Wei Ding, male, born in 1987 in Neijiang, Sichuan, holds a Ph.D. in Engineering (Postdoctoral Fellow) and is a Professor. He obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering from Sichuan University in 2016. From August 2016 to July 2019, he conducted postdoctoral research at Guangdong DEMEI Fine Chemical Group Co., Ltd. and the College of Polymer Science and Engineering at Sichuan University. In August 2019, he joined the Leather and Footwear Research Institute of China Poly Group Corporation, engaging in scientific research and development. Since November 2023, he has been teaching at the School of New Materials and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology.

His research primarily focuses on the development and application of biomass-based functional materials. He has presided over 9 projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund, Beijing Science and Technology Special Project, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Project, Poly Light Industry Technology Innovation Key Special Project, Ministry of Science and Technology Foreign Expert Program, and enterprise technical research projects. As a technical leader, he participated in one National Key R&D Program Strategic Scientific and Technological Innovation Key Special Project. Based on related research results, he has published 68 papers in domestic and international academic journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Green Chemistry, Journal of Cleaner Production, Carbohydrate Polymers, Science of the Total Environment, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Industrial Crops and Products, and Materials Today Chemistry, with an H-index > 20, and has been granted 13 invention patents. In 2021, he was selected for the Beijing Science and Technology Rising Star Program and received one first prize for Science and Technology Progress Award from China Light Industry Council and one second prize for Productivity Promotion Award (Innovation Development) from China Productivity Promotion Center. He serves as an editor and reviewer for academic journals, including China Leather, a youth editorial board member for Collagen and Leather and Fine Chemicals, a guest editor for Polymers and Frontiers in Materials, and a reviewer for academic journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

I. Main Research Areas

1. Biomass conversion and high-value utilization
2. Synthesis and application of biomass-based polymers
3. Collagen-based functional materials

II. Awards and Honors

1. 2023: First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, China Light Industry Council
2. 2022: Outstanding Youth Editorial Board Member, Collagen and Leather
3. 2022: High-Impact Paper Award, Collagen and Leather
4. 2021: Beijing Science and Technology Rising Star
5. 2020: Second Prize for Productivity Promotion Award (Innovation Development)
6. 2012: Silver Award for Outstanding Young Scientist Poster, 9th Asian International Conference on Leather Science and Technology

III. Representative Research Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund (No. 22108297), Project Leader, Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2024
2. Beijing Science and Technology Rising Star Program (No. Z211100002121085), Project Leader, Dec. 2021 - Dec. 2024
3. Poly Light Industry Technology Innovation Key Special Project (No. ZQ2021YY05), Project Leader, Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2023
4. Ministry of Science and Technology High-End Foreign Expert Introduction Program (No. G2022056002), Project Leader, Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2022
5. Ministry of Science and Technology Foreign Young Talent Program (No. QN20200173001), Project Leader, Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2020
6. National Key R&D Program Strategic Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation Special Project (No. 2020YFE0203800), Technical Leader, Nov. 2020 - Oct. 2023
7. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 62nd Batch General Project (No. 2017M623033), Project Leader, Nov. 2017 - Jul. 2019
8. National Key R&D Program Key Basic Materials Technology and Industrialization Key Special Project (No. 2017YFB0308500), Project Core Member, Jul. 2017 - Jun. 2021

IV. Representative Academic Papers

1. Wei Ding*, Javier Remón, Mi Gao, Shuolin Li, Haiteng Liu, Zhicheng Jiang*, Zhiwen Ding. A novel synergistic covalence and complexation bridging strategy based on multi-functional biomass-derived aldehydes and Al(III) for engineering high-quality eco-leather [J]. Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 862: 160713.

2. Wei Ding*, Haiteng Liu, Shuolin Li, Javier Remón*, Xiaoyan Pang, Zhiwen Ding. Providing Natural Organic Pigments with Excellent Tanning Capabilities: A Novel "One-Pot" Tanning-Dyeing Integration Strategy for Sustainable Leather Manufacturing [J]. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10(51): 17346-17354.

3. Wei Ding, Haiteng Liu, Javier Remón, Zhicheng Jiang*, Guodong Chen, Xiaoyan Pang*, Zhiwen Ding. A step-change toward a sustainable and chrome-free leather production: Using a biomass-based, aldehyde tanning agent combined with a pioneering terminal aluminum tanning treatment (BAT-TAT) [J]. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 333: 130201.

4. Wei Ding*, Javier Remón, Zhicheng Jiang*. Biomass-derived aldehyde tanning agents with in situ dyeing properties: a 'Two Birds with One Stone' strategy for engineering chrome-free and dye-free colored leather [J]. Green Chemistry, 2022, 24: 3750-3758.

5. Wei Ding*, Haiteng Liu, Xiaoyan Pang*, Zhiwen Ding. Engineering a pioneering melamine resin based on saccharide-derived aldehyde: Structure characterization and application for eco-leather production [J]. Industrial Crops and Products, 2022, 185: 115133.

6. Wei Ding, Yating Wang, Jian Sun*, Lihong Bao, Xiaoyan Pang*. Dialdehyde sodium alginate bonded dicyandiamide for formaldehyde-free leather production with enhanced properties [J]. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022, 295: 119838.

7. Wei Ding*, Xiaoyan Pang, Zhiwen Ding, Daniel CW Tsang, Zhicheng Jiang*, Bi Shi. Constructing a robust chrome-free leather tanned by biomass-derived polyaldehyde via crosslinking with chitosan derivatives [J]. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 396: 122771.

8. Wei Ding, Yudan Yi, Yanan Wang, Jianfei Zhou, Bi Shi*. Peroxide-periodate co-modification of carboxymethylcellulose to prepare polysaccharide-based tanning agent with high solid content [J]. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2019, 224: 115169.

9. Wei Ding, Yanan Wang*, Jianfei Zhou, Bi Shi. Effect of structure features of polysaccharides on properties of dialdehyde polysaccharide tanning agent [J]. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2018, 201: 549-556.

10. Wei Ding, Jianfei Zhou, Yunhang Zeng, Yanan Wang*, Bi Shi. Preparation of oxidized sodium alginate with different molecular weights and its application for crosslinking collagen fiber [J]. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 157: 1650-1656.

V. Representative Invention Patents

1. Wei Ding, Xiaoyan Pang, Zhiwen Ding. A Biomass-Based Tanning Agent with In-Situ Dyeing Properties and Its Preparation Method and Application [P]. ZL 202210070911.6.
2. Wei Ding, Shuolin Li, Haiteng Liu, et al. Biomass-Based Aerogel and Its Preparation Method and Application [P]. ZL 202210840960.3.
3. Wei Ding, Xiaoyan Pang, Zhiwen Ding. Efficient Leather Production Method Based on Aldehyde Tanning Agents [P]. ZL 202211301958.5.
4. Wei Ding, Xiaoyan Pang, Zhiwen Ding. A Biomass-Based Organic Tanning Agent and Its Preparation Method and Application [P]. ZL 202210071174.1.
5. Wei Ding, Xiaoyan Pang, Haiteng Liu, et al. A Method for Improving the Performance of Organic Chrome-Free Tanned Leather [P]. ZL 202110652509.4.
6. Wei Ding, Haiteng Liu, Xiaoyan Pang, et al. A Biomass-Based Leather Filler and Its Preparation Method [P]. ZL 202110718343.1.
7. Wei Ding, Haiteng Liu, Xiaoyan Pang, et al. A Biomass-Based Amino Resin Retanning Agent and Its Preparation Method [P]. ZL 202011621017.0.
8. Wei Ding, Yanan Wang, Bi Shi, et al. An Aminated Modified Sugar-Based Aldehyde Tanning Agent and Its Preparation Method [P]. ZL 201910521253.6.
9. Wei Ding, Yanan Wang, Bi Shi, et al. A Full-Component, Broad-Distribution Polyaldehyde Organic Tanning Agent and Its Preparation Method [P]. ZL 201710546396.3.
10. Bi Shi, Wei Ding, Yanan Wang, et al. A Sugar-Based Aldehyde Tanning Agent and Its Preparation Method [P]. ZL 201910521272.9.

VI. Contact Information

E-mail: dingwei1368@bipt.edu.cn