Biography

• Research Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2024-now)

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester(2023-2024)

• ResearchFellow/Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester(2022-2023)

• Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester (2020-2022)

• Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, The University of Manchester (2016-2020)

• M.S. in Medicinal Chemistry, Tianjin University (2013-2016)

• B.S. in Pharmacy, Shandong University (2009-2013)

Research Interests

The design and synthesis of new functional materials with exceptional stability and functions tailored for energy storage, clean-air technology and future medicine.

Awards

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, 2023-2026

• Dalton Emerging Researcher Award, 2021

• Early Career Scientist Award, 2020

• Outstanding Achievement Award, 2020

Selected Publications

1. J. Li, X. Zhang, M. Fan, Y. Chen, Y. Ma, G. Smith, I. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. Lee, S. Xu, M. Schroder and S. Yang, Direct Observation of Enhanced Iodine Binding Within A Series of Functionalised Metal-Organic Frameworks with Exceptional Irradiation Stability. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 14048-14057.

2. J. Li, Z. Wang, Y. Chen, Y. Cheng, L. Daemen, F. Tuna, E. McInnes, S. Day, A. Ramirez-Cuesta, M. Schröder andS. Yang. Synthesis of Nitro Compounds from Nitrogen Dioxide Captured in a Metal-Organic Framework. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022,144, 18967-18975.

3. W. Li#, J. Li#, (co-first author) T. Duong#, S. Sapchenko, X. Han, J. Humby, G. Whitehead, I. Victorica-Yrezabal, I. Silva, P. Manuel, M. Frogley, G. Cinque, M. Schröder andS. Yang. Adsorption of Sulphur Dioxide in Cu(II)-carboxylate Framework Materials: the Role of Ligand Functionalisation and Open Metal Sites. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13196-19204.

4. J. Li, G. Smith, Y. Chen, Y. Ma, M. Kippax-Jones, M. Fan, W. Lu, M. Frogley, G. Cinque, S. Day, S. Thompson, Y. Cheng, L. Daemen, A. Ramirez-Cuesta, M. Schröder andS. Yang. Structural and Dynamic Analysis of Adsorption of Sulphur Dioxide in a Series of Zr-based Metal-Organic Frameworks. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207259.

5. Z. Han#, J. Li#, (co-first author) W. Lu, K. Wang, Y. Chen, X. Zhang, L. Lin, X. Han, S. Teat, M. Frogley, S. Yang, W. Shi andP. Cheng. A {Ni12}-Wheel-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Coordinative Binding and Sulphur Dioxide and Nitrogen Dioxide. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022,61,e202115585. Journal Front Cover.

6. J. Li, X. Han, X. Kang, Y. Chen, S. Xu, G. Smith, E. Tillotson, Y. Cheng, L. McCormick McPherson, S. Teat, S. Rudić, A. Ramirez-Cuesta, S. Haigh, M. Schröder andS. Yang. Purifications of Propylene and Ethylene by a Robust Metal-Organic Framework Mediated by Host-Guest Interactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021,60, 15541-15547.

7. J. Li#, Z. Zhou#, X. Han, X. Zhang, Y. Yan, W. Li, G. Smith, Y. Cheng, L. McCormick McPherson, S. Teat, M. Frogley, S. Rudić, A. Ramirez-Cuesta, A. Blake, J. Sun, M. Schröder andS. Yang. Guest-Controlled Incommensurate Modulation in a Meta-Rigid Metal-Organic Framework Material. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19189-19197.

8. J. Li, X. Han, X. Zhang, A. Sheveleva, Y. Cheng, F. Tuna, E. McInnes, L. McCormick McPherson, S. Teat, L. Daeman, A. Ramirez-Cuesta, M. Schröder and S. Yang. Capture of Nitrogen Dioxide and Conversion to Nitric Acid in a Porous Metal-Organic Framework. Nature Chem. 2019,11, 1085-1090. Journal Front Cover and Nature Highlights.