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GAO Song (高松)

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Professor of Chemistry

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
ChengFu Road 202, HaiDian District, Beijing 100871, P.R.China
Tel: +86-(10) 62755703
Fax: +86-(10) 62751708
 
 

   Research Interests
     
    Magnetic ordered coordination polymers, molecular nanomagnets, and multifunctional molecular materials.
     
 

   Personal Data
     
Date & Place of Birth:  

Feb. 1964, Anhui, China
     
 
 

   Education
     
1988.09 – 1991.07  

Ph. D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Peking University
Thesis Title:   Structures and properties of rare earth polynuclear complexes
Thesis Advisor:   Professor XU Guang-Xian (徐光宪)
1985.09 – 1988.07   M. Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry, Peking University
Thesis Title:   Countercurrent extraction theory & its application on rare earth separation
Thesis Advisor:   Professor XU Guang-Xian (徐光宪) and Biao-Guo LI (李标国)
1981.09 – 1985.07   Bc. S. in Chemistry, Peking University
Thesis Title:   Synthesis and structure of rare earth complexes of amino acids
Thesis Advisor:   Professor JIN Tian-Zhu (金天柱)
     
 

   Professional Positions
     
2016.06 -   Vice President, China Association for Science and Technology (CAST, 中国科学技术协会)
2013.09 -   Vice President, Provost of Peking University
2013.04 -   Provost, Peking University
2002.09 -   Cheung Kong Professor (长江教授), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
1999.09 -   Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
2011.01 - 2011.02   Visiting Professor, the National University of Singapore
2006.06 - 2010.11   Dean, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
2005.05 - present   Deputy Director, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
2002.05 - 2006.05   Deputy Dean, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
1998.09 - 1999.01   Croucher Visiting Professor, the University of Hong Kong
1995.05 - 1997.01   Humboldt Research Fellow, Inst. Inorg. Chem., RWTH Aachen
1992.07 - 1999.07   Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
1988.07 - 1992.07   Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Peking University
 
 

   Honors and Awards
     
2014, 2015   One of Highly Cited Researchers by Thomson Reuters
2013   Elected Fellow of TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences (世界科学院)
2013   Science and Technology Progress Award, Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation (何梁何利基金会)
2013   Supervisor of National Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis (全国优秀博士学位论文, Dr. JIANG Shang-Da)
2011   National Natural Science Award of China (中国国家自然科学奖), the 2nd Grade, "Controlled Synthesis, Assembly and Structure-function Relationships of Rare Earth Nanomaterials", the 4th awardee of 4
2007   Elected Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007   Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2006   National Natural Science Award of China (中国国家自然科学奖), the 2nd Grade, "Magnetic Metal Complexes: Design, Structure and Properties", the 1st awardee of 5
2004   National Award for Youth in Science and Technology (中国青年科技奖), "Studies on the Molecular Magnetic Materials", China Association for Science and Technology
2004   Science and Technology Award of China Association for Instrumental Analysis (CAIA,中国仪器仪表学会科学技术奖), the 1st Grade, "Applications of Magnetometer and X-ray Diffractometer in Research of Structure and Magnetism of Molecular Solid Materials", the 1st awardee of 8
2002-   Cheung Kong Professor (长江教授), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
2002   Supervisor of National Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis (全国优秀博士学位论文, Dr. MA Bao-Qing)
2001   Distinguished Young Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China (国家杰出青年科学基金)
1999   National Award of Science and Technology Progress of China (国家科学技术进步奖), the 2nd Grade, the 6th awardee of 10
1994   Youth Chemist Award of Chinese Chemical Society (中国化学会青年化学奖)
1991   National Award of Science and Technology Progress of China (国家科学技术进步奖), the 3rd Grade, the 4th awardee of 5
 
 

   Review Service to Granting Agencies
     
   

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 国家自然科学基金委员会)
   

Ministry of Education of China (MOE, 中华人民共和国教育部)
   

Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST, 中华人民共和国科学技术部)
   

National Science Foundation (NSF)
   

European Research Council (ERC)
   

Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
 
 

   Selected Representative Publications (Updated on September 15, 2015)
     
  Research papers:
     
   

[20] Yin-Shan Meng, Zhenbo Mo, Bing-Wu Wang, Yi-Quan Zhang,* Liang Deng*, and Song Gao*, Observation of the Single-Ion Magnet Behavior of d8 Ions on Two-Coordinate Co(I)-NHC Complexes. Chemical Science, 2015, in press.
   

[19] Sa Chen, Ran Shang, Bing-Wu Wang, Zhe-Ming Wang* and Song Gao*, An A-Site Mixed-Ammonium Solid Solution Perovskite Series of [(NH2NH3)x(CH3NH3)1−x][Mn(HCOO)3] (x=1.00–0.67). Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2015, 54, 11093–11096.
   

[18] R. Shang, Z.M. Wang,* S. Gao*, A 36-Fold Multiple Unit Cell and Switchable Anisotropic Dielectric Responses in an Ammonium Magnesium Formate Framework. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2015, 54, 2534-2537.
   

[17] Qian, K; Baldovi, JJ; Jiang, SD*; Gaita-Arino, A*; Zhang, YQ ; Overgaard, J ; Wang, BW ; Coronado, E*; Gao, S*, Does the thermal evolution of molecular structures critically affect the magnetic anisotropy? Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 4587-4593.
   

[16] Y.-Y. Zhu, C. Cui, Y.-Q. Zhang, J.-H. Jia, X. Guo, C. Gao, K. Qian, S.-D. Jiang, B.-W. Wang*, Z.-M.Wang, S. Gao*, Zero-field slow magnetic relaxation from single Co(II) ion: a transition metal single-molecule magnet with high anisotropy barrier.  Chemical Science, 2013, 4, 1802.
   

[15] S.-D. Jiang, S.-S. Liu, L.-N. Zhou, B.-W. Wang*, Z.-M. Wang, S. Gao*, Series of Lanthanide Organometallic Single-Ion Magnets.  Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 51, 3079-3087. (It was selected in the Quantum Molecular Magnets Virtual Issue from Inorganic Chemistry, JACS & the Journal of Physical Chemistry)
   

[14] S.-D. Jiang, B.-W. Wang*, H.-L. Sun, Z.-M. Wang, S. Gao*, An Organometallic Single-Ion Magnet.  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011, 133, 4730-4733. (It was highlighted as “Single-Molecule Magnets Evolve” by C&EN, March 28, 2011, 89(13), 8)
   

[13] S.-D. Jiang, B.-W. Wang*, G. Su, Z.-M. Wang, S. Gao*, A Mononuclear Dysprosium Complex Featuring Single-Molecule-Magnet Behavior.  Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2010, 49, 7448-7451.
   

[12] G.-C. Xu, W. Zhang, X.-M. Ma, Y.-H. Chen, L. Zhang, H.-L. Cai, Z.-M. Wang*, R.-G. Xiong*, S. Gao*, Coexistence of magnetic and electric orderings in the metal-formate frameworks of [NH4][M(HCOO)3].  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011, 133, 14948-14951.
   

[11] G.-C. Xu, X.-M. Ma, L. Zhang, Z.-M. Wang*, S. Gao*, Disorder-Order Ferroelectric Transition in the Metal Formate Framework of [NH4][Zn(HCOO)3].  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132, 9588-9590.
   

[10] T. Liu, Y. J. Zhang, Z. M. Wang*, S. Gao*, A 64-nuclear cubic cage incorporating propeller-like Fe8(III) apices and HCOO- edges. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2008, 130, 10500-10501.
   

[9]   H.-B. Xu, B.-W. Wang, F. Pan, Z.-M. Wang, S. Gao*, Stringing oxo-centered trinuclear Mn3IIIO units into single-chain magnets with formate or azide linkers.  Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007, 46, 7388-7392.
   

[8]   F. Zhao, M. Yuan, W. Zhang, S. Gao*, Monodisperse lanthanide oxysulfide nanocrystals.  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 11758-11759.
   

[7]   X. Y. Wang, L. Wang, Z. M. Wang, S. Gao*, Solvent-tuned azido-bridged Co2+ layers: Square, honeycomb, and Kagome.  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006, 128, 674-675.
   

[6] Y. Z. Zhang, H. Y. Wei, T. Pan, Z. M. Wang, Z. D. Chen*, S. Gao*, Two molecular tapes consisting of serial or parallel azido-bridged eight-membered copper rings. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2005, 44, 5841-5846.
   

[5] B. Q. Ma, H. L. Sun, S. Gao*, Formation of two-dimensional supramolecular icelike layer containing (H2O)12 rings. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2004, 43, 1374-1376.
   

[4] X.Y. Wang, L. Gan, S.W. Zhang, S. Gao*, Perovskite-like metal formates with weak ferromagnetism and as precursors to amorphous materials, Inorganic Chemistry 2004, 43, 4615-4625
   

[3]   T. F. Liu, D. Fu, S. Gao*, Y. Z. Zhang, H. L. Sun, G. Su, Y. J. Liu, An azide-bridged homospin single-chain magnet: [Co(2,2'-bithiazoline)(N3)2]n.  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125, 13976-13977.
   

[2]   B. Q. Ma, S. Gao*, G. Su, G. X. Xu, Cyano-bridged 4f-3d coordination polymers with a unique two-dimensional topological architecture and unusual magnetic behavior.  Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2001, 40, 434-437.
    [1]   B. Q. Ma, D. S. Zhang, S. Gao*, T. Z. Jin, C. H. Yan, G. X. Xu, From cubane to supercubane: The design, synthesis, and structure of a three-dimensional open framework based on a [Ln4O4] cluster.  Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2000, 39, 3644-3646.
     
 

Book and Review papers:
     
   

[4] Song Gao (Editor), Molecular Nanomagnets and Related Phenomena (Structure and Bonding 164), 2015th Edition, Springer.
   

[3]   D.-F. Weng, Z.-M. Wang, S. Gao*, Framework-structured weak ferromagnets.  Chemical Society Reviews 2011, 40, 3157-3181.
   

[2]   H.-L. Sun, Z.-M. Wang, S. Gao*, Strategies towards single-chain magnets.  Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2010, 254, 1081-1100.
   

[1]   X.-Y. Wang, Z.-M. Wang, S. Gao*, Constructing magnetic molecular solids by employing three-atom ligands as bridges.  Chemical Communications 2008, 281-294.