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Principal Investigator

Prof. Xuefeng Guo
Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China
Phone & Fax: +86-10-62757789
Email: guoxf@pku.edu.cn
Course: Organic Chemistry B

 

Employment 
(1) 2016.8-present, Full professor with tenure, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China

(2) 2008.1 -2016.7,  Research professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China


Education

  • 2004.08 - 2007.12, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Postdoctoral Research Scientist
    Advisors: Professor Colin Nuckolls in Chemistry Department and Professor Philip Kim in Physics Department
  • 2001.09 - 2004.07, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing 100080, P. R. China
    PhD. in Chemistry, CCS Graduate Fellow 
    Advisors: Professor Daoben Zhu and Professor Deqing Zhang
  • 1998.09 - 2001.07, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China 
    M. S. in Chemistry
    Advisor: Professor Chuanming Qi
  • 1994.09 - 1998.07, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China 
    B. S. in Chemistry

Awards And Honors

  1.    (1) The Chinese Chemical Society-Evonik Chemical Innovation Award-Distinguished Scientists, 2020
  2.     (2)  The XPLORER PRIZE, 2019
  3.     (3)  MOE Changjiang Scholar, 2019
  4.   (4)Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2018
  5.   (5)“Ten-Thousand Talents Program” Innovation Leadership Talent, 2017
  6.   (6)First Prize for National Science in Chinese Universities, Ministry of Education, China 2017
  7.   (7)China Top Ten Scientific Progress, 2016
  8.   (8)Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progress in Chinese Universities, 2016
  9.   (9)IUPAC Distinguished Award (Materials), 2016
  10. (10)Ministry of Science and Technology Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leadership Talent, 2015
  11. (11)WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Scholar Awards, 2015
  12. (12)First Prize for Beijing Science and Technology, 2015
  13. (13)The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2014
  14. (14)Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2014
  15. (15)NSFC Distinguished Young Scholar, 2012
  16. (16)K.C.Wong Education Foundation Award, 2012 
  17. (17)Award for Excellent Graduate Advisors, Peking University, 2011
  18. (18)Peking University Teaching Award, 2011
  19. (19)The Youth Prize in Chemistry, the Chinese Chemical Society, 2010
  20. (20)The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2009
  21. (21)Fund of The Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Optimization Projects, 2009
  22. (22)Beijing Scientific New Star Award, 2009
  23. (23)The National Top 100 Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Award in China, 2006
  24. (24)The Top 50 Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005 

Personal Activities And Affiliation

  1994 - present        Member, the Chinese Chemical Society

  2004 - present        Member, the American Chemical Society 

  2004 - present       Member, the American Materials Research Society    

  2007 - 2010            Molecular-based ordered Materials Area Coordinator for Pacifichem 2010

  2008 - present        Chief Scientist and Co-founder of Adesso Biosciences, LLC

  2009 - present        Member, the Chinese Materials Research Society

  2009 - present        Editorial Board Member, Nano Reviews

  2011 - 2012            Co-organizer of PKU NanoChem-2012 Symposium

  2012                       Co-Reviewer of “PKU Chemistry Star” Scholarships and Fellowships Selection Committee

  2012             Co-organizer of the Nanochemistry Branch of the 28th annual chemical conference of China

  2013                       Organizer of the 4th PKU-CU bilateral Nanotechonolgy Symposium

  2014                       Organizer of the 10+10 PKU-UC Davis bilateral conference

  2014 - present        International Advisory Board, ChemNanoMat

  2014 - present        International Advisory Board, The Chemical Record

  2016 - present        International Editorial Board, Scientific Reports

  2018 - present        International Editorial Board, ACS Omega 

  2018 - present        Editorial Board Member, Science China:Chemistry

 


Representive Publications

(1) 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, Science 2016, 352, 1443. Highlighted by Science (a perspective article; Science 2016, 352, 1394) in the same issue, Chemical and Engineering News, Chemistry World, and National Science Review. Selected as China Top Ten Scientific Progress and Top Ten Sicientific and Technological Progress in Chinese Universities 2016.

(2)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*, Colin Nuckolls*, Covalently Bridging Gaps in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Conducting Molecules, Science 2006, 311, 356. “Nanotube Hookup”, highlighted by Scientific American, April, 2006.

(3) Na Xin, Jianxin Guan, Chenguang Zhou, Xinjiani Chen, Chunhui Gu, Yu Li, Mark A. Ratner, Abraham Nitzan, J. Fraser Stoddart*, and Xuefeng GuoY*, Concepts in the Design and Engineering of Single-Molecule Electronic Devices, Nat. Rev. Phys. 2019, 1, 211.

(4) 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)

(5) 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)

(6) Yu Li, Chen Yang, and Xuefeng Guo*, Single-Molecule Electrical Detection: A Promising Route Toward the Bottom of Chemistry and Life Science, Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 159. (Cover of this issue)

(7) Chuancheng Jia, Bangjun Ma, Na Xin, and Xuefeng Guo*, Carbon Electrode-Molecule Junctions: A Reliable Platform for Molecular Electronics, Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 2565. (Cover of this issue)

(8Alina Feldmen, Michael L. Steigerwald, Xuefeng Guo*, and Colin Nuckolls*, Molecular Electronic Devices Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes, Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, 41, 1731.

(9) Chuancheng Jia and Xuefeng Guo*, Molecule-Electrode Interfaces in Molecular Electronic Devices, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42. 5642. (Cover of this issue)

(10) Yang Cao, Shaohua Dong, Song Liu, Li He, Lin Gan, Xiaoming Yu, Michael L. Steigerwald, Xiaosong Wu, Zhongfan Liu and Xuefeng Guo*, Building High-Throughput Molecular Junctions Using Indented Graphene Point Contacts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 12228.