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Jun Lu: Winner of the ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship 2020!

07 Aug 2020

On behalf of the ChemSocRev Editorial Board, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2020 ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship – Dr Jun Lu (Argonne National Laboratory)! Our warmest congratulations to Jun!

Jun Lu earned his Bachelor degree in Chemistry Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2000. He completed his Ph.D. in 2009 from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at University of Utah under the supervision of Prof. Zak Fang with a major research project on metal hydrides for reversible hydrogen storage application. He then worked as a post-doctorate under a DOE-EERE postdoctoral fellowship (Vehicles Technology Program (2011-2013)) at Argonne National Laboratory with Dr. Khalil Amine, before being promoted to his current position as a chemist (staff scientist) at Argonne National Laboratory.

His research interests encompass electrochemical energy storage and conversion technology, with his main focus on beyond Li-ion battery technologies. Dr. Lu was elected as associate president and board committee member of the International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES) in 2016.

Learn more about Jun’s research by reading his recent Review articles in ChemSocRev:

Cationic and anionic redox in lithium-ion based batteries
Matthew Li, Tongchao Liu, Xuanxuan Bi, Zhongwei Chen, Khalil Amine, Cheng Zhong and Jun Lu
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020,49, 1688-1705

Developing high safety Li-metal anodes for future high-energy Li-metal batteries: strategies and perspectives
Dai-Huo Liu, Zhengyu Bai, Matthew Li, Aiping Yu, Dan Luo, Wenwen Liu, Lin Yang, Jun Lu, Khalil Amine and Zhongwei Chen
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020,49, 5407-5445

These articles will be free to read from 10th August – 7th September 2020.

As part of the Lectureship award, Jun will be presenting a number of lectures over the coming year. Details of the lectures will be announced in due course but keep an eye on Twitter @ChemSocRev for details!

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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2019

06 Apr 2020

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2019, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Professor Dave Adams, University of Glasgow, ORCID: 0000-0002-3176-1350

Dr Morris R Bullock, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 0000-0001-6306-4851

Dr Rui Cao, Shaanxi Normal University, ORCID: 0000-0002-1821-9583

Dr Youngmi Kim, Kyung Hee University

Professor Jinghong Li, Tsinghua University, ORCID: 0000-0002-0750-7352

Professor KenTye Long, Nanyang Technological University, ORCID: 0000-0001-7936-2941

Professor Connie Lu, University of Minnesota, ORCID: 0000-0002-5162-9250

Professor Rafael Luque, Universidad de Cordoba, ORCID: 0000-0003-4190-1916

Professor Paolo Samori, University of Strasbourg, ORCID: 0000-0001-6256-8281

Professor Bert Weckhuysen, Utrecht University, ORCID: 0000-0001-5245-1426

We would also like to thank the Chemical Society Reviews board and the General chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé. You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre

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Yujie Xiong: Winner of the Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship 2019

24 Jul 2019

On behalf of the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board, we are delighted to announce Professor Yujie Xiong as the winner of the 2019 Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship.

Yujie Xiong received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 2004, from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) under the supervision of Yi Xie. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Younan Xia at the University of Washington, before moving to a position a Research Associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with John A. Rogers.

He was the Principal Scientist of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NSF-NNIN) site at Washington University in St. Louis between 2009 and 2011.

He returned to USTC, where he is currently based, in 2011 as a Professor of Chemistry. He subsequently took on roles as the Head of Department of Applied Chemistry at the USTC and Director of Division of Nanocatalysis and Energy Conversion at the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale in 2018.

Prof. Xiong’s research interests include inorganic materials and devices for carbon dioxide reduction, nitrogen fixation, methane conversion, water splitting and chemical production.

As part of the Lectureship, Professor Xiong will present lectures at three locations over the coming year. Two dates are already confirmed:

International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Conference 2019
30 July – 2 August, Brisbane, Australia
Prof. Xiong will give a lecture on 31 July 2019 at 1:00 pm on “Coupling Solar Energy into Catalytic CO₂ Conversion”.

European Research Society 2019 Fall meeting
16 – 19 September 2019, Warsaw, Poland
Registration is open for this event

Prof. Xiong will give a lecture in the “Advanced catalytic materials for (photo)electrochemical energy conversion symposium (stream N) on 17 September 2019 at 11:00 am on “Coupling Solar Energy into Catalytic CO₂ Conversion”.

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Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2018

20 Mar 2019

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Society Reviews in 2018, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

Professor Vincent Rotello, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, ORCID: 0000-0002-5184-5439
Professor Jinlong Gong, Tianjin University, ORCID: 0000-0001-7263-318X
Professor Rafael Luque, University of Cordoba, ORCID: 0000-0003-4190-1916
Dr Goncalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge, ORCID: 0000-0001-6594-8917
Professor Dirk Guldi, Catholic University of Louvain, ORCID: 0000-0002-3960-1765
Professor Connie Lu, University of Minnesota, ORCID: 0000-0002-5162-9250
Professor Dave Adams, University of Glasgow, ORCID: 0000-0002-3176-1350
Professor Paolo Samori, University of Strasbourg, ORCID: 0000-0001-6256-8281
Professor Yves Dufrene, Catholic University of Louvain
Professor Rachel O’Reilly, University of Birmingham, ORCID: 0000-0002-1043-7172
Professor Katherine Holt, University College London, ORCID: 0000-0002-3644-1663

We would also like to thank the Chemical Society Reviews Board and the brilliant chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

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Chem Soc Rev Oral Presentation Prize for the 2nd Early Career Researchers Meeting of the RSC–Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry Group

02 Aug 2018

Dr Guillaume De Bo (left) presenting the Chem Soc Rev prize to Aisha Bismillah (right).

The 2^nd Early Career Researchers Meeting of the RSC-Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (RSC-MASC) Group took place on 27^th July 2018 at the University of Manchester, UK. This one-day symposium was organised by Dr. Guillaume De Bo (University of Manchester) and was attended by PhD students and post-doctoral researchers within the supramolecular field.

The meeting consisted of fifteen selected talks from submitted abstracts, and all attendees were invited to present a poster. The day ended with a plenary lecture by Professor Anthony Davis (University of Bristol) on ‘Biomimetic Carbohydrate Recognition: The Host-Guest Chemistry of Carbohydrates in Water’.

Chem Soc Rev was proud to sponsor this successful symposium. Aisha Bismillah (Durham University) was awarded the Chem Soc Rev oral presentation prize for her talk on ‘Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages’.

Congratulations Aisha from everyone at Chem Soc Rev!

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Dr Rafal Klajn’s UK tour as the 2017 Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship winner

10 Jul 2018

We are delighted to announce that Dr Rafal Klajn, winner of the 2017 Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship, will be giving a series of lectures at UK universities during the week commencing 16^th July 2018.

Rafal began his independent research career in November 2009 at the Weizmann Insitute of Science, Israel, directly after obtaining his PhD degree. His group has worked on nanoscale reactivity and self-assembly – incorporating photo-responsive moieties into nanoporous solids, working with superparamagnetic nanoparticles of various shapes and demonstrating that cubic nanoparticles of iron oxide could spontaneously assemble into helical materials, and developing the concept of “dynamically self-assembling nanoflasks” capable of accelerating chemical reactions using light, working with flexible metal-organic (coordination) cages that can encapsulate diverse organic molecules ranging from fluorescent dyes to nonpolar pharmaceuticals, among other projects.

He is currently an Associate Professor at Department of Organic Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science and now focuses on creating synthetic out-of-equilibrium systems and “life-like” materials, not only to develop innovative functional materials, but also to tackle what he deems as one of the most important and fascinating problems – the origin of life.

As part of the Lectureship, Rafal presents 3 lectures and we are delighted to announce that these will be taking place during his UK tour. He will be giving these in conjunction with lectures for the ChemComm sponsored 2018 Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize that was also awarded to him. You can find details for his upcoming UK tour below.

Day	University	Host
Monday 16^th July	University of Bristol	Professor Jonathan Reid
Tuesday 17^th July	Durham University	Professor Jonathan Steed
Wednesday 18^th July	University of Nottingham	Professor David Amabilino
Thursday 19^th July	University of Cambridge	Professor Jonathan Nitschke
Friday 20^th July	University College London (UCL)	Dr Tung Chun Lee

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Chem Soc Rev prize winners at the EFCATS School on Catalysis

04 Jul 2018

The European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS) School on Catalysis was held 25 – 29 June 2018 at Castle Liblice in the Czech Republic.

The motivation behind the conference is ‘where experiment and theory meet in catalysis’. This year’s program included tutorial and plenary lectures from international experts in the field, including Professor Gabriele Centi (University of Messina), Emiel Hensen (Eindhoven University of Technology), Bert Sels (KU Leuven) and many more. The talks covered a wide range of topics such as industrial catalysis, two-dimensional materials, molecular sieves and petrochemistry.

We’re delighted to announce that the Chem Soc Rev poster prize was awarded to Nicolas Sadovnik and the Chem Soc Rev oral presentation prize was awarded to Chelsea L. Tucker.

Well done Nicolas and Chelsea (pictured below), from everyone at Chem Soc Rev!

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Rubén Martín: Winner of the Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship 2018

29 Mar 2018

On behalf of the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship – Rubén Martín. Our warmest congratulations to Rubén for being selected as the very first Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator!

Rubén was born in Barcelona. He was awarded his PhD in 2003 at Universitat de Barcelona, where he worked with Professor Anotoni Riera on the total synthesis of glycosidase inhibitors. During his independent career, he has received the 2010 RSEQ Young Investigator Award, the 2011 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, the Eli Lilly Young Research Investigator Award, the 2017 Marcial Menno Lectureship Award and the 2017 OMCOS Award.

He began his independent career at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, where he worked with Prof Alois Fürstner on the application of novel iron catalysts for cross-coupling and Alder-ene type reactions. He then moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he worked with Prof Stephen L. Buchwald and developed new synthetic strategies for metal-catalyzed C-C and C-N bond-forming reactions. In 2008, he joined the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ) as a group leader, and in 2013 he was promoted to Associate Professor.

He is currently an ICREA Research Professor at the ICIQ and his group’s research interests focus on the discovery and development of synthetically useful organometallic methodologies.

As part of the Lectureship, Rubén will present a lecture at three locations over the coming year, with at least one of these events taking place at an international conference, where he will be formally presented with his Pioneering Investigator Lectureship certificate. Details of his lectures will be announced in due course – keep an eye on the blog for details.

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Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship 2018 – nominations now open!

30 Nov 2017

We are pleased to welcome nominations for the 2018 Pioneering Investigator Lectureship for Chem Soc Rev.

All nominations must be received by Monday, 19 February 2018.

The Pioneering Investigator Lectureship replaces our previous Emerging Investigator Lectureship, and aims to recognise mid-career scientists who have firmly established themselves in their independent careers. Early career researchers can be nominated for the ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship.

Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship

• Recognises mid-career scientists who have firmly established themselves in their independent careers, continuously publish innovative work, and have pioneered several research areas.

• Eligible nominees should have completed their PhD between 15^th September 2002 and 14^th September 2009.

Lectureship details

• The recipient of the lectureship will be invited to present a lecture at three different locations over a 12-month period, with at least one of these events taking place at an international conference.

• The recipient will receive a contribution of £1500 towards travel and accommodation costs for their lectures, as well as a certificate.

• The recipient will be asked to contribute a review article for the journal.

How to nominate

Self-nomination is not permitted. Nominators must send the following to the editorial team via chemsocrev-rsc@rsc.org by Monday, 19 February 2018.

• Recommendation letter, including the name, contact details and website URL of the nominee.

• A one-page CV for the nominee, including a summary of their education, dates of key career achievements, a list of up to five of their top independent publications, total numbers of publications and patents, and other indicators of esteem, together with evidence of career independence.

• A copy of the candidate’s best publication to date (as judged by the nominator).

• Two supporting letters of recommendation from two independent referees. These should not be someone from the same institution or the candidate’s post doc or PhD supervisor.

The nominator and independent referees should comment on the candidate’s presenting skills.

Incomplete nominations or those not adhering to the above requirements will not be considered, and nominees will not be contacted regarding any missing or incorrect documents.

Selection procedure

• The editorial team will screen each nomination for eligibility and draw up a shortlist of candidates based on the nomination documents provided.

• Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a brief supporting statement summarising their key achievements, highlighting the impact of their work and justifying why they deserve the specific lectureship for which they have been entered.

• The recipient of the lectureship will then be selected and endorsed by a selection panel composed of members of the ChemSocRev Editorial Board. The winner will be announced in the first half of 2018.

NB: Please note that members of the selection panel from the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board are not eligible to nominate, or provide references, for this lectureship.

For any queries, please contact the editorial team at chemsocrev-rsc@rsc.org.

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Rafal Klajn: Winner of the Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2017

08 Jun 2017

On behalf of the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship – Rafal Klajn from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Our warmest congratulations to Rafal!

Rafal was born in Poland, where he completed his undergraduate studies. He was awarded his PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering in 2009 at Northwestern University, where he worked with Professors Bartosz A Grzybowski and Sir J Fraser Stoddart on fabricating new hybrid materials incorporating inorganic nanoparticles and molecular switches. For his doctoral research, he was awarded the 2008 International Precious Metals Institute Student Award, the 2010 IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists, and the 2013 Victor K. LaMer Award from the American Chemical Society.

Rafal Klajn

He began his independent research career in November 2009 at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, as a tenure-track Assistant Professor directly after obtaining his PhD degree. Since then, his group has worked on nanoscale reactivity and self-assembly – incorporating photo-responsive moieties into nanoporous solids, working with superparamagnetic nanoparticles of various shapes and demonstrating that cubic nanoparticles of iron oxide could spontaneously assemble into helical materials, and developing the concept of “dynamically self-assembling nanoflasks” capable of accelerating chemical reactions using light, working with flexible metal-organic (coordination) cages that can encapsulate diverse organic molecules ranging from fluorescent dyes to nonpolar pharmaceuticals, among other projects.

He is currently an Associate Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science and now focuses on creating synthetic out-of-equilibrium systems and “life-like” materials, not only to develop innovative functional materials, but also to tackle what he deems as one of the most important and fascinating problems – the origin of life.

As part of the Lectureship, Rafal will present a lecture at three locations over the coming year, with at least one of these events taking place at an international conference, where he will be formally presented with his Emerging Investigator Lectureship certificate. Details of his lectures will be announced in due course – keep an eye on the blog for details.

Read these Open Access articles by Rafal Klajn:

Spiropyran-based dynamic materials
Rafal Klajn
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 148-184
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60181A, Review Article, Open Access

Dual-responsive nanoparticles that aggregate under the simultaneous action of light and CO₂
Ji-Woong Lee and Rafal Klajn
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 2036-2039
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC08541H, Communication, Open Access

Magnetic field-induced self-assembly of iron oxide nanocubes
Gurvinder Singh, Henry Chan, T. Udayabhaskararao, Elijah Gelman, Davide Peddis, Artem Baskin, Gregory Leitus, Petr Král and Rafal Klajn
Faraday Discuss., 2015, 181, 403-421
DOI: 10.1039/C4FD00265B, Paper, Open Access
From themed collection Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly

Controlling the lifetimes of dynamic nanoparticle aggregates by spiropyran functionalization
Pintu K. Kundu, Sanjib Das, Johannes Ahrens and Rafal Klajn
Nanoscale, 2016,8, 19280-19286
DOI: 10.1039/C6NR05959G, Paper, Open Access

The Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship is an annual lectureship which recognises emerging scientists who have made a significant contribution to their research field. Nominations for the 2018 Lectureship will open later in the year – keep an eye on the blog for details, and read more about our previous winners.

2016: Gonçalo Bernardes from the University of Cambridge, UK

Guihua Yu from the University of Texas at Austin, USA

2015: Aron Walsh from the University of Bath, UK

2014: Peng Chen from Peking University, Beijing, China

2013: Xile Hu from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

2012: Xiaogang Liu from the National University of Singapore and Institute of Materials Research Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore

2011: Cristina Nevado from the University of Zurich, Switzerland

2010: Shu-Hong Yu from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

2009: Matt Gaunt from the University of Cambridge, UK

2008: Kazuya Kikuchi from Osaka University, Japan

Read our excellent 2016 Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigators themed issue and watch out for our upcoming Emerging Investigators issue next year.

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