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Ya-Qian Lan Dr. YaQian Lan is a professor of Chemistry at South China Normal University (SCNU). He was born in 1978 in Jilin, P. R. China. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degree (2009) from Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University under the supervision of Prof. Zhong-Min Su. In 2010, he joined Prof. Qiang Xu's group at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow. 2012-2021, he has been a Professor of Chemistry at Nanjing Normal University. His current research interests focus on the application of polyoxometalate-based composite materials in energy storage and conversion and porous metal-organic frameworks for applications in catalysis and proton conduction. He has published 180+ papers with over 18000 citations (H-index 73). He has been selected to be the “Young Cheung Kong Scholars Program” by the Ministry of Education of China and "Excellent Young Scientist Foundation" by Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2016. |
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Shun-Li Li Dr. Shun-Li Li was born in 1979 in Jilin, PR China. She received her B.S. (2002) in Chemistry and Ph.D. degree (2008) from Northeast Normal University under the supervision of Prof. Jian-Fang Ma. She carried out postdoctoral studies with Prof. Zhong-Min Su in Environmental Chemistry at NENU. Then she worked as a JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) invited fellow at AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) in 2012. She is a is a professor of Chemistry at South China Normal University. Her current research interest lies in the syntheses, structures and properties of polyoxometalate-based materials. Email: slli@njnu.edu.cn |
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Jiang Liu Dr. Jiang Liu was born in 1986 in ShanXi province, P. R. China. He received his B.S. and M. S. degrees from School of Chemistry & Material Science, Shanxi Normal University under the supervision of Prof. Xian-Ming Zhang. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. degree from School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University under the direction of Prof. Ming-Liang Tong. In 2016, he joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group at College of Chemistry and Materials Science of Nanjing Normal University. His research interest focuses on the development of molecular-based metal cluster and metal-organic crystalline materials applied in energy storage and conversion, proton conductivity and photo/electric heterogeneous catalysis. Email: liuj@njnu.edu.cn |
 | Yi-Fa Chen Dr. Yifa Chen was born in 1989 in Fujian, PR China. He received his B.S. degree from School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. degree from School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Bo Wang. In 2018, he joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group as an associate professor at Nanjing Normal University. His research interest focuses on the fabrication of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) based devices like membranes, foams and fibers that can be applicable in energy storage and conversion, proton conductivity or photo/electric heterogeneous catalysis. Email: chyf927821@163.com |
 | Yong Yan Dr. Yan obtained BSc and PhD in Chemistry from Lanzhou University and the University of Nottingham, respectively. He has experience working in Nottingham, Manchester and Liverpool. His research is maily focused on design and synthesis of novel metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and the crystal structure characterisations of these materials using in situ crystallography methods such as single crystal and powder X-ray and neutron diffraction. Main results include: 1) The first-time synthesis of hexa-carboxylate linkers for the construction of MOF materials showing high performance for hydrogen and natural gas storage, and the explaination of adsorption mechanisms analyzed by using in situ neutron powder diffraction; 2) In situ high pressure crystallography proves the rare negative linear compressibility in a type of Zr-MOFs; 3) The innovative synthesis of flexible MOFs based on amino acid building units, and the characterisation of the dynamic structural response behaviors using in situ powder X-ray diffraction. He has published a total of 30 research papers including Nat. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Acc. Chem. Res., Chem. Soc. Rev. and Chem. Sci. Publications have achieved total citations of >3000 and his H-index is 21. Email: yanyong2021@163.com |
 | Jiao-Min Lin Dr. JiaoMin Lin was born in 1985 in GuangDong province, P. R. China. He received his B.S. and M. S. degrees from GuangZhou University under the supervision of Prof. Wen Dong. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. degree from Sun Yat-Sen University under the direction of Prof. Jie-Peng Zhang. After that, he worked as a teacher at College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanghai Normal University. In 2021, he joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group at School of Chemistry, South China Normal University. His current research interest focuses on the syntheses, structures and properties of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) and Polyoxometalates (POMs). Email: linjiaomin08@163.com |
 | Yitao Cao Dr. Yitao Cao was born in 1990 in Jiangsu province, China. He received his B.S. degree (2012) from School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree (2017) from University of Chinese Academy of Science under the supervision of Prof. Tierui Zhang. He then joined Prof. Jianping Xie’s group in National University of Singapore as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 2018 to 2023. In 2023, he joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group at School of Chemistry, South China Normal University. In the past few years, his research work focused on chemistry involved in the formation and transformation process of coinage metal nanoclusters. He is now interested in the stoichiometric surface chemistry of inorganic nanoclusters including POMs and metal nanoclusters. Email: cao_yitao@m.scnu.edu.cn |
 | Mi Zhang Dr. Mi Zhang was born in 1991 in FuJian province, P. R. China. She received her B.S. degree from College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University. She subsequently obtained her M. S. and Ph. D. degree from School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University under the direction of Prof. Ya-Qian Lan. She then carried out postdoctoral studies with Prof. Yue-Peng Cai in School of Chemistry, South China Normal University from 2020 to 2023. In 2023, she joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group as an associate research fellow at SCNU. Her research interest focuses on the development of covalent organic frameworks and their composite materials applied in energy storage and conversion and photo/electric heterogeneous catalysis. Email: mizhang@m.scnu.edu.cn |
 | Meng Lu Dr. Meng Lu was born in 1993 in Anhui province, P R. China. He received his B.S. degree from Harbin University of Science and Technology. He subsequently obtained his Ph. D. degree from the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University under the direction of Prof, Ya-Qian Lan. He then carried out postdoctoral studies with Prof, Ya-Qian Lan in South China Normal University (SCNU) from 2021 to 2024 under the support of the Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program. In 2024, he joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group as an associate research fellow at SCNU. His research interest focuses on the design and synthesis of new covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and their applications in photo/electric heterogeneous catalysis. Email: menglu@m.scnu.edu.cn |
 | Ning Li Dr. Ning Li was born in 1988 in Henan province, P. R. China. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University under the supervision of Prof. Ya-Qian Lan and Prof. Bao-Xia Dong. In 2017, she joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group at College of Chemistry and Materials Science of Nanjing Normal University. Her research interest focuses on the development of metal-oxo cluster and metal-organic frameworks applied in energy storage and conversion (e.g. CO2 photoreduction and organic catalysis). Email: ningl0314@163.com |
 | Teng Li Dr. Teng Li was born in 1992 in Shandong province, P. R. China. He received B.S. degree from Applied Chemistry, Guangdong University of Technology, and M. S. degree from Physical Chemistry in South China Normal University. And his Ph. D. degree was obtained from Organic Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University. He then carried out postdoctoral studies in Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University from 2018 to 2021. In 2021, he joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group as an associate research fellow at South China Normal University. His research interest focuses on the development of crystalline porous materials and their composite materials applied in photo/electric heterogeneous catalysis, asymmetric catalysis and semiconductor device. Email: tengli@m.scnu.edu.cn |
 | Run-Han Li Dr. Run-Han Li was born in 1994 in Jilin province, China. She received the B.S. degree (2017) from School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University. She obtained her Ph.D. degree (2022) from Northeast Normal University under the supervision of Prof. Wei Guan. She carried out postdoctoral studies with Prof. Ya-Qian Lan in School of Chemistry, South China Normal University from 2022 to 2025. In 2025, she joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group as an associate research fellow at SCNU. Her research interests focus on theoretical exploration of the catalytic mechanism of environmental catalysis-related reactions, theoretical prediction of Actinide poly-oxo cluster. Email: lirh949@m.scnu.edu.cn |
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Long-Zhang Dong Dr. LongZhang Dong was born in 1994 in Hebei Province, China. He received his B.S. degree (2017) and Ph.D. degree (2022) from Nanjing Normal University under the supervision of Prof. Ya-Qian Lan. From 2022 to 2025, he conducted postdoctoral research in the School of Chemistry at South China Normal University (SCNU), also under the guidance of Prof. Lan. In 2025, he joined Prof. Lan’s group at SCNU as an Associate Research Fellow. His research focuses on the rational design and synthesis of stable metal–organic complexes, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and polyoxometalates (POMs) for applications in photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and gas separation. Email: dong.long.zhang@163.com |
 | Xiao-Xin Li Dr. XiaoXin Li was born in 1993 in Heilongjiang Province, P.R. China. She received her B.S. degree in Chemical Education from Nanjing Normal University in 2015, and her M.S. degree in Physical Chemistry from Northeast Normal University in 2018 under the supervision of Professors Ya-Qian Lan and Zhong-Min Su. She earned her Ph.D. from Southeast University in 2022, advised by Professors Kai Huang and Ya-Qian Lan. From 2022 to 2025, she conducted postdoctoral research in Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group at the School of Chemistry, South China Normal University (SCNU). In 2025, she joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group at SCNU as an Associate Research Fellow. Her research interests focus on the design and synthesis of metal-oxo cluster-based materials and their applications in photocatalysis. Email: xxli@m.scnu.edu.cn |
 | Yi-Rong Wang Dr. Yi-Rong Wang was born in 1993 in Shanxi Province, China. She received her B.S. degree from Harbin Normal University in 2016. She obtained her M.S. degree (2019) and Ph.D. degree (2022) from Nanjing Normal University under the supervision of Prof. Ya-Qian Lan. She then joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan’s group in South China Normal University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 2022 to 2025 under the support of the Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program. In 2025, she joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group as an associate research fellow at SCNU. Her current research focuses on the synthesis of crystalline porous materials (MOF- and COF-based composites) and their applications in energy storage and conversion. Email: yirongwang@m.scnu.edu.cn |
 | Guo-Zhang Huang Dr. Guo-Zhang Huang was born in Guangdong, P.R. China, in 1994. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Chemistry at Sun Yat-sen University, under the supervision of Prof. Ming-Liang Tong. He carried out his postdoctoral research at Southern University of Science and Technology from 2022 to 2024, under the joint supervision of Prof. Ya-Qian Lan and Prof. Feng Yang. In 2024, he joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group as an associate research fellow at South China Normal University. His research interests focus on the development of molecular-based magnetic materials for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic applications, along with the in-depth investigation into spin-state-dependent catalytic mechanisms. Email: huangguozhang@scnu.edu.cn |
 | Liqi Bai Dr. Liqi Bai was born in 1998 in Henan Province, China. He received his B.S. degree from Taiyuan University of Technology in 2017. And he obtained his Ph.D. degree (2022) from China University of Geosciences, Beijing under the supervision of Prof. Yihe Zhang and Prof. Hongwei Huang. He has carried out the Full-time Research Assistant (2021-2022) and Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2025) in Hong Kong Polytechnic University under the supervision of Prof. Haitao Huang. In 2025, he joined Prof. Ya-Qian Lan's group as an associate research fellow at SCNU. His research focuses on crystalline porous materials for Zinc-based battery applications Email: liqibai@m.scnu.edu.cn |
