Newly elected Chinese Academy of Sciences academicians in chemistry division in 2021

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AggregateVolume 2, Issue 6 e150 PROFILEOpen Access Newly elected Chinese Academy of Sciences academicians in chemistry division in 2021 First published: 17 December 2021 https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.150AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat On November 18, 2021, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced the names of newly elected academicians. Congratulations to all the elected academicians! In this Profile column, we introduce 11 scientists in the Chemistry Division of the CAS. Their expertise covers organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, polymer chemistry and physics, biochemical engineering, and chemical biology. Xian-He Bu Nankai University, Tianjin, China ORCID: 0000-0002-2646-7974 Xian-He Bu is serving as the Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nankai University. He received his B.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees from Nankai University under the supervision of Professor Yun-Ti Chen. He was promoted to a Full Professor in 1995. He was a Visiting Professor at Tokyo University (1999), Kyoto University (2002), Institute of Molecular Science of Japan (1998), Chinese University of Hong Kong (2002), and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2004). In 2002, he was awarded the National Science Fund of China for Distinguished Young Scholars. In 2004, he was selected as Cheung Kong Scholar Professor by the Ministry of Education of China. He was awarded as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2014. His research focuses on functional coordination chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, crystal engineering, molecular magnetism, and so forth. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed papers which have been cited over 24,000 times, with an h-index of 90. He has been selected as the most cited Chinese researcher in Chemistry by Elsevier since 2016. He has received several awards, including the National Natural Science Awards (second class, 2014, first winner), the special class (2018, first winner) and the first class (2002 and 2011, first winner) of the Tianjin Natural Science Award. He contributed to Aggregate with a review article themed on non-linear optics.[1] Personal Homepage: https://mse.nankai.edu.cn/bxh/list.htm Lifeng Chi Soochow University, Suzhou, China ORCID: 0000-0003-3835-2776 Lifeng Chi is a Chair Professor at Soochow University, Suzhou, China. She received her B.S. degree (1982) in Physics and M.S. degree (1985) in Physical Chemistry from Jilin University, China. She earned her Ph.D. degree (1989) from University of Göttingen, Germany, working on electron/energy transfer in thin organic films. She worked at University of Mainz and BASF from 1991 to 1994 as a postdoctoral fellow. Then, she joined University of Münster as a group leader. In 2000, she finished her habilitation in physics in the area of nano-structuring through self-organization. She became a Professor in physics at University of Münster in 2004 and was appointed as Chair Professor at Soochow University, China, in 2012. Her research focuses on on-surface chemistry, self-assembly, structured surfaces, thin films, and scanning probe microscopy. She has published more than 450 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals, including papers in Nature, Science, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Acc. Chem. Rev., Phys. Rev. Lett., and so forth, which have been cited more than 14,000 times. She received the “Lisa Meitner” Scholarship (Germany, 1997), National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Oversea-Chinese Young Scientist (1999), awarded for ACS Nano Lectureship (2016), and 2017 IUPAC distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. Personal Homepage: http://www.lfchi-group.com/en/ Yu Fang Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China ORCID: 0000-0001-8490-8080 Yu Fang is a Distinguished University Professor at Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China. He is now serving as a member of the State Textbook Bureau, Director of the expert group for the emendation of the National Senior and Junior High School Chemistry Curriculum Standards, a member of the Executive Council of the Chinese Chemical Society, and Deputy Director of the Discipline Committee of Applied Chemistry of the Chinese Chemical Society. He received his B.S. (1982), M.S. (1987), and Ph.D. (1998) degrees from Shaanxi Normal University (Xi'an, China), Huazhong Normal University (Wuhan, China), and Lancaster University (Lancaster, UK), respectively. He worked as a research fellow for the School of Chemistry of Birmingham University in the early 1990s. He returned to China in 1998 and joined Shaanxi Normal University as a Professor of physical chemistry and polymer science. His research interests include fluorescent film sensors, and functionality-led soft and dynamic systems, where emphases are given to the physical chemistry at the surfaces, interfaces, and adlayers of the relevant systems. His effort in research was repaid with the successful incubation of a high-tech company on chemical sensors in Shenzhen, China. He received the Science and Technology Award from the government of Shaanxi Province (first class, three times). Personal Homepage: http://yfang.snnu.edu.cn/ Maili Liu Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China ORCID: 0000-0002-9359-915X Maili Liu is a Principal Scientist of Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (APM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. He received his B.S. degree (1982) from Northwest University, Xi'an, China, and Ph.D. degree (1996) from Birkbeck College, London University. He joined the Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics (renamed to APM in 2018), CAS in 1996. His research interest is biomolecular nuclear magnetic resonance analytical chemistry. He has published over 270 papers. Personal Homepage: http://www.wipm.ac.cn/gkjj/xrld/lml/ Guanghui Ma State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences ORCID: 0000-0001-9154-5556 Guanghui Ma graduated from Gunma University, Japan (1988) as a scholarship student of the Ministry of Education of China and received her Ph.D. degree (1993) in Polymer Chemistry from Tokyo Institute of Technology. She started her academic career at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as an Assistant Professor (1994). She joined the Institute of Process Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a Full Professor (2001) and was appointed as the Vice Director of the State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering (2002), and Vice Director of the Institute of Process Engineering (2005). She has been appointed as the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering since 2012. She is one of the earliest women scientists who have won the National Science Fund of China for Distinguished Young Scholars. She has been engaged in the area of functional nano-microparticles for systematic theoretic study and innovative biomedical applications. She has published more than 450 papers in high-impact journals such as Nat. Mater., Nat. Nanotechnol., Sci. Transl. Med., Sci. Adv., Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., Chem. Eng. Sci., and Biomaterials. She edited/wrote 12 books, such as “Microspheres and Microcapsules in Biotechnology”. She serves as an associate editor for Eng. Life Sci., theme editor for Particuology. She has authorized 92 patents, some of which have been transferred to companies and developed into a series of commercialized products. She has received the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Federation of Biotechnology, the Beijing Science and Technology Award (first class), and the National Technological Invention Award (second class), the World Academy of Sciences-the Third World Organization for Women in Science-Scoups Young Women Researcher Award, and so forth. Personal Homepage: http://people.ucas.edu.cn/~ghma Yu Guang Ma South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China ORCID: 0000-0003-0373-5873 Yu Guang Ma is a Professor at South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. He is serving as the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices. He received his B.S. degree (1985) and Ph.D. degree (1991) from Jilin University and conducted postdoctoral research at University of Hong Kong (1995–1996 and 1998) and University of Cambridge (1999–2000). He joined Jilin University in 1991 and moved to South China University of Technology in 2014. His research interests include organic/polymeric semiconductors, electronic structures, and device applications. He has published over 400 papers that have been cited over 14,000 times, with an h-index of 80. He has been selected as a Highly Cited Researcher in areas of Cross Science by Clarivate since 2020. He has received the National Natural Science Award (second class) from the Chinese Government in 2009, and the Award for Advancement of Science and Technology (first class) from the Ministry of Education of China (2002 and 2008). Personal Homepage: http://www2.scut.edu.cn/materials_en/2019/0919/c23303a334751/page.htm Mei-Xiang Wang Tsinghua University, Beijing, China ORCID: 0000-0001-7112-0657 Mei-Xiang Wang is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University. He earned his B.S. degree (1983) from Fudan University and then M.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees in Organic Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 1997 to 2015, he was engaged in the study of biocatalysis, developing the method of enantioselective biotransformation of nitriles to synthesize chiral carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Starting from 2004, he has been focusing on macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry. He has established the chemistry of iconic heteracalixaromatics and coronarenes, and advanced the understanding of noncovalent anion-π interactions, high valent organocopper chemistry, and copper catalysis. His most recent work on zigzag hydrocarbon nanobelts represents a breakthrough in bottom-up synthesis and has allowed access to atomically precise carbon nanostructures. He has won the Qiushi Outstanding Young Scholar Award, the Mao Yi-Sheng Science and Technology Award for Young Scientists, the Chinese Chemical Society Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, and the Physical Organic Chemistry Award of Chinese Chemical Society. Personal Homepage: http://www.x-mol.com/groups/wangmx Su-Yuan Xie Xiamen University, China ORCID: 0000-0003-2370-9947 Su-Yuan Xie studied chemistry at Fujian Normal University (1984–1988) as an undergraduate student and analytical chemistry at Central South University (1988–1989) and Kunming Research Institute of Noble Metals (1989–1991) as a graduate student. He joined Professor Lan-Sun Zheng's group at Xiamen University to pursue his Ph.D. degree in 1996, then worked there after graduation in 1999. He worked in the group of Professor Ya-Ping Sun at Clemson University as a Visiting Scientist during 2003–2005. He also had a short experience as a Visiting Professor at Cardiff University in 2017. He was promoted to a Full Professor in Chemistry at Xiamen University in 2004. His research focuses on fullerene, a family of all-carbon molecules typically consisting of a number of hexagons, pentagons, and occasionally heptagon(s). He and his team discovered that the stability of exohedral fullerenes can be rationalized primarily by both the ‘strain-relief’ and ‘local-aromaticity’ principles,[2] thus breaking through the restriction of the Isolated Pentagon Rule[3] and significantly enriching the member of fullerene family. In addition, the multi-stage combustion synthesis method was invented for preparing a variety of fullerenes and their derivatives on a large scale (US patent 11,053,122 B2). Novel single-molecule devices based on (endohedral) fullerenes have been realized by collaboration with his colleagues. The multi-stage combustion technologies and equipment of the invention have now been transformed to companies engaging in fullerenes, and fullerenes and derivatives have already been applied as electronic receptor materials or additives for photovoltaic, health, and cosmetics products. Personal Homepage: https://chem.xmu.edu.cn/en/info/1010/1307.htm Biao Yu Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China Biao Yu is a Professor at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is serving as the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry and is currently the Deputy Dean of the School of Chemistry and Materials Science at Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his B.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1995) degrees from Peking University and SIOC, respectively, and conducted postdoctoral research at New York University. He returned to SIOC in 1996. His research interests include total synthesis, synthetic methodology, and chemical biology of complex glycans and glycoconjugates. He has published nearly 300 papers that have been cited over 8,500 times, with an h-index of 50. He has received the National Natural Science Award (second class) from the Chinese Government, the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Roy L. Whistler Award from International Carbohydrate Organization. Personal Homepage: http://biaoyu.sioc.ac.cn Yingjin Yuan Tianjin University, Tianjin, China Yingjin Yuan is a Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University. He is a fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers since 2010. He has been appointed as the Vice President of Tianjin University since 2012. He received his B.S. (1984), M.S. (1987), and Ph.D. (1991) degrees from Tianjin University. He was the Senior Visiting Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded the National Science Fund of China for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2004. He was the Academic Leader of the Innovation Research Group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Chief Scientist of the National Basic Research Program (973 Program), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. He is serving as the Editor-In-Chief of Synthetic Biology and is currently the Director of Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Education of China. His main research interest is in synthetic biology, including genome design and synthesis, microbial cell factories, and DNA information storage. The achievement was selected into China's top 10 scientific advances in 2017. He was awarded the “Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology Achievement Award” in 2017, and the “Distinguished College Teacher Prize Winner, the Ministry of Education of China” in 2007. Personal Homepage: http://chemeng.tju.edu.cn/en/people?type=detail&id=274 Xiang Zhou Wuhan University, Wuhan, China ORCID: 0000-0002-1829-9368 Xiang Zhou is a Professor at Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. He received his B.S. (1986) and M.S. (1989) degrees from Wuhan University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree (1996) from Chinese University of Hong Kong and conducted postdoctoral research at University of Virginia during 1996–1998 and University of Maryland, College Park, during 1998–2001, respectively. He joined Wuhan University in 2001 as a Full Professor. His research interests include the chemical biology of nucleic acids. He has published over 260 papers. He has received the National Science Award of Hubei Province (first class, 2010 and 2020), the Life Award in Chemistry of WuXi PharmaTech Company (second class) in 2010. Personal Homepage: http://xiangzhou.ceomoo.cn/team.html REFERENCES 1X. Han, F. Ge, J. Xu, X. Bu, Aggregate 2021, 2, e28. 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