Wang Xiaoqing

Prof.  Wang Xiaoqing

Organization: Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Research category: Wood Science and Technology

Research field: Wood modification; wood-based advanced functional materials

E-mail: wangxq@caf.ac.cn

Main work

Prof. Wang Xiaoqing is currently the director of the Wood modification Department of the Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry. He is mainly engaged in research in the field of wood modification and wood-based advanced functional materials, and has led more than 10 research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key Research and Development Program of China. He has published over 50 peer-review papers in well-known domestic and international journals such as ACS Nano, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and Chemical Engineering Journal with a total citation count of over 2000. His research work on wooded sponges has been highlighted by ACS News Service Weekly PressPac, and extensively reported by various international science media including Science News, Science Daily, Physics Today, Phys.Org, and New Atlas. He is also the first inventor of 3 granted national invention patents of China. He has received multiple scientific research awards, including the second prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2019, R8), The first Prize of Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award (2018, R8), The Third Prize of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Award (2016, R5), Mao Yi-sheng Wood Science and Technology Award (First class) (2014), and Liang-Xi Excellent Paper Award for Young Scholars (First class) (2014). He has been selected as an "Outstanding Youth" of Chinese Academy of Forestry, a provincial-level candidate for the "Million Talents Project" of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, and included in the "World's Top 2% Scientists" list (2023).

Key research projects

  • National Key R&D Program Sub-Project "Chemical Regulation of Cell Wall Skeleton and Pore Structure of Wood and Bamboo" (Project Approval No. 2023YFD22005001-3), 2023/12-2027/11;

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China "Research on Controllable Preparation and Performance Control Mechanism of Lamellar Wood Sponge" (Project Approval No. 32371796), 2024/01-2027/12;

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China "Controllable Preparation and Stability Study of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Superhydrophobic Films on Wood Surface" (Project Approval No. 31570554), 2016/01-2019/12;

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China "Strength and Failure Mechanism of Multi-scale Heterogeneous Structure of Bamboo" (Project Approval No. 31170527), 2012/01-2015/12;

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China "Research on the Biological Decay Characteristics and Mechanisms of Bamboo Cell Walls" (Project Approval No. 30940056); 2010/01-2010/12.

Awards & achievements

  • 2019 The Second Prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress Award (R8), the State Council of the PRC

  • 2018 The first Prize of Liang-Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award (R8), Chinese Society of Forestry

  • 2016 The Third Prize of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Award (R5), the People's Government of Beijing Municipality

  • 2015 Honorable Mention George Marra Award, for Excellence in Writing exhibited in the journal "Wood and Fiber Science", Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST), USA

  • 2014 Mao Yi-sheng Wood Science and Technology Award (First class), Mao Yi-sheng Science and Technology Education Foundation

  • 2014 Outstanding Young Scholar Award of Chinese Academy of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry

  • 2014 Liang-Xi Excellent Paper Award for Young Scholars (First class), Chinese Society of Forestry

Published articles & books

  • Wang X, Hu JH, Guan H, Dai XJ, Wu MY, Wang XQ*. Wood-based catalytic filter decorated with ZIF-67 for highly efficient and continuous organic pollutant removal. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 479, 147580. (IF: 15.1)

  • Dai XJ, Guan H, Wang X, Wu MY, Hu JH, Wang XQ*. Lamellar Wood Sponge with Vertically Aligned Channels for Highly Efficient and Salt-Resistant Solar Desalination. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15: 38100-38109. (IF: 9.5)

  • Guan H, Dai XJ, Ni L, Hu JH, Wang XQ*. Highly Elastic and Fatigue-Resistant Graphene-Wrapped Lamellar Wood Sponges for High-Performance Piezoresistive Sensors. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9: 15267-15277. (IF: 8.198)

  • Guan H, Meng JW, Cheng ZY, Wang XQ*. Processing Natural Wood into a High-Performance Flexible Pressure Sensor. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12: 46357-46365. (IF: 9.229)

  • Keplinger T, Wang XQ, Burgert I. Nanofibrillated cellulose composites and wood derived scaffolds for functional materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7: 2981-2992.（IF: 10.733）

  • Guan H, Cheng ZY, Wang XQ*. Highly Compressible Wood Sponges with a Spring-like Lamellar Structure as Effective and Reusable Oil Absorbents. ACS Nano, 2018, 12: 10365-10373. (IF: 13.903)

  • Kong LZ, Guan H, Wang XQ*. In situ polymerization of furfuryl alcohol with ammonium dihydrogen phosphate in poplar wood for improved dimensional stability and flame retardancy. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6: 3349-3357. (IF: 6.970)

Other results

  • Wang XQ, Guan H, Dai XJ, Ni L, Hu JH, Wang X. A conductive wooden sponge with piezoresistive effect and its preparation method and application (patent number: ZL 202111073333.3)

  • Wang XQ, Tu KK, Liu JL, Chai YB, Kong LZ. A method for improving the mechanical stability of superhydrophobic films on wood surfaces (Patent No.: ZL201510949397.3)

  • Wang XQ, Tu KK, Liu JL, Chai YB, Ni L, Kong LZ, Guan H. A preparation method for multifunctional repairable superhydrophobic wood (patent number: ZL201710773337. X)