Biography

Academic Education and Professional Experience

• B. Sc. Chemistry, 1994, Peking University

• M. Sc. Polymer Chemistry, 1997, Peking University,

• Advisor: Prof. Qi-Feng Zhou

• Ph. D. Chemistry, 2002, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Advisor: Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman

• Postdoc Associate, 2003-2005, Cornell University

• Advisor: Prof. Geoffrey W. Coates

Independent Career:

• Associate Professor: September 2005 to July 2011

• Professor: since August 2011

• College of Chemistryand Molecular Engineering, Peking University

Research Interests

• Supramolecular Chemistry

• Organic/Polymer Functional Materials

• Organometallic Catalysis

• Catalytic Olefin Polymerization

Teaching

• OrganicChemistry

• Polymer Chemistry Seminar

Awards

• First Prize in Teaching Competition of Young Faculty, PKU, 2013;

• Selected to be in "Program of Excellent Talents for New Century" of Ministry of Education, 2008;

• R. C. Fuson Memorial Travel Award, Department of Chemistry, UIUC, 2002;

• Pacifichem 2000 Outstanding Presentation Award, 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, December 2000.

Selected Publications

1. Lei, Z.‡; Liu, Y.‡; Tong, Y.; Mo, Y.; Ma, Y.* “One-Dimensional Organic Conjugated Polymers as Recyclable Heterogeneous Photocatalysts” Chem. Asian J. 2022, 17, e202200029.

2. Chen, Z.*; Ye, F.; Shao, T.; Wu, Y.; Chen, M.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, X.; Zou, B.*; Ma, Y.* “Stress-Dependent Multicolor Mechanochromism in Epoxy Thermosets Based on Rhodamine and Diaminodiphenylmethane Mechanophores” Macromolecules2022, 55, 2310-2319.

3. Ye, F.; Shen, C.; Guan, J.; Liu, Y.; Wang, X.; Wang, J.; Cong, M.; Wang, W.; Zhang, T.; Zou, B.*; Zheng, J.*; Ma, Y.* “Facile ACQ-to-AIE Transformation via Diphenylphosphine (DPP) Modification with Versatile Properties” J. Mater. Chem. C2022, 10, 3560-3566.

4. Han, H.; Zhang, D.; Zhu, Z.; Wei, R.; Xiao, X.; Wang, X.; Liu, Y.; Ma, Y.*; Zhao, D.* “Aromatic Stacking Mediated Spin-Spin Coupling in Cyclophane-Assembled Diradicals” J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021, 143, 17690-17700.

5. Lu, H.; Huang, Y.*; Zhang, E.; Liu, Y.; Lv, F.; Liu, L.; Ma, Y.*; Wang, S. “Photocontrolled RAFT Polymerization Catalyzed by ConjugatedPolymers under Aerobic Aqueous Conditions” ACS Macro Lett.2021, 10, 996-1001.

6. Tong, Y.; Liu, Y.; Chen, Q.; Mo, Y.; Ma, Y.* “Long-Lived Triplet Excited-State Bichromophoric Iridium Photocatalysts for Controlled Photo-Mediated Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization” Macromolecules2021, 54, 6117-6126.

7. Liu, Y.; Chen, Q.; Tong, Y.; Ma, Y.* “9,9-Dimethyl Dihydroacridine-Based Organic Photocatalyst forAtom Transfer Radical Polymerization from Modifying “Unstable” Electron Donor” Macromolecules2020, 53, 7053-7062.

8. Lu, H.; Jiang, X.; Chen, Y.; Peng, K.; Huang, Y.; Zhao, H.; Chen, Q.; Lv, F.*; Liu, L.; Wang, S.*; Ma, Y.*“Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex Nanoparticles for Mitochondria-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy” Nanoscale2020,12, 14061-14067.

9. Zhao, X.; Chen, Z.; Li, H.; Ma, Y.* “Stereoselectivity Inversion: Isospecific Propylene Polymerization Catalyzed by Rigid Cyclic Bis(phenoxyaldimine) Titanium Complexes” Macromolecules2020, 53, 3806-3813.

10. Meng, X.; Chen, C.; Deng, X.; Wang, Z.; Chen, Q.; Ma, Y.* “Building a Cocrystal by Using Supramolecular Synthons for Pressure-Accelerated Heteromolecular Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition” Chem. Eur. J.2019, 25, 7142-7148.