理学博士，副研究员，硕士生导师。长期致力于能源与环境相关的催化材料开发与应用，主要研究方向包括：面向生物质高效转化的催化剂定向设计和研究、负载型亚纳米/单原子金属催化剂的开发及应用、金属-载体强相互作用机制探索及应用。迄今以第一作者和通讯作者身份在Nature Communications, Chemical Reviews, ACS Catalysis, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nanoscale等知名学术期刊发表多篇研究论文；目前承担国家自然科学基金一项，中国科学院稳定支持基础研究领域青年团队计划项目的课题一项，国家重点研发计划子课题一项。

1.Xiaorui Du , Chongshuai Gao, Jiaxin Huang, Yanbin Cui, Shijun Liu, Chenguang Wang*. Efficient reductive amination of furfural to primary amine on Pt/TiO₂ catalyst: A manifestation of the nanocluster proximity effect. ACS Catalysis 2025, 15, 6, 4654-4664.

2.Jiaxin Huang, Chongshuai Gao, Shijun Liu,Xiaorui Du*, Wenguang Zhou*, Chenguang Wang *. CuPd/Al₂O₃ single atom alloy catalyst facilitates the catalytic transfer hydrodeoxygenation of furfural to 2-methylfuran. Chemical Engineering Journal 2025, 504, 158731.

3. Xiaorui Du, Yike Huang, Xiaoli Pan, Xunzhu Jiang, Yang Su, Jingyi Yang, Yalin Guo, Bing Han, Chengyan Wen, Chenguang Wang*, Botao Qiao*, Top-down fabrication of active interface between TiO₂ and Pt nanoclusters. Part 2: Catalytic performance and reaction mechanism in CO oxidation. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 2024, 58, 247-254

4. Xiaorui Du, Yike Huang, Xiaoli Pan, Xunzhu Jiang, Yang Su, Jingyi Yang, Yalin Guo, Bing Han, Chengyan Wen, Chenguang Wang*, Botao Qiao*, Top-down fabrication of active interface between TiO₂ and Pt nanoclusters. Part 1: Redispersion process and mechanism. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 2024, 58, 237-246

5. Xiaorui Du, Hailian Tang, Botao Qiao. Oxidative strong metal-support interactions. Catalysts 2021, 11, 896.

6. Xiaorui Du,^# Yike Huang,^# Xiaoli Pan, Bing Han, Yang Su, Qike Jiang, Mingrun Li, Hailian Tang, Gao Li, Botao Qiao. Size-dependent strong metal-support interactionin TiO₂ supported Au nanocatalysts. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 5811.

7. Rui Lang,^# Xiaorui Du,^# Yike Huang, Xunzhu Jiang, Qian Zhang, Yalin Guo, Kaipeng Liu, Botao Qiao, Aiqin Wang, Tao Zhang. Single-atom catalysts based on the metal-oxide interaction. Chemical Reviews 2020, 120, 11986.

8. Xiaorui Du, Guojun Zou, Xiaolai Wang. Controllable and scalable synthesis of ordered mesoporous silica nanosheets by using acidified g-C₃N₄ as a lamellar surfactant. Nanotechnology 2017, 28, 29LT01.

9. Xiaorui Du, Guojun Zou, Zhonghao Wang, Xiaolai Wang. A scalable chemical route to soluble acidified graphitic carbon nitride: an ideal precursor for isolated ultrathin g-C₃N₄ nanosheets. Nanoscale 2015, 7, 8701.

10. Xiaorui Du, Guojun zou, Yan Zhang, Xiaolai Wang. A novel strategy for low-temperature synthesis of Ruddlesden–Popper type layered perovskite La₃Mn₂O_7+δ for methane combustion. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2013, 1, 8411.