Chunli Bai, Editor-in-chief
President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Professor Chunli Bai is Director of the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology and President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He graduated from the Department of Chemistry, Peking University in 1978 and received his M.S and Ph.D degrees from CAS Institute of Chemistry in 1981 and 1985, respectively. From 1985-1987, he was at Caltech, USA, for advanced study, conducting research in the field of physical chemistry as a post-doctorate associate and visiting scholar. After his return home in 1987, he continued his research at CAS Institute of Chemistry. From 1991 to 1992, he was a visiting professor at Tohoku University in Japan. His research areas involve the structure and properties of polymer catalysts, X-ray crystallography of organic compounds, molecular mechanics and EXAFS research on electro-conducting polymers. In the mid-1980s, he shifted his research orientation to the field of scanning tunnelling microscopy, and molecular nanotechnology.
Dirk Guldi, Editor-in-chief
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3960-1765
Dirk M. Guldi completed both his undergraduate studies (1988) and Ph.D (1990) at the University of Cologne (Germany). Following postdoctoral appointments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA), the Hahn-Meitner Institute Berlin (1992), and Syracuse University, he joined the faculty of the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory in 1995. He was promoted a year later from assistant to associate professional specialist, and remained affiliated to Notre Dame until 2004. Since 2004, he has been a Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen. In his current position, Dirk is one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of charge transfer and nanocarbons. In particular, he is well-known for his outstanding contributions to the areas of charge-separation in donor-acceptor materials and the construction of nanostructured thin films for solar energy conversion. His group is involved in the designing, devising, synthesizing, and testing of novel nanometer scale structures as integrative components for photoelectrochemical devices. The charge transfer behavior of nanocarbon materials is also studied, in solution, as transparent films or at electrode surfaces.
Cinzia Casiraghi, Associate editor
University of Manchester, UK
Prof Cinzia Casiraghi has a Chair in nanoscience, at the Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK since 2016. She received her BSc and MSc in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cambridge (UK). In 2005 she was awarded with an Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship, followed by the Humboldt Research Fellowship and the prestigious Kovalevskaja Award (1.5M Euro).
Cinzia's current research work is focused on the development of biocompatible 2D inks and their use in printed electronics and biomedical applications. She is leading expert on Raman spectroscopy, used to characterise a wide range of carbon-based nanomaterials. She is recipient of the Leverhulme Award in Engineering (2016), the Marlow Award (2014), given by the Royal Society of Chemistry in recognition of her work on Raman spectroscopy, and an ERC Consolidator grant (2015).
Chunying Chen, Associate editor
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, China
ORCID: http://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-6027-0315
Prof. Chen received her Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (1991) and obtained her PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology of China in 1996. She joined the CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety. She has been awarded the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award in 2018, Outstanding Female Awards of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017, Chinese Young Female Scientists Award in 2014 and supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China. Her research focuses on the potential toxicity of nanoparticles, transformation and fate of nanomaterials in biological systems, therapies for malignant tumors using theranostic nanomedicine systems, with an emphasis on understanding the underlying mechanism of bio-nano interactions.
Qing Dai, Associate editor
NCNST, China
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1750-0867
Qing Dai received PhD degree in Nanophotonics at the Department of Engineering from University of Cambridge, after obtained MEng degree on Electronic & Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London. Following postdoctoral appointments at Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) at University of Cambridge, he joined the faculty of National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST, located in Beijing) in 2012. Now he is a professor at NCNST and serving as the director of Division of Nanophotonics.
Qing's research interests include low dimensional nanomaterials, plasmonics, nearfield optical characterization and ultrafast electron emissions. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals, including Nature Communications, Nanoscale and Advanced Materials. He is a regular reviewer of various high-impact journals such as Nature Materials, Nanoscale, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.
Yves Dufrêne, Associate editor
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7289-4248
Professor Yves Dufrêne is a Research Director of the National Fund for Scientific Research and a Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium. He obtained his Bioengineering degree and Ph.D at UCL, and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Naval Research Laboratory, USA, before returning to UCL. He is interested in nanobioscience and nanobiotechnology, specifically in the development and use of advanced nanoscale techniques for analysing biological systems. His research focuses on studying the nanoscale surface architecture, biophysical properties and molecular interactions of living cells - particularly microbial pathogens - using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The goals are to further understand key cellular functions, like cell adhesion, and to contribute to the development of nanoscopy techniques for the life sciences.
Andrea Ferrari, Associate editor
University of Cambridge, UK
Andrea C. Ferrari earned a Ph.D in electrical engineering from Cambridge University, after a Laurea in nuclear engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is Professor of Nanotechnology. He is the Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre and of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology. He is the Science and Technology Officer and Chair of the Management Panel of the European Graphene Flagship. He is Fellow of Pembroke College, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and Fellow of the Materials Research Society. His research interests include nanomaterials growth, modelling, characterization, and devices. He was awarded the Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for Innovation, the Marie Curie Excellence Award, the Philip Leverhulme Prize, The EU-40 Materials Prize, and The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award.
Dong Ha Kim, Associate editor
Ewha Womans University, Korea
Prof. Dong Ha Kim received Ph.D. degree in the Department of Fiber and Polymer Science at Seoul National University in 2000. He carried out postdoctoral research activities in the Polymer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (from 2000 to 2003) with Prof. Thomas P. Russell and in the Materials Science Department at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (from 2003 to 2005) with Prof. Wolfgang Knoll. Then, he joined the Samsung Electronics Co. in the Memory Division of Semiconductor R & D Center as a senior scientist. He assumed a faculty position in the Department of Chemistry and Nano Science at Ewha Womans University in 2006, and currently is a Full Professor and Ewha Fellow. His research interests include development of hybrid nanostructures for energy storage and conversion, environmental remediation, non-volatile memory devices, display devices, and biomedical diagnosis/therapy. He has authored 165 SCI publications and holds 32 Korean and 2 US patents. Currently, he is Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Associate Editor of Nanoscale/Nanoscale Advances, Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports and Advisory Board Member of Nanoscale Horizons and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
Yamuna Krishnan, Associate editor
University of Chicago, USA
Yamuna Krishnan is a Professor and Brain Research Foundation Fellow of Chemistry and the Grossman Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. Research in her laboratory spans supramolecular chemistry, nucleic acid biophysics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology. Her lab has pioneered the deployment of DNA nanodevices as quantitative fluorescent reporters of second messengers for in vivo imaging. Given the powerful ability to engineer a range of designed functions into DNA, she is driven to realize fluorescent reporters that enable quantitative measurements for systems biology. She is a recipient of India’s highest scientific prize, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award and most recently featured by the journal Cell on their “40 under 40” list of young scientists who are shaping current and future trends in biology. She has also received the Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship, the AVRA Young Scientist Award, Associateship of the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award, the INSA Young Scientist Medal, and the Chemical Sciences Emerging Investigator by the Royal Society of Chemistry for 2015.
Quan Li, Associate editor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Quan Li is Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. She obtained her B.S. in Chemistry from Beijing University, China in
1997 and then her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, USA, in 2001. Her research interests focus on functional materials and structures for energy and biomedical applications, as well as quantum sensing. In particular, developing energy storage materials such as electrode materials/architectures for Li- and Na- ion batteries. In investigating nano-bio interfaces, her group works on manipulating the interplay of nanoparticles of biological systems, and nanoparticles for vaccination applications. Her work of quantum sensing focus on sensor development and application in condense matter physics and biomedicine.
Xing Yi Ling, Associate editor
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Website: https://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/xyling
Xing Yi Ling received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from University of Twente, the Netherlands in 2009. She then did a postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley between 2009 -2011 under the Rubicon Fellowship from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. Xing Yi Ling joined Chemistry and Biological Chemistry division at Nanyang Technological University in 2011, where she was promoted to associate professor in 2016.
Xing is the recipient of the Lectureship Awardee at the Chemical Society Japan Annual Meeting (2016), L’ORÉAL Singapore for Women in Science National Fellowship (2015), the Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association prize for Young Scientist (2014), Singapore National Research Foundation Fellowship (2012), Rubicon Fellowship by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (2009), and IUPAC Young Chemist award (2009).
Her research group focuses nanoparticle synthesis, surface chemistry, self-assembly, nanopatterning, nanofabrication, materials and device characterization. In particular, her group uses molecule-specific surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for fundamental studies and applications in catalysis, sensing, and diagnosis.
Xiaogang Liu, Associate editor
National University of Singapore, Singapore
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2517-5790
Xiaogang Liu was born in Jiangxi, China. He earned his BE degree in Chemical Engineering from Beijing Technology and Business University, China. He received his M.S degree in Chemistry from East Carolina University and completed his Ph.D at Northwestern University. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT for two years before joining the faculty of the National University of Singapore. He holds a joint appointment with the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering. His interests include luminescent materials synthesis, supramolecular chemistry, transition metal-based catalysis, and surface science for sensing, optoelectronic and biomedical applications.
Renzhi Ma, Associate editor
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-2006
Renzhi Mais a group leader of Functional Nanomaterials Group at International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. He is also a Professor (concurrent position) of Waseda-NIMS Joint Graduate Research Program at Department of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Waseda University.
He received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D in Materials Processing Engineering both from Beijing Tsinghua University. He pursued his postdoctoral research at NIMS. Since 2004, he has been a staff scientist at NIMS. He was a visiting researcher at the Pennsylvania State University during 2007~2008.
Renzhi's research focuses on developing 1D/2D nanostructures and their hierarchical nanoarchitectures through various synthetic techniques, chemical transformation and self-assembly; as well as probing novel functionalities and potential applications in electronics, electrochemistry, energy storage/conversion and catalysis, etc.
Liberato Manna, Associate editor
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4386-7985
Liberato Manna received his M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Bari (Italy) in 1996 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from the same university in 2001. During his Ph.D. and later as a postdoctoral fellow, he worked at the University of California Berkeley (U.S.A.).
In 2003, he moved back to Italy as staff scientist at the National Nanotechnology Lab of CNR-INFM in Lecce (Italy) where he later became responsible for the Nanochemistry Division in 2006. In April 2009, he moved to the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genova as head of the Nanochemistry Department. Since 2015 he is Deputy Director of IIT for the materials and nanotechnology programs.
Dong Qin, Associate editor
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5206-5912
Dong Qin is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech. Her academic records include a B.S. in Chemistry from Fudan University, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from University of Pennsylvania, and a postdoctoral stint at Harvard University. Before joining Georgia Tech in 2012, she held administrative positions as Associate Dean for Research in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis (2007–2011) and Associate Director of Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Washington (2002–2007).
Dong's research group pioneered galvanic-replacement free synthesis of Ag-based bimetallic nanocrystals as unique bifunctional probes for monitoring catalytic reactions by SERS. Her current research focuses on the development of in situ SERS as a new paradigm for investigating heterogeneous nucleation in nanocrystal growth and understanding chemical reactions on heterogenous catalysts.
Paolo Samori, Associate editor
University of Strasbourg, France
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6256-8281
Prof. Paolo Samorì (Imola, Italy, 1971) is Distinguished Professor at the Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Director of the Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) and Director of the Nanochemistry Laboratory. He is also Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), Member of the Academia Europaea and Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). He obtained a Laurea in Industrial Chemistry at University of Bologna in 1995. In 2000 he received his PhD in Chemistry from the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was permanent research scientist at Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche of Bologna from 2001 to 2008.
He has published over 270 papers in the areas of nanoscience/nanotechnology and materials sciences with a specific focus on graphene and other 2D materials and self-assembled nanostructures, and more generally on (multi)functional nanomaterials for applications in opto-electronics, energy and sensing. He is also expert on hierarchical self-assembly of hybrid systems and on the use of scanning probe microscopies to unravel structures and dynamics of molecules at surfaces and interfaces.
He has been awarded various prizes, including the E-MRS Young Scientist Award (1998), the MRS Young Scientist Award (2000), the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists (2001), the “Vincenzo Caglioti” Award (2006), the “Nicolò Copernico” Award (2009), the “Guy Ourisson” Prize (2010), the ERC Starting Grant (2010), the CNRS Silver Medal (2012), the Spanish-French “Catalán-Sabatier” Prize (2017) and the German-French “Georg Wittig - Victor Grignard” Prize (2017).
Elena Shevchenko, Associate editor
Argonne National Laboratory, USA
I received my undergraduate degree in chemistry at the Belorussian State University in 1998 and Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, I was a joint postdoctoral fellow between Columbia University and the T. J. Watson Research Center. In 2005 I became a staff scientist at the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Since 2007, I have been a staff scientist at the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory. My work has been recognized by Technology Review 35, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and Crain’s Chicago Business 40 under 40. My research interests focus on the understanding of the mechanism of nucleation and growth of nanomaterials using in-situ techniques, exploring the structure-property correlation at the nanoscale, nanoparticle self-assembly and design of nanoscale functional materials for application in energy storage and energy conversion.
Lingdong Sun, Associate editor
Peking University, China
Ling-Dong Sun, Professor of Chemsitry, obtained her PhD from Changchun Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1996. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at Peking University, she joined the faculty at the College of Molecular Science and Engineering, Peking University, in 1998. She worked as a visiting professor at Keio University (2001) and Kyoto University (2007). Her current research focuses on the the materials chemistry and light-matter interaction studies of rare earth nanomaterials, plasmonic nanostructures, and the applications in bio-detection and imaging.
Ling-Dong Sun was awarded a Research Prize for Youth Scientists, and the 10th National Award for Youth in Science and Technology, and the 2nd Grade National Award of Natural Science. And she was supported by the Distinguished Youth Funds to carry out research on lanthanide luminescent nanoamterials.
Shouheng Sun, Associate editor
Brown University, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4051-0430
Shouheng Sun is Professor of Chemistry at Brown University and has been the Associate Director of Brown's Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation since 2008. Sun received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Brown University in 1996. He was a postdoctoral fellow from 1996-1998 and a research staff member from 1998-2004 at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. He joined the Chemistry Department of Brown University as a tenured Associate Professor in 2005 and was promoted to full Professor in 2007. Sun's research in nanomaterials involves two related areas: (1) chemical synthesis and self-assembly of nanoparticles; (2) construction and elaboration of functional nanoparticles and their assemblies for applications in biomedicine, catalysis, and information storage.
Jonathan Veinot, Associate editor
University of Alberta, Canada
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7511-510X
Dr. Jonathan (Jon) Veinot received his BSc from the University of Western Ontario and PhD from York University (Toronto, Canada). He then took up an NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship with Tobin Marks at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). He is now Professor and Associate Chair (Research) in Department of Chemistry at the University of Alberta and Canadian Director of the “Alberta-Technical University of Munich International Graduate for Hybrid Functional Materials (ATUMS)”.
He was awarded the 2017 Award for Excellence in Materials Chemistry from the Chemical Society of Canada (Materials Chemistry Division) and the 2016 DIACHEM Award from the Burghausen Chemical Industry and City of Burghausen, Bavaria.
His research team explores topics topics including super-hydrophobic/self-cleaning surfaces, metal oxide nanomaterials and polymers for organic electronic devices, their primary focus lies in the development of Group 14 (i.e., Si and Ge) nanomaterials (e.g., quantum dots, nanosheets, etc.) and their applications (e.g., bio/medical imaging, batteries, display technologies, solar cells).
Umesh Waghmare, Associate editor
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , India
Umesh Waghmare received a B Tech (with institute silver medal) in Engineering Physics from the IIT, Bombay (1990) and a PhD in Applied Physics from Yale University (1996). He worked as a post-doctoral research associate in physics department at Harvard University before joining Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in 2000, where he is presently a Professor in the Theoretical Sciences Unit and the Dean of Academic Affairs.
His research interests include ab initio modeling and simulations of multifunctional materials, mechanical behavior, nanostructures, topological insulators and materials for energy and enviornment. His work has resulted in over 280 publications.
He is a recipient of DuPont Young Faculty grant award (2003), MRSI medal (2004), a B M Birla award for Physics (2005), a DAE outstanding research investigator award (2009), IBM Faculty Award (2009), SS Bhatnagar award in Physical Sciences (2010) and a GE unrestricted-grant for research (2011). He received the India Citation Award-2012 from the Thomson Reuters Research Excellence, and a JC Bose National Fellowship in 2012. In 2015, he received the Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science. He is a Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad and the Indian National Science Academy, and presently a Secretary of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Benjamin Wiley, Associate editor
Duke University, USA
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-6223
Benjamin J. Wiley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Duke University. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2003, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2007. From 2007-2009, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. Prof. Wiley is the recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, the CAREER award from the Nation Science Foundation, the Beilby Metal from the Royal Society of Chemistry, and has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters, His current research focuses on sustainable, economical synthesis of nanostructures, understanding the processes that drive anisotropic growth of nanostructures, and understanding the structure-property relationship of nanostructures and nanostructured-composites for applications in optics, electronics, medicine, and electrochemistry.
Xiao Cheng Zeng, Associate editor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-8585
Xiao Cheng Zeng is the Ameritas University and Willa Cather Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his bachelor’s degree in Physics from Peking University in 1984 and his Ph.D in Liquid Physics from the Ohio State University in 1989. He pursued his postdoctoral research in Physical Chemistry at University of Chicago and UCLA. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), and a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He had also held a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship and a fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He was a recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the American Chemical Society Midwest Award (2011), University of Nebraska (System Wide) Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award (2010), Excellence in Graduate Education (2012), and Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award (2013) at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Manzhou Zhu, Associate Editor
Anhui University, China
Manzhou Zhu is currently the Changjiang Chair Professor of Chemistry and the director of the Key Lab of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials at the Ministry of Education, and the director of the Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials at Anhui University. He received his BS degree in pharmacy from Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1988, and his MS degree in natural product chemistry from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University in 1994. He obtained his PhD in chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2000. He then conducted postdoctoral research at USTC from 2001 to 2006 and at Carnegie Mellon University from 2007 to 2009. He joined the chemistry faculty of Anhui University in 2010. His current research focuses on the controlled synthesis, structure, properties, and application of metal nanoclusters.
Jin Zou, Associate editor
University of Queensland, Australia
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9435-8043
Jin Zou is a Chair in Nanoscience at the University of Queensland. He earned his PhD (Materials Physics major) from the University of Sydney, and worked there for 10 years with various prestigious fellowships, including Australia Research Council’s Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship and Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship. In 2003, Jin moved to the University of Queensland, and won an inaugural Future Fellowship from the Australia Research Council in 2009 (professor level).
Jin’s research interest has been focused on nanocharaterization (specialized in electron microscopy) for understanding the evolution of nanomaterials and their demonstrated properties, and on the fabrication of high-performance functional nanomaterials for energy applications.
