Biography
2016.8-present, Full professor with tenure, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
2008.1-2016.7, Research professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
2004.8-2007.12, Columbia University, New York, USA Postdoctoral Research Scientist
2001.9-2004.7, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing 100080, P. R. China Ph. D. in Chemistry, CCS Graduate Fellow
1998.9-2001.7, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China M. S. in Chemistry
1994.9-1998.7, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China B. S. in Chemistry
Research Interests
Nano/molecular electronics
Single-molecule reaction dynamics
Single-molecule detection/biophysics
Single-molecule sequencing
Organic/flexible electronics
Teaching
Organic Chemistry B
Awards
The First-Class Beijing Science and Technology Award, 2023
The Second-Class Tianjin Science and Technology Award, 2023
The Chinese Chemical Society-Evonik Chemical Innovation Award-Distinguished Scientists, 2020
The XPLORER PRIZE, 2019
MOE Changjiang Scholar, 2019
Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2018
“Ten-Thousand Talent Program” Innovation Leader, 2017
The First Prize of MOE Science and Technology, 2017
China TopTen Scientific Progress, 2016
Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progresses in China's Colleges and Universities, 2016
IUPAC Distinguished Award 2016 (Materials)
Ministry of Science and Technology Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leader 2015
WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Scholar Awards 2015
The First-Class Beijing Science and Technology Award (Number 3) 2015
The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2014
Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2014
NSFC Distinguished Young Scholar, 2012
K.C.Wong Education Foundation Award, 2012
Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2011
Peking University Teaching Award, 2011
The Youth Prize in Chemistry, the Chinese Chemical Society, 2010
The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2009
Fund of The Fok Ying Tung Education FoundationOptimization Projects, 2009
Beijing Scientific New Star Award, 2009
The National Top 100 Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Award in China, 2006
The Top 50 Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005
Selected Publications
Chuancheng Jia, Agostino Migliore, Na Xin, Shaoyun Huang, Jinying Wang, Qi Yang, Shuopei Wang, Hongliang Chen, Duoming Wang, Boyong Feng, Zhirong Liu, Guangyu Zhang, Da-Hui Qu, He Tian, Mark A. Ratner, H. Q. Xu*, Abraham Nitzan* and Xuefeng Guo*, Covalently-bonded Single Molecule Junctions with Stable and Reversible Photoswitched Conductivity, Science2016, 352, 1443. Highlighted by Science (a perspective article; Science2016, 352, 1394), Chemical and Engineering News, Chemistry World, and National Science Review.
Xuefeng Guo, Joshua P. Small, Jennifer E. Klare, Yiliang Wang, Iris Tam, Meninder S. Purewal, Byung Hee Hong, Robert Caldwell, Limin Huang, Stephen O’Brien, Jiaming Yan, Ronald Breslow, Shalom J. Wind, James Hone, Philip Kim* and Colin Nuckolls*, Covalently Bridging Gaps in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Conducting Molecules, Science2006, 311, 356. “Nanotube Hookup”, highlighted by Scientific American, April, 2006.
Chen Yang, Lei Zhang, Chenxi Lu, Shuyao Zhou, Xingxing Li, Yanwei Li, Yang Yang, Yu Li, Zhirong Liu, Jinlong Yang,K. N. Houk*, Fanyang Mo* & Xuefeng Guo*, Unveiling the full reaction path of the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling in a single molecule junction, Nat. Nanotechnol.2021, 16, 1214.
Caiyao Yang, Zhongxin Chen, Cuiju Yu, Jiawen Cao, Guojun Ke, Weiya Zhu, Weixuan Liang, Jiaxing Huang, Wanqing Cai, Chinmoy Saha, Md Abdus Sabuj, Neeraj Rai, Xingxing Li*, Jinlong Yang, Yuan Li*, Fei Huang*, and Xuefeng Guo*, Regulation of Quantum Spin Conversions in a Single Molecular Radical,Nat.Nanotechnol.2024,19, 978.
Chen Yang, Yanwei Li, Shuyao Zhou, Yilin Guo, Chuancheng Jia, Zhirong Liu, Kendall N. Houk*, Yonatan Dubi*, and Xuefeng Guo*,Real-time monitoring of reaction stereochemistry through single-molecule observations of chirality-induced spin selectivity, Nat. Chem.2023, 15, 972.
Hongliang Chen*, Chuancheng Jia, Xin Zhu, Chen Yang, Xuefeng Guo*, and J. Fraser Stoddart*, Reactions in Single-Molecule Junctions,Nat. Rev. Mater.2023, 8, 165.
Na Xin, Jianxin Guan, Chenguang Zhou, Xinjiani Chen, Chunhui Gu, Yu Li, Mark A. Ratner, Abraham Nitzan, J. Fraser Stoddart* and Xuefeng Guo*, Concepts in the Design and Engineering of Single-Molecule Electronic Devices, Nat. Rev. Phys.2019, 1, 211.
Yu Li, Chen Yang, and Xuefeng Guo*, Single-Molecule Electrical Detection: A Promising Route Toward the Fundamental Limits of Chemistry and Life Science, Acc. Chem. Res.2020, 53, 159. (Cover of this issue)
Hongliang Chen, Weining Zhang, Mingliang Li, Gen He and Xuefeng Guo*, Interface Engineering in Organic Field-Effect Transistors: Principles, Applications, and Perspectives,Chem. Rev.2020, 120,2879. (Cover of this issue)
Dong Xiang, Xiaolong Wang, Chuancheng Jia, Takhee Lee* and Xuefeng Guo*, Molecular-Scale Electronics: From Concept to Function, Chem. Rev.2016, 116, 4318. (Cover of this issue)