Prior Members

Simin Zhang

Postdoctoral

E-mail: zhang-sm@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Personal statement:

Simin Zhang is currently a post-doctor researcher in Prof. Xun Wang’s group in the department of chemistry, Tsinghua University. She received her Ph.D degree in Prof. Xun Wang’s group from Tsinghua University in 2020. Her current research focuses on the synthesis and application of sub-1 nm nanowires/nanobelts.

Deren Yang

Postdoctoral

E-mail: yangdr@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Personal statement:

Deren Yang is currently a post-doctor researcher in inorganic chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Xun Wang at Tsinghua University. He received his Ph.D degree in inorganic chemistry from Tsinghua University in 2020. His research interests include design, synthesis, and application of novel catalysts for CO2 electrocatalysis.

Yue Zhou

Postdoctoral

E-mail: yuezhou0801@163.com

Personal statement:

Yue Zhou is currently a post-doctor researcher in Prof. Xun Wang’s group in the department of chemistry, Tsinghua University. She received her Ph.D degree in inorganic chemistry from Jilin University in 2018. Her current research focuses on the synthesis and application of metal-organic frameworks.

Chen Ouyang

PhD candidate

E-mail: oyconion@163.com

Project: synthesis and application of nanomaterials

Personal statement:

Chen Ouyang received his bachelors degree from the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2017. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, under the supervision of Prof. Xun Wang. His current interests include the electrochemical properties of ZIF modified carbon nanocrystals.

Qichen Lu

PhD candidate

E-mail: lqc17@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Project: synthesis and applications of nanomaterials

Personal statement:

Qichen Lu, came from Hebei, received his Bachelor degree from the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2017. He is currently working in Xun’s Group for his Ph.D. degree. His current research interests include the synthesis and applications of ultrathin nanocrystals.

Haozhou Yang

PhD candidate

E-mail: yhz16@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Project: synthesis and applications of secondary component incorporated nanomaterials

Personal statement:

Haozhou Yang received his bachelor’s degree and Ph. D. from the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2016 and 2021 respectively under supervision of Prof. Xun Wang. He is currently a postdoc fellow in National University of Singapore.

Hao Zhang

PhD candidate

E-mail: zhanghaothu@163.com

Project : polyoxometalated-based nanotube and core-shell structure

Personal statement :

Hao Zhang, male, came from Beijing, got his bachelor degree in Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University. He is now working in Xun Wang's group for his doctor degree. His research interests is on polyoxometalated-based nanotube and core-shell structure.

Shaheed Ullah

PhD candidate

Personal statement:

SHAHEED ULLAH received his Master of Science (M. Sc.) in 2012 and Master of philosophy (M.Phil.) in 2014 at Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

He is currently a PhD student under the supervision of Professor Wang Xun at Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University. His current research focuses on the synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) nanostructures and their applications.

Haoyi Li

PhD candidate

Email: qiyi1014@gmail.com

Mailing Address: No.217, Hetian Building 2F, Department of chemistry, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing, 10084, China.

Biosketch:

2014.9 – present: PhD candidate in the department of chemistry, Tsinghua University, China.

2010.9 – 2014.6: B.S. in chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China.

Research Area:

The synthesis and self-assembly of transition metal chalcogenide nanomaterials.

The electrochemical and photoelectrochemical properties of transition metal chalcogenide nanomaterials.

Bing Ni

PhD candidate

E-mail: nib10@qq.com

Project: synthesis and application of nanomaterials

Personal statement:

Bing Ni received his bachelors degree from the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2014. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, under the supervision of Prof. Xun Wang. His current interests include the synthesis of ultrathin structures and electrochemical properties of monodisperse nanocrystals

Yong Long

Postdoctoral

E-mail: longyong18@126.com

Project: Inorganic membrane: macro-assembly and separation properties

Personal statement:

Yong Long is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Xun Wang’s group in the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China. He was born in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. He received his B.S. degree in department of chemistry from Xi`an University of Science and Technology in 2009, the M.S. degree from chemical engineering institute of Northwest University(China) in 2012, and he received his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2016. His research focuses on the Macro-assembly of inorganic membranes and their separation properties for organic solvents.

Ting He

PhD candidate

Ting He received his Bachelor degree in chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University in 2010, and his Master degree in organic chemistry from Lanzhou University in 2013. Now he is pursuing his Ph.D.degree at Tsinghua University and Tianjin University from joint education. His current interest focuses on the synthesis and application of metal-organic framworks.

Aurang Zeb Gul Sial

PhD candidate

Personal statement:

Aurang Zeb Gul Sial is currently a PhD candidate. He received his BS degree from University of Sargodha in 2013 and Master degree in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Pakistan in 2015. His research interest includes the synthesis, properties and applications of water soluble nanostructured materials.

Kai Wang

PhD candidate

E-mail:464084402@qq.com

Project:self-assembly of noble-metal cluster

Personal statement:

Kai Wang was born in Hangzhou,Zhejiang,China.He received his bachelor degree in department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University(THU) in 2013.He is now majoring in inorganic chemistry at THU. His research focuses on the synthesis and self-assembly of noble-metal clusters.

Aizaz Qureshi

PhD candidate

E-mail: azc14@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Project : Synthesis of noble metals nanoparticles and nanosheets

Personal statement :

AIZAZ was born in Multan, Pakistan. He received his Bachelor degree in chemistry in 2008 and Master of philosophy in Chemistry Degree in 2012 from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry at Tsinghua University. His research focuses on the synthesis of noble metals nanoparticles and nanosheets and exploration of their electrocatalytic properties. His hobbies are playing football, basketball and cricket. He is active member of Chinese English corner of Tsinghua University.

Haiqing Wang

Current Position: Associate Prefessor, Jinan University

Postdoctoral

Personal statement:

Haiqing Wang is currently a post-doctor in Prof. Xun Wang’s group in the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University. He received his Ph.D degree in Chemistry of Materials from Nanjing Tech University in 2015. His current research interests include the synthesis and novel properties of hetero-structured nanomaterials.

Xiaobin Xu

Current Position: Beijing the Fourth Middle School

PhD candidate

E-mail: xuxb12@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Project: composite of polyoxometalates and metal-organic frameworks

Personal statement:

Xiaobin Xu was born in 1990 in the Henan province of China. He received his BS degree from the Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University (NENU) in 2012. Then he joined the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University and conducted research on the synthesis of composite of polyoxometalates and metal-organic frameworks under the supervision of Professor Xun Wang.

Su He

Current Position: GlaxoSmithKline China

Master candidate

E-mail: sue126_h@163.com

Project : self-assembly of 2D nanostructures

Personal statement :

Su He was born in Zigong, Sichuan, China. She received her bachelor degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University in 2014. She is now pursuing her master degree in inorganic chemistry at Tsinghua University. Her research focuses on the self-assembly of 2D nanostructures and the morphology control of MOF.

Azhar Mahmood

Current Position: Postdoc, Shenzhen Graduate School, Tsinghua University

PhD candidate

Personal statement:

Azhar Mahmood received his MSc, degree in Chemistry from Bahauddin Zakariya University, and MPhil degree in Chemistry from The Islamia University, Pakistan. Currently, he is a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Xun Wang at the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing China. His current research work focuses on the synthesis of Noble Metal Nanostructures and their applications.

Haifeng Lin

Current Position: Qingdao University of Science and Technology

Postdoctoral

Email: linhaifeng@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Project: morphology-controlling and performance exploration of ultrathin nanomaterials

Personal statement:

Haifeng Lin is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Xun Wang’s group in the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Inner Mongolia University, China (2009), and his PhD degree in inorganic chemistry from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of matter (FJIRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China (2014). His present study interests are centered on the synthesis, characterization and application of ultrathin nanostructures.

Huihui Zhu

Postdoctoral

Personal statement:

Huihui Zhu received her Ph.D degree from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2014. She is interesting in synthesizing photoelectric nanomaterials of oxides and hetero-structured materials.

Farhat Nosheen

PhD

E-mail: nosheenf10@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Project : Synthesis and electrocatalytic properties of noble metal based nanocrystals

Personal statement:

Farhat Nosheen pursued her PhD degree under the supervision of Prof. Xun Wang in the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University from 2012 to 2016. She received her master’s degree in Analytical/Inorganic Chemistry from University of Sargodha (UOS), Pakistan. Her research interests included the synthesis, and electrocatalytic properties of noble metal based nanocrystals.

Faisal Saleem

PhD

E-mail: 2486751508@qq.com

Project : Controlled synthesis of noble metal nanostructures at atomic level to tune their electrocatalytic properties.

Personal statement:

Faisal Saleem is a Pakistani national, native of Gujranwala, Punjab. After completing M.Phil from Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Pakistan, Faisal had joined Dr. Wang Xun group at Tsinghua University China, in 2012 as a PhD student. And he received his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2016.His research involves synthesis of atomically thick alloys nanosheets, Core-shell and multi-metallic nano-frames for electro-oxidation of ethanol, methanol and formic acid..

Peilei He

PhD

E-mail: 15810605239@163.com

Project : self-assembly of Polyoxometalate

Personal statement:

Peilei He was born in Linfen, Shanxi, China. She received her bachelor degree in applied chemistry from Beijing University of chemical technology (BUCT) in 2011. She pursued her Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry at Tsinghua University from 2011 to 2016. Her research focused on the self-assembly of polyoxometalate and exploration of their electrocatalytic and organocatalytic properties.

Huiling Liu

Current Position: Tianjin University of Technology

PhD

E-mail: shadangogo@163.com

Personal statement:

Huiling Liu was born in Liaoning province, China. She received her B.S. in Polymer Chemistry from Jilin University and joined the Wang group in 2011. She pursued her P.D. degree in inorganic chemistry in the department of chemistry in Tsinghua University from 2011 to 2016. Her research interest focused on the synthesis of functional ultrathin nanostructures for investigating their innovative assembly behaviors and unique properties.

Yong Yang

PhD

E-mail: 18911027318@163.com

Project : Self-assembly and properties of inorganic nanocrystals

Personal statement:

Yong Yang was born in Hainan province of China. He received his Bachelor degree and Master degree from Northwest University in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He pursued his Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry at Tsinghua University from 2012 to 2016. He conducted research on the synthesis of ultrathin inorganic nanocrystals.

Yansong Xiong

Postdoctoral

E-mail: lqlxys@126.com

Project: growth kinetics of nanocrystals and self-assembly of nanocrystals

Personal statement:

Yansong Xiong was born in Hubei province of China. He received his master degree from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009 and then received his PhD from Tsinghua University and The National Center for nanoscience and Technology (China) in 2013. He was a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Xun Wang’s group from 2014.06-2016.06.

Huan Zhou

E-mail:408009066@qq.com

Personal statement:

She received his bachelor degree from department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University (with Professor Xun Wang) in 2013.

Jie He

Master

E-mail:averyjie@163.com

Project:Synthesis and characterization of tungsten oxide ultrathin nanostructure and exploration of its unique properties based on the ultrathin dimension.

Personal statement:

2008/09-2012/07, Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry, Bachelor.

2012/09-2015/07, Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry, Master.

I like to play football and basketball in my spare time. My favourite football team is Arsenal in London and my favourite basketball player is Steve Nash. Music, movies and drama series (mainly US and UK) are also my interest.

Published paper:

Highly Flexible Sub-1 nm Tungsten Oxide Nanobelts as Efficient Desulfurization Catalysts, Jie He, Huiling Liu, Biao Xu, and Xun Wang*, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201401273

Some words about this group:

The chemist I revere the most is Pauling. He was a legend and what he achieved has impacted the development of modern chemistry profoundly. Nano-world is permeated with marvellous phenomena and I believe that nano-technology will be the key to inaugurate a brandnew stage of human’s history. Professor Wang’s group is a big warm family. People here are nice and splendid. Everyone is focused on research and conflicts never happen here. It is a perfect place for people who are determined to make some achievements in nano-technology and all the brilliant papers are the most powerful comments.

Guolei Xiang

Current Position: Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Ph. D.

E-mail:sinbool@qq.com

Personal statement:

He received his Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from Tsinghua University (with Professor Xun Wang) in 2014..

Biao Xu

Current Position: Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Postdoctoral Scholar (Iowa State University)

E-mail:xubiao@njust.edu.cn

Personal statement:

He received his Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from Tsinghua University (with Professor Xun Wang) in 2014.

Long Sun

E-mail:19881005sunlong@163.com

Current Position: Beijing National Day School.

Published paper:

He received his master degree in inorganic chemistry from Tsinghua University (with Professor Xun Wang) in 2014.

Peng-peng Wang

Postdoctoral Scholar (University of Maryland)

Email: wangpengll@126.com

Personal statement:

Peng-peng Wang was born in Tongchuan, shaanxi province. He received his B.S. degree (2007) in bioengineering and M.S degree (2010) in applied chemistry from Chang’an University. Then he received his PhD degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University in Jan. 2014, where he worked with Prof. Xun Wang on the synthesis and self-assembly of ultrathin nanostructures. Currently, he is a postdoc working with Prof. Min Ouyang in department of physics at University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests focus on the synthetic design of various hybrid nanostructures, exploring and manipulating novel physics that emerge at the nanoscale.

Shi Hu

Current Position: Professor, Tianjin University

E-mail: rychushi@gmail.com

Project: Materials for Next-Generation Lithium & Sodium Battery

Personal Statement:

Shi Hu was born in Anqing, Anhui Province of China. He received his bachelor degree in chemistry from Nanjing University in 2006 with preliminary research work on Molecular Dynamics. He obtained PhD degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University (Beijing) in 2012 for his work on the growth, characterization and applications of ultrathin nanomaterials under the supervision of Dr. Xun Wang. Then he worked on the synthesis and opto-electrical properties of 2-dimesional nanomaterials as a postdoc in the group of Dr. Linyou Cao of North Carolina State University and is now working on materials for battery in the group of Dr. Donghai Wang of Penn State University. He has wide interests in various aspects of physical science and is a highly motivated person.

Nisar

Postdoctoral Scholar (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST))

E-mail: chempk@hotmail.com

Personal statement :

He received his Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry from Tsinghua University (with Professor Xun Wang) in 2011.

Yuan Zhuang

Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd. Personal statement:

She received her master degree in inorganic chemistry from Tsinghua University (with Professor Xun Wang) in 2010.

Di Wu

Phd candidates (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

E-mail: wudimse@gmail.com

Personal statement:

She received her bachelor degree in Materials Science from Tsinghua University in 2012 with preliminary research work on photocatalyst (with Prof. Wang). In 2014, she obtained her master degree from MIT (with Prof. Ceder). Nowadays, she is pursuing her doctoral degree in Material Systems Lab from MIT.

Qiyu Yu

Present address: Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University

Email: yuqiyu@scu.edu.cn

Personal statement:

He worked as a postdoctor in Xun's group in 2009-2012.

Zhicheng Zhang

Research fellow (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Email: zzc7751@gmail.com

Personal statement:

Zhi-cheng Zhang was born in Leiyang City, Hunan Province. He received his B.S. degree in College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Southwest Petroleum University (2007, 7). He received his Ph.D. degree in College of Chemical Engineering from China University of Petroleum, Beijing (2012, 7). Then he worked as a postdoc in Prof. Xun Wang’s group in Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University (2014, 6). Now he is a research fellow working with Prof. Hua Zhang in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2014, 7 - Present). His current research interests focus on the designed synthesis and catalytic application of ultrathin metal nanostructures with novel crystal phase.

Zhuoran Ma

Personal statement:

Zhuoran Ma received his B.S. from Tsinghua University in 2015. As an undergraduate, he worked in Prof. Wang's group for two years. His research interest was synthesis of multimetallic ultrathin nanosheets and electrocatalysis. He's now a graduate student at Stanford, working in Prof. Hongjie Dai's lab.

Jingchao Zhang

Lecturer ( Anyang Normal University, Henan)

Email: zjc19830618@126.com

Personal statement:

Jingchao Zhang was born in Mohe, Heilongjiang Province. She received her B.S. degree in school of chemistry and materials science from Heilongjiang University, Harbin (2006, 7). She received her Ph.D. degree in college of chemistry from Jilin University, Changchun (2012, 7). Then she worked as a postdoc in Prof. Xun Wang’s group in department of chemistry, Tsinghua University (2014, 7). Now she is a Lecturer of college of chemistry and chemical engineering, Anyang Normal University, Henan (2014, 7 - Present). Her current research interests focus on the designed synthesis of electro-catalytic materials.

Post doctor  Year     Position       University

朱万诚    2010-2012 Professor      Qufu Normal University

惠俊峰    2010-2012 Associate Professor  Northwest University

裴振昭    2008-2010 Associate Professor  Hebei University Of Engineering

唐志红    2008-2010 Associate Professor  University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

袁强     2008-2010 Professor      Guizhou University

沈淑玲    2008-2010 Associate Professor  University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

徐翔星    2007-2009 Professor      Nanjing Normal University