王爱琴，1986-1993年就读于大连理工大学石油化工系，分别获学士和硕士学位。之后到大连化物所工作，并于2001年获得大连化物所博士学位。曾先后到香港城市大学、台湾大学从事博士后研究。2009年被聘为大连化物所研究员。现任大连化物所首席研究员，催化基础国家重点实验室兼聘研究员，航天催化与新材料应用基础研究组组长。王爱琴研究员长期从事高分散金属催化研究，主要研究方向包括纳米催化、单原子催化、生物质转化等，担任《催化学报》编委，Sustainable Energy and Fuels顾问委员会委员，发表SCI论文300余篇。2009年获中国科学院杰出科技成就奖（主要完成人），2022年获辽宁省自然科学一等奖（排名第1）。承担国家科技部重点研发计划、中国科学院战略科技先导专项、国家自然科学基金等多项课题。

1. Botao Qiao, Aiqin Wang, Xiaofeng Yang, Lawrence F. Allard, Zheng Jiang, Yitao Cui, Jingyue Liu*, Jun Li*, Tao Zhang*, Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt₁/FeOx, Nature Chem.,2011, 3: 634-641.

2. Aiqin Wang, Tao Zhang*, One-pot conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol with multifunctional tungsten-based catalysts, Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46: 1377-1386.

3. Haisheng Wei, Xiaoyan Liu, Aiqin Wang*, Leilei Zhang, Botao Qiao, Xiaofeng Yang, Yanqiang Huang, Shu Miao, Jingyue Liu*, Tao Zhang*, FeO_x-supported platinum single-atom and pseudo-single-atom catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes, Nat. Comm., 2014, 5: 5634.

4. Wengang Liu, Leilei Zhang, Xin Liu, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Shu Miao, Wentao Wang, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang*, Discriminating Catalytically Active FeNx Species of Atomically Dispersed Fe-N-C Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of the C-H Bond, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139(31): 10790-10798.

5. Haifeng Qi, Ji Yang, Fei Liu, LeiLei Zhang*, Jingyi Yang, Xiaoyan Liu, Lin Li, Yang Su, Yuefeng Liu, Rui Hao, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang*, Highly selective and robust single-atom catalyst Ru₁/NC for reductive amination of aldehydes/ketones, Nat. Commun., 2021, 12: 3295.

6. Yanliang Zhou, Fenfei Wei, Haifeng Qi, Yicong Chai, Liru Cao, Jian Lin*, Qiang Wan, Xiaoyan Liu, Yanan Xing, Sen Lin*, Aiqin Wang*, Xiaodong Wang*, Tao Zhang, Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru₁ centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation, Nat. Catal., 2022, 5(12): 1145-1156.

7. Ji Yang, Haifeng Qi, Anqi Li, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Shengxin Zhang, Qiao Zhao, Qike Jiang, Yang Su, Leilei Zhang, Jian-Feng Li*, Zhong-Qun Tian, Wei Liu*, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang, Potential-Driven Restructuring of Cu Single Atoms to Nanoparticles for Boosting the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144(27): 12062-12071.

8. Haifeng Qi, Yurou Li, Zhitong Zhou, Yueqiang Cao, Fei Liu, Weixiang Guan, Leilei Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Lin Li, Yang Su, Kathrin Junge, Xuezhi Duan*, Matthias Beller*, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang, Synthesis of piperidines and pyridine from furfural over a surface single-atom alloy Ru₁Co_NP catalyst, Nat. Commun., 2023, 14: 6329.

9. An Wang, Leilei Zhang*, Zhounan Yu, Shengxin Zhang, Lin Li, Yujing Ren, Ji Yang, Xiaoyan Liu, Wei Liu, Xiaofeng Yang, Tianyu Zhang*, Aiqin Wang*, Ethylene Methoxycarbonylation over Heterogeneous Pt₁/MoS₂ Single-Atom Catalyst: Metal-Support Concerted Catalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146: 695−706.

10. Zhounan Yu, Shengxin Zhang, Leilei Zhang*, Xiaoyan Liu, Zhenghao Jia, Lin Li, Na Ta, An Wang, Wei Liu*, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang, Suppressing Metal Leaching and Sintering in Hydroformylation Reaction by Modulating the Coordination of Rh Single Atoms with Reactants, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146: 11955−11967.