教授，中国工程院院士，化学工程专家，材料化学工程国家重点实验室主任。从事分离膜领域的研究，主持了国家“973”项目、“863”项目、国家杰出青年基金项目、国家自然科学基金重大项目等40余项科研项目，出版著作4部，发表SCI论文300余篇，申请专利150余项（PCT专利7项），授权110余项（美国专利2项），以第一完成人获得国家科技进步二等奖和三等奖各1项，国家技术发明二等奖1项，省部级科技奖励9项。曾获“全国优秀教师”、“全国杰出专业技术人才”、“国家有突出贡献的中青年专家”等称号，是国家“百千万人才工程”国家级人选。

研究方向：材料化学工程膜与膜过程

出版著作如下：

1、徐南平. 面向应用过程的陶瓷膜材料设计、制备与应用[M].科学出版社，2005.3；

2、徐南平，邢卫红，赵宜江. 无机膜分离技术及应用[M].化学工业出版社，2003.3；

3、金万勤，陆小华，徐南平. 材料化学工程进展[M].化学工业出版社，2007.9；

4、金万勤，徐南平. 混合导体氧渗透膜：设计、制备与应用[M]. 科学出版社，2013.7；

代表性论文如下：

1、Xuerui Wang, Yuanyuan Chen, Chun Zhang, Xuehong Gu, Nanping Xu. Preparation and characterization of high-flux T-type zeolite membranes supported on YSZ hollow fibers, Journal of Membrane Science, 2014, 455: 294-304

2、Fangyuan Zheng, Wenheng Jing, Xuehong Gu, Nanping Xu, Junhang Dong. Rapid synthesis of pure DD3R zeolite using ball-milled Sigma-1 seeds under static conditions, Journal of Materials Science, 2013, 48(18): 6286-6292

3、Na Zhu, Xueliang Dong, Zhengkun Liu, Guangru Zhang, Wanqin Jin, Nanping Xu. Toward highly-effective and sustainable hydrogen production: bio-ethanol oxidative steam reforming coupled with water splitting in a thin tubular membrane reactor, Chem. Commun., 2012, 405: 7137–7139

4、Gongping Liu, Fenjuan Xiang li, Wang Wei, Sainan Liu and Wanqin Jin, Improved performance of PDMS/ceramic composite pervaporation membranes by ZSM-5 homogeneously dispersed in PDMS via a surface graft/coating approach, Chem. Eng. J., 2011, 174: 495-503

5、Xueliang Dong, Wanqin Jin and Nanping Xu. Dense ceramic catalytic membranes and membrane reactors for energy an environmental applications, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47: 10886-10902

6、Hong Qi, Jing Han, Nanping Xu and Henny J. M. Bouwmeester. Hybrid organic-inorganic microporous membranes with high hydrothermal stability for the separation of carbon dioxide, ChemSusChem, 2010, 3(12): 1375-1378

7、Wang Wei, Shanshan Xia, Gongping Liu, Xuehong Gu, Wanqin Jin, Nanping Xu. Interfacial adhesion between polymer separation layer and ceramic support for composite membrane, AIChE Journal, 2010, 56: 1584-1592

8、Rizhi Chen, QinqinWang, Yan Du, Weihong Xing and Nanping Xu. Effect of initial solution apparent pH on nano-sized nickel catalysts in p-nitrophenol hydrogenation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2009, 145: 371-376

9、Fenjuan Xiangli, Wang Wei, Yiwei Chen, Wanqin Jin and Nanping Xu. Optimization of preparation conditions for polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/ceramic composite pervaporation membranes using response surface methodology, Journal of Membrane Science, 2008, 311(1-2): 23-33

10、Zhaoxiang Zhong, Weihong Xing, Xin Liu, Wanqin Jin, Nanping Xu, Fouling and regeneration of ceramic membranes used in recovering titanium silicalite-1 catalysts, Journal of Membrane Science, 2007, 301(1-2):67-75