中共党员。2019年获中国科学院大学（山西煤炭化学研究所）化学工程与技术博士学位，枣庄市原料杂质研究及影响消除技术创新中心负责人，主要从事费托合成及含水酯加氢等相关研究工作。主讲《化工制图》、《化工仪表及自动化》、《工程评价与项目管理》、《化工仿真实训》等课程。作为项目负责人主持山东省自然科学基金青年项目1项、博士科研启动基金项目1项和枣庄市科技发展计划项目2项，企业横向课题1项，指导学生完成国家级创新创业训练项目1项，主持校级教改项目1项。作为主要成员参与国家自然科学基金面上项目1项，中国科学院洁净能源创新学院-榆林学院联合基金1项。以第一作者或通讯作者在SCI/EI收录的学术期刊如Chemical Engineering Journal、Molecularcatalysis、Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research、石油学报(石油加工)等发表论文11篇，以共同作者发表SCI论文10余篇。
个人荣誉与获奖：
1. 枣庄学院2019-2020年度高质量科研成果一等奖
2. 枣庄学院2021年度高质量科研成果三等奖
3. 枣庄学院2022年度高质量科研成果三等奖
4. 枣庄学院人人体育2020年第二届青年教师教学竞赛一等奖
近年论文：
1. Shan, Jianfeng*; Li, Zhikai;Chen, Zheng*; Wang, Dengfeng; Zhang, Xuelan; Ning, Zihan; Xue, Yanfeng*; Zhu, Shanhui, Enhancement in catalytic performance of HZSM-5 zeolite for glycerol dehydration after acidity regulation. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 460, 141741.
2.张学兰;张涛*;魏淑伟;吴鸿伟;赵雪英;肖瑞瑞;王振华;路文学; 陈政*;王登峰*,过渡金属改性的Mg-Al复合氧化物催化尿素与苯酚绿色合成水杨酰胺.石油学报(石油加工) 2022, 1-14.
3.Chen, Zheng*; Zhao, Xueying; Wei, Shuwei; Wang, Dengfeng; Zhang, Xuelan; Shan, Jianfeng*, The improvement effect of surfactants on hydrogenation at condition containing water for Cu/SiO2 catalysts. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 2022, 39 (11), 2983-2990.
4.Chen, Zheng*; Zhao, Xueying; Wei, Shuwei; Wang, Dengfeng; Zhang, Xuelan*, The effect of supports on hydrogenation and water-tolerance of copper-based catalysts. New J. Chem. 2021, 45 (22), 9967-9974.
5.Chen, Zheng*; Zhang, Tao; Zhao, Xueying; Zhang, Xuelan.; Wang, Dengfeng; Wei, Shuwei*, The contribution of the spatial restriction for improvement of hydrogenation and water-tolerant for Cu/SiO2 catalysts by varied pores of support. ChemistrySelect 2021, 6 (47), 13479-13487.
6.Chen, Zheng*; Wei, Shuwei; Zhao, Xueying; Wang, Dengfeng; Chen, Jiangang*, Effect of the ZnO/SiO2 ratio on the structure and catalytic activity of Cu/SiO2 and Cu/ZnO catalysts in water-containing ester hydrogenation. New J. Chem. 2020, 44 (34), 14560-14567.
7.Chen, Zheng*; Ge, Hui; Wang, Pengfei; Sun, Jiaqiang; Abbas, Mohamed; Chen, Jiangang*, Insight into the deactivation mechanism of water on active Cu species for ester hydrogenation: Experimental and theoretical study. Mol. Catal. 2020, 488, 110919.
8.Chen, Zheng*; Chen, Jiangang*, Comparative study of the effect of water on Cu/SiO2 catalysts prepared by different methods: structure, hydrogenation performance and the promotion of reduction Cu+ to Cu0. ChemistrySelect 2020, 5 (34), 10781-10786.
9.Chen, Zheng*; Zhu, Guisheng; Wu, Yi; Sun, Jiaqiang; Abbas, Mohamed; Wang, Pengfei; Chen, Jiangang*, The promotion effect of transition metals on water-tolerant performance of Cu/SiO2 catalysts in hydrogenation reaction. ChemistrySelect 2019, 4 (48), 14063-14068.
10.Chen, Zheng; Zhang, Juan; Zheng, Shenke; Ding, Jian; Sun, Jiaqiang; Dong, Mei; Abbas, Mohamed; Chen, Yilong; Jiang, Zheng; Chen, Jiangang*, The texture evolution of g-C3N4 nanosheets supported Fe catalyst during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Mol. Catal. 2018, 444, 90-99.
11.Chen, Zheng; Zhang, Juan; Abbas, Mohamed; Xue, Yingying; Sun, Jiaqiang; Liu, Kefeng; Chen, Jiangang*, Effect of configuration addition of precursors on structure and catalysis of Cu/SiO2 catalysts prepared by ammonia evaporation–hydrothermal method. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2017, 56 (33), 9285-9292.
近年来项目
1. 山东省自然科学基金青年项目，利用水煤气变换反应消除铜基催化剂催化的酯加氢反应中杂质水的影响，项目号：ZR2020QB049，2021.01-2023.12，在研，主持
2.枣庄学院博士科研启动资金，高效稳定加氢铜基催化剂的开发与应用，项目号：2019BS010，2019.12-2022.12，结题，主持
