Principal Investigator

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Dr. Junzhi Liu, Assistant Professor (08.2019-)
07. 2011-01. 2016: Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , Germany
07.2015-06.2017: Postdoc, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
07.2017-07.2019: Research Group Leader, Dresden University of Technology, Germany.

​Awards & Recognition:
Chinese Journal of Chemistry "Emerging Investigator" (Wiley-VCH, 2024)
Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (2023)
Outstanding Young Researcher Award (HKU, 2023)
Small "Rising Star" (Wiley-VCH, 2022)
ChemComm Emerging Investigator (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022)
NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Award (Hong Kong and Macau, 2021)
RGC Early Career Award (2020)
IUPAC International Award for Young Chemists - Honorable Mention Award (2017)
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students (2015)
Best Poster Award, EUROMAT2013, Spain (2013)
EU “Marie Curie” Fellowship (2011-2014)
Royal DSM N.V. (DSM) scholarship (2009).

Professional Affiliations and Service Activities:
Editorial Board for Chinese Journal of Chemistry (2024-)
Advisory Board for Organic Materials (2023-)
Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) of Chemistry – An Asian Journal (2020-).
Reviewer for Nature Chem., Nature Comm., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Sci., Small, Org. Lett., Chem. Eur. J., J. Org. Chem., etc.

Scientific Interests:
1) Rational synthesis of nanocarbons with non-alternant topologies
2) Atomically precise synthesis of cubic (3D) nanocarbons
3) Bottom-up organic synthesis of heteroatom-doped nanocarbons
4) Organic electronic nanodevices: Organic memory and memristors; multi-functional integration of organic field-effect transistors, OLEDs, etc

Our Team

Dr. Yang Yu
Postdoctoral fellow  (07. 2020~)

Ph.D: Optoelectronic materials and devices, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Shuhai Qiu
Postdoctoral fellow  (02. 2023~)

Post-doctor: East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
PhD in Chemistry, Hunan University, Changsha, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: 

Dr. Zhenmei Huang
Postdoctoral fellow  (11. 2023~)

PhD in Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: 

Biao Xia
PhD student ​(08. 2020~)

Bsc and Msc: Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: [email protected]

Zhaohang Lin
PhD student ​(09. 2020~)

Bsc and Msc: Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
Office: HOC404
Research Interest: Organic Materials
Email: [email protected]

Weiwen Zhuang
PhD student (11. 2020~)

Msc: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS, Shanghai, China
Bsc: University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: [email protected]

Huan Luo
PhD student (12. 2020~)

Msc: Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Bsc: Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: [email protected]

Weixiang Zhou
​PhD student (HKU-PS, 08. 2021~)

Msc: Institute of Chemistry, CAS, Beijing, China
Bsc: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Office: HOC404
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: 

Jian Sun
​PhD student (09. 2021~)

Bsc: Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: 

Chang Wang
PhD student (03. 2022~)

Bsc and Msc: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Office: HOC 404
Research Interest: Organic Materials
Email: [email protected]

Fei Liu
PhD student (09. 2022~)

Msc: Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Bsc: Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: 

Peiyun Zeng
PhD student (02. 2023~)

Msc: University College London, London, UK
Bsc: Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: ​

Zhirong Lang
PhD student (12. 2023~)

Msc: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Technical University of Denmark, Beijing, China
Bsc: Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: ​

Yan Wang
PhD student (02. 2024~)

Msc: University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Bsc: Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: 

Zaiwei Zhang
PhD student (03. 2024~)

Bsc/Msc: Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
Office: HOC402A
Research Interest: Organic Functional Materials
Email: 

Alumni:​
​
PhD student: Junting Wang (11.2019-10.2023)

PhD student: Yiyang Fei (09.2019-08.2023)

Dr. Ming-Guang Rong (10.2019-10.2022)

Dr. Yi-Xiong Hu (08.2021-08.2022)

Dr. Jianping Zhao (07.2020-06.2022, HKU-JNU Joint Programme)

Dr. Hao Miao

Arushee Kadam (07.2021-08.2021, Summer Intern Student)
(Imperial College London, UK)

Simeon Audu (07.2021-08.2021, Summer Intern Student)
(Year 12, Winchester College, UK)