Location:
Heyun Fu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Environment
Nanjing University
Tel：+86-25-8968-0373
Email: heyunfu@nju.edu.cn
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-1829
Education
◇ 2009/09-2014/06, Nanjing University, School of Environment, Ph.D.
◇ 2005/09-2009/06, Hohai University, College of Environment, B.S.
Professional Experience
◇ 2016/11-present, Nanjing University, School of Environment, Associate Professor
◇ 2014/09-2016/10, Nanjing University, School of Environment, Research Associate
Research Interests
◇ Environmental Interfacial Processes and Mechanisms
◇ Environmental Function Materials
◇ Pollutant Analysis and Treatment
Teaching
◇ University Chemistry Lab
◇ Environmental Chemistry Lab
◇ Aquatic Chemistry Lab
◇ Design and Application of Environmental Functional Materials
Selected Publications
(1) Qi An, Peng Gu, Mingxiao Li, Enyu Wang, Yuxuan Yao, Qiannan Duan, Xiaolei Qu, Heyun Fu*. 2026. Deep-learning-assisted fluorescence sensor array for quantitative screening of perfluoroalkyl substances in water. Analytical Chemistry, 98: 10315−10321.
(2) Shidong Bao, Wenxu Deng, Shourong Zheng*, Xiaolei Qu, Heyun Fu*. 2026. Structural evolution and stabilization of TiO2-supported P-doped Rh catalysts dominated by metal-support interactions during CO2 hydrogenation. ACS Catalysis, 16: 7071−7082.
(3) Qiannan Duan, Hailong Zhang, Jiaqing Tang, Xinyi Xie, Yi Tan, Heyun Fu*, Lehan Sun, Liang Yan, Duo Yun, Xiaolei Qu. 2026. Fluorescence machine vision-based rapid quantitative characterization of microplastics. Analytical Chemistry, 98: 9384−9396.
(4) Sifan Bi, Shuang Zhou, Tao Liu, Xuejiao Wu, Zhaoyi Xu, Heyun Fu*, Xiaolei Qu*, Shourong Zheng, Ye Wang*. 2025. Sub-2 nm palladium phosphide: A highly active and selective catalyst for the hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64: e202515805.
(5) Qian Zhao, Xuxing Lu, Heyun Fu*, Xiaolei Qu, Shourong Zheng*, Dongqiang Zhu. 2025. Carbon atom doped Pt active sites enable highly active and stable catalytic oxidation of ethylene at low temperatures. Environmental Science & Technology, 59: 13042−13053.
(6) Beining Chen, Xiaojing Mo, Xiaolei Qu, Zhaoyi Xu, Shourong Zheng, Heyun Fu*. 2024. Multiple-emitting luminescent metal-organic framework as an array-on-a-MOF for rapid screening and discrimination of nitroaromatics. Analytical Chemistry, 96: 6228−6235.
(7) Mingyue Yang, Jinkai Xin, Heyun Fu*, Liuyan Yang, Shourong Zheng. 2023. Amino-functionalized hierarchical porous carbon derived from zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for ultrasensitive electrochemical sensing of heavy metals in water. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15: 18907−18917.
(8) Heyun Fu#, Bingyu Wang#, Dongqiang Zhu,* Zhicheng Zhou, Shidong Bao, Xiaolei Qu, Yong Guo, Lan Ling, Shourong Zheng, Pu Duan, Jingdong Mao, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Shu Tao, Pedro J. J. Alvarez. 2022. Mechanism for selective binding of aromatic compounds on oxygen-rich graphene nanosheets based on molecule size/polarity matching. Science Advances 8: abn4650.
(9) Yuhan Sun, Minghui Li, Xiaolei Qu, Shourong Zheng, Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Heyun Fu*. 2021. Efficient reduction of selenite to elemental selenium by liquid-phase catalytic hydrogenation using a highly stable multiwalled carbon nanotube-supported Pt catalyst coated by N-doped carbon. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13: 29541–29550.
(10) Xin Ning, Dongzhi Deng, Heyun Fu*, Xiaolei Qu, Zhaoyi Xu, Shourong Zheng. 2020. Ni-PC@SBA-15 derived from nano-sized Ni-MOF-74 confined in SBA-15 as a highly active catalyst for gas phase catalytic hydrodechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane. Chemical Communications 56:6985–6988.
(11) Heyun Fu, Zhicheng Zhou, Shourong Zheng, Zhaoyi Xu, Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Daqiang Yin, Xiaolei Qu*, Dongqiang Zhu. 2018. Dissolved mineral ash generated by vegetation fire is photoactive under the solar spectrum. Environmental Science & Technology 52:10453–10461.
(12) Zhicheng Zhou, Beining Chen, Xiaolei Qu, Heyun Fu*, Dongqiang Zhu. 2018. Dissolved black carbon as an efficient sensitizer in the photochemical transformation of 17β-estradiol in aqueous solution. Environmental Science & Technology 52:10391–10399.
(13) Jifei Hou, Hong Li, Yuqiong Tang, Jingya Sun, Heyun Fu*, Xiaolei Qu, Zhaoyi Xu, Daqiang Yin, Shourong Zheng*. 2018. Supported N-doped carbon quantum dots as the highly effective peroxydisulfate catalysts for bisphenol F degradation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 238:225–235.
(14) Heyun Fu, Chenhui Wei, Xiaolei Qu, Hui Li, Dongqiang Zhu*. 2018. Strong binding of apolar hydrophobic organic contaminants by dissolved black carbon released from biochar: A mechanism of pseudomicelle partition and environmental implications. Environmental Pollution 232:402–410.
(15) Heyun Fu, Huiting Liu, Jingdong Mao, Wenying Chu, Qilin Li, Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Xiaolei Qu*, Dongqiang Zhu. 2016. Photochemistry of dissolved black carbon released from biochar: Reactive oxygen species generation and phototransformation. Environmental Science & Technology 50:1218–1226.
(16) Heyun Fu, Yong Guo, Wei Chen, Cheng Gu, Dongqiang Zhu*. 2014. Reductive dechlorination of hexachloroethane by sulfide in aqueous solutions mediated by graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes. Carbon 72:74–81.
(17) Heyun Fu, Dongqiang Zhu*. 2013. Graphene oxide-facilitated reduction of nitrobenzene in sulfide-containing aqueous solutions. Environmental Science & Technology 47:4204–4210.
(18) Heyun Fu, Dongqiang Zhu*. 2012. In situ hydrothermal grown silicalite-1 coating for solid-phase microextration. Analytical Chemistry 84:2366–2372.
Awards
(1) Heyun Fu (7/11), Interfacial Chemical Processes of Contaminants in Aquatic Environments and the Underlying Mechanisms, the First Prize in Natural Sciences by the Ministry of Education, 2014
(2) Heyun Fu (1/1), Youth Environmental Chemistry Award, Chinese Chemical Society, 2023
Opportunities
Students major in environmental science and engineering, chemistry, or materials science.
