Ma Ning
School
School of Science
Professional Title
Professor
Discipline
Organic Chemistry
Contact Information
022-27403475
mntju@tju.edu.cn
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, No.135 Yaguan Road, Haihe Education Park, Tianjin, P. R. China
300354
Education Background
- PhD| Nankai University| Pesticide Chemistry| 2004
- Master of engineering| Tianjin University| Fine Chemical Engineering| 1997
- Bachelor of Engineering| Tianjin University| Fine Chemical Engineering| 1994
Research Interests
- Covalent modification of polymer fibers for catalytic organic reactions and environmental pollution control
- Cooperative catalysis in homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction systems
- Novel graphene based materials in catalytic organic synthesis
Courses
- Organic Chemistry (in English, for international students majored in Chemistry Engineering, Environmental Engineering)
- Organic Chemistry (in Chinese, for students majored in Applied Chemistry, Chemistry Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, Material Chemistry, etc.)
- Organic Chemistry Experiments (in Chinese, for all the students mentioned above)
Positions & Employments
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2017.12-2019.1
Department of Chemistry | Rutgers University-Newark | Visiting Scholar  -
2009.1-2009.7
Department of Chemistry | University of Michigan | Visiting Scholar  -
2025.6-2026.3
Departmrent of Chemistry | Tianjin University | Professor  -
1997.3-2025.6
Department of Chemistry | Tianjin University | Assistant Professor-Lecturer-Associate Professor 
Academic Achievements
- Papers
- [1] Yanfei Zhang, Haonan Zhang, Jinxin Liu, Minli Tao, Ning Ma*, Wenqin Zhang*. Heterogeneous fiber-based asymmetric quinine catalyst for highly enantioselective Michael addition and tandem cyclization to 4H-pyrans. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 469, 143928.
- [2] Haotian Zhang, Haonan Zhang, Huimin Du, Jian Xiao, Minli Tao, Ning Ma*, Wenqin Zhang*. Cooperative catalysis by boronic acid-amine bifunctionalized polyacrylonitrile fibers in Henry reaction. ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 7844−7856.
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- [3] J. Liu, C. Zhang, H. Zhang, H. Geng, N. Ma*, M. Tao*, B. Xue*, W. Zhang. Circular adsorptive utilization of benzalkonium chloride via construction of ionic microenvironment in dopamine quinonefunctionalized acrylic fiber surface. Materials Today Chemistry, 2022, 26, 101206.
- [4] L.J. Zhao, N. Ma*, M.L. Tao*, W.Q. Zhang. Covalently functionalized polyacrylonitrile fibers for heterogeneous catalysis and pollutant adsorption: a review. Materials Today Chemistry, 2022, 26, 101206.
- [5] Chima E. Anyaegbu, Haonan Zhang, Jian Xiao, Minli Tao, Ning Ma*, Wenqin Zhang. Tertiary amine-bisquaternary ammonium functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber for catalytic synthesis of pyran-annulated heterocycles. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2022, 172, 105201.
- [6] Hao Geng, Chenlu Zhang, Minli Tao, Ning Ma*, Wenqin Zhang*. Ionic microenvironment constructed in quaternary ammonium modified polyacrylonitrile fiber for efficient CO2 fixation. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2021, 49, 101559.
- [7] Hai Zhu, Chenlu Zhang, Ning Ma*, Minli Tao, Wenqin Zhang. Surface wettability modification of amine-functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber to enhance heterogeneous catalytic performance for aldol reaction in water. Applied Catalysis A, General, 2020, 608, 117842.
- [8] Jian Xiao, Lu Wang, Jiaoru Ran, Jingyan Zhao, Ning Ma*, Minli Tao, Wenqin Zhang. Quaternary ammonium functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber supported phosphotungstic acid as efficient heterogeneous catalyst: Hydrophobic tuning of the catalytic microenvironment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 274, 122473.
- [9] Hai Zhu, Gang Xu, Huimin Du, Chenlu Zhang, Ning Ma*, Wenqin Zhang. Prolinamide functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber with tunable linker length and surface microenvironment as efficient catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation and related multicomponent tandem reactions. Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 374, 217–229.
- [10] Jian Cao, Pengyu Li, Gang Xu, Minli Tao, Ning Ma*, Wenqin Zhang*. Cooperative N-heterocyclic carbene Au and amino catalysis for continuous synthesis of secondary propargylamines in a fiber supported hydrophilic microenvironment. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 349, 456–465.
- [11] Jingjing Li, Meishuang Wang, Yuqing Zhang, Zhijin Fan, Wenqin Zhang, Feifei Sun, Ning Ma*. Dearomatizing naphthols Mannich bases toward spiro thiazolidinethiones catalyzed by recyclable reduced graphene oxide with air as oxidant. ACS Sustainable Chemistry&Engineering, 2016, 4, 3189-3195.
- [12] Anwei Yang, Jingjing Li, Chen Zhang, Wenqin Zhang, Ning Ma*. One-step amine modification of graphene oxide to get a green trifunctional metal-free catalyst, Applied Surface Science, 2015, 346, 443-450.
- [13] Yue-Long Xu, Jun-Mei Qi, Fei-Fei Sun, Ning Ma*. Graphite oxide and reduced graphene oxide as carbocatalysts for Boc protection/deprotection of alcohols, Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56, 2744-2748.
- [14] Tian-Tian Li, Xiang-Hai Song, Meishuang Wang, Ning Ma*. Cerium ammonium nitrate-catalyzed aerobic oxidative coupling of dithiocarbamates: facile synthesis of thioureas and bis(aminothiocarbonyl)disulfides, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 40054-40060.
- [15] Meishuang Wang, Xianghai Song, Ning Ma*. Reduced graphene oxide as recyclable catalyst for synthesis of bis(aminothiocarbonyl)disulfides from secondary amines and carbon disulfide, Catalysis Letters, 2014, 144, 1233-1239.
- [16] Li-Sha Bai, Xiao-Min Gao, Xuan Zhang, Fei-Fei Sun, Ning Ma*. Reduced graphene oxide as a recyclable catalyst for dehydrogenation of hydrazo compounds, Tetrahedron Letters, 2014, 55, 4545-4548.
- Honors & Awards
- [1] Excellent undergraduate thesis director




