal ions, Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 3874-3883. .2019
• [7] Yujia Xie, Xiaoxing Liu, and Minli Tao*, Synthesizing Substituted 2-Amino-2-chromenes Catalyzed by Tertiaryamine-Functionalized Polyacrylonitrile Fiber for Students To Investigate Multicomponent Reactions and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Journal of Chemical Education, 2016, 93(12), 2074-2079.2019
• [8] Runjiao Gao, Gang Xu, Lishuo Zheng, Yujia Xie, Minli Tao* and Wenqin Zhang*, A highly selective and sensitive reusable colorimetric sensor for Ag+ based on thiadiazole-functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2016, 4, 5996-6006..2019
• [9] Jian Cao, Gang Xu, Yujia Xie, Minli Tao* and Wenqin Zhang. Thiourea modified polyacrylnitrile fibers as efficient Pd(II) scavengers, RSC Adv., 2016. 6. 58088-58098. .2019
• [10] Pengyu Li, Jianguo Du, Yujia Xie, Minli Tao* and Wen-Qin Zhang, Highly Efficient Polyacrylonitrile Fiber Catalysts by Aminopyridines for the Synthesis of 3-Substituted-2- Aminothiophenes in Water, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4 (3), 1139-1147..2019
• [11] Jianguo Du, Gang Xu, Huikun Lin, Guangwei Wang, Minli Tao* and Wenqin Zhang, Highly efficient reduction of carbonyls, azides, and benzyl halides by NaBH4 in water catalyzed by PANF-immobilized quaternary ammonium salts. Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 2726-2735. .2019
• [12] Jianguo Du, Bin Shuai, Hongwei Wang, Minli Tao*, Wenqin Zhang，Pyrrolidine Modified PANF Catalyst for Asymmetric Michael Addition of Ketones to Nitrostyrenes in Aqueous Phase，Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 2625-2631..2019
• [13] Du, Jianguo; *Tao, Minli; *Zhang, Wenqin, Fiber-Supported Acid-Base Bifunctional Catalysts for Efficient Nucleophilic Addition in Water, Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2016/8, 4(8), 4296-4304. .2019
• [14] Xiaoli Xing, Huixiao Yang, Minli Tao*, Wenqin Zhang, An overwhelmingly selective colorimetric sensor for Ag+ using asimple modified polyacrylonitrile fiber, Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2015, 297, 207–216. .2019
• [15] Xiaoxing Liu, Xiaojuan Liu, Minli Tao* and Wenqin Zhang*, A highly selective and sensitive recyclable colorimetric Hg2+ sensor based on porphyrin- functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 13254-13262..2019
• [16] YANG Huixiao, HU Qinzhi, MA Guochun, CHEN Guofeng, TAO Minli*, ZHANG Wenqin, Hg2+-Selective Fluorescent Chemosensor Based on Catio-π Interaction, Chem. Res. Chin. Univ., 2014, 30(6), 910-914. .2019
• [17] Yazhi Zhen, Huikun Lin, Shiyao Wang, Minli Tao*, A water-ethanol on-off fiber catalyst for the synthesis of substituted 2-amino-2-chromenes, Rsc. Adv., 2014, 4, 26122-26128. .2019
• [18] Minli Tao, Qian Li, Jiazheng Qu, Minhua Zhang, Enzymatic synthesis of dipalmitin in supercritical carbon dioxide and mechanism study, Industry & Engineering Chemistry Rearch, 2013, 52, 13528-13535. .2019
• [19] Minhua Zhang, Meixiang Gao, Qian Li, Minli Tao*, DFT Study on Effect of CO on the System of Acetoxylation of Ethylene to Vinyl Acetate, Rsc. Adv., 2014, 34, 17709-17716..2019
• [20] Changzhu Xu, Jianguo Du, Lichao Ma, Guowei Li, Minli Tao*, Wenqin Zhang, Tertiary amine functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber catalyst for the synthesis of tetrahydrothiophenes, Tetrahedron, 2013, 69, 4816-4824. .2019