胡長文教授1980至2002年在東北師范大學化學系任教，1993年獲日本東京大學催化化學專業博士學位，1997年遴選為博士生導師，2002年起至今任北京理工大學教授。現任北京理工大學原子分子簇科學教育部重點實驗室主任,兼任“Defence Technology”期刊編委。先后三次赴日本東京工業大學和日本產業綜合技術研究所筑波中心(JSPS)訪學。主要從事的科研方向包括：(1) 多金屬氧簇的合成、結構及其催化化學；(2) 功能納米團簇化學；(3) 有機(藥物)分子共晶化學。正在主持國家自然科學基金重點和面上項目三項。2011年獲教育部自然科學獎一等獎“功能無機物的納微結構設計與特性研究”。課題組與美國、德國、英國、日本及國內相關高校或科研院所建立了良好的科研合作與學術交流關系，已有兩名博士生先后在美國特拉華大學聯合培養。迄今，已在J. Am. Chem. Soc.和Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.等學術期刊發表研究論文200余篇，10篇代表作論文如下(歡迎訪問課題組主頁：http://sc.bit.edu.cn/kyjgjktz/hzwjsktz/index.htm):

[1] Single-Crystal Dendritic Micro-Pines of Magnetic a-Fe2O3: Large-Scale Synthesis, Formation Mechanism, and Properties Cao MH, Liu TF, Gao S, Sun GB, Wu XL, Hu CW*, Wang ZL* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4197 –4201.

[2] The First Fluoride One-Dimensional Nanostructures: Microemulsion- Mediated Hydrothermal Synthesis of BaF2 Whiskers Cao MH, Hu CW*, Wang EB J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11196-11197.

[3] Selected-Control Synthesis of PbO2 and Pb3O4 Single-Crystalline Nanorods Cao MH, Hu CW*, Peng G, Qi YJ, Wang EB J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 4982-4983.

[4] Preparation and Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Behaviors of the Surface-Modified Porous Silica Materials Impregnated with Monosubstituted Keggin Units Guo YH, Hu CW*, Jiang CJ, Yang Y, Jiang SC, Li XL, Wang EB J. Catal. 2003, 217, 141–151.

[5] The {V4Nb6O30} Cluster: A New Type of Vanadoniobate Anions Structure Guo GL, Xu YQ*, Cao J, Hu CW* Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 3493-3497.

[6]Mechanism of the Cycloaddition of Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides Catalyzed by Cobalt-Substituted 12-Tungstenphosphate Chen, FW, Li, XF, Wang, B, Xu TG, Chen SL,* Liu,P* Hu CW* Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 9870–9876.

[7] An Unprecedented Vanadoniobate Cluster with ‘Trans-Vanadium’ Bicapped Keggin-Type {VNb12O40(VO)2} Guo GL, Xu YQ*, Cao J, Hu CW* Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 9411–9413.

[8] Direct Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Olefins and CO2 Catalyzed by a MoO2(acac)2-Quaternary Ammonium Salt System
Chen FW, Dong T, Xu TG, Li XF*, Hu CW* Green Chem. 2011, 13, 2518 – 2524.

[9] Lanthanide-Organic Cation Frameworks with the Zeolite GIS-Topology and Large Cavities from Intersected Channels Templated by Polyoxometalate Counterions Li CH, Huang KL, Chi YN, Liu X, Han ZG, Shen L, Hu CW* Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 2010-2017.

[10] Cation-Induced Synthesis of New Polyoxopalladates Lin ZG, Wang B*, Cao J, Chen BK, Gao YZ, Chi YN, Xu C, Huang XQ, Han RD, Su SY, Hu CW* Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 4435-4437.