Materials Horizons Blog

Zhengyang Bin, Sichuan University, China

Zhengyang Bin received his Ph.D. degree at Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University in 2018, supervised by Prof. Yong Qiu. He is now working at College of Chemistry, Sichuan University. He was selected as Materials Horizons Emerging Investigator in 2021. His research interest focuses on developing structurally non-traditional organic materials for high-performance OLEDs.

Don’t forget to check out the Emerging Investigator series interview with Shengyang in this Editorial.

Jingsong You, Sichuan University, China

Jingsong You received his Ph.D. degree from Sichuan University in 1998. He then worked as a post-doctoral fellow or a research scientist at Chung-Hsing University (China), Institute für Organische Katalyseforschung (Germany), Iowa State University (USA), and University of California, Irvine (USA). In 2004, he joined the College of Chemistry of Sichuan University as Professor. His research interest focuses on developing new concepts and strategies to synthesize π-conjugated frameworks, especially via the transition metal catalyzed C−H functionalization of (hetero)arenes, and exploring their applications in the synthesis of organic optoelectronic materials.

You Ran, Sichuan University, China

Dr. You Ran was born in 1992 and received his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Chemistry from Sichuan University in 2021. His research focuses on efficient TADF host materials for TSF-OLEDs.

Dae Sung Chung, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea

Prof. Dae Sung Chung received his B.S. in 2005 and Ph.D in 2010 at Department of Chemical Engineering in Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea. He had been postdoctoral researcher supervised by Prof. Dmitri V. Talapin at University of Chicago for 2 years. He had worked for Chung-Ang University and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST) for 4 year and 3 years, respectively, as an assistant and associate professor. In 2020, he joined Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) as an associate professor. His research interests include organic image sensors, printing M3D of organic electronics and molecular switch devices.

Don’t forget to check out the Emerging Investigator series interview with Dae Sung in this Editorial.

Juhee Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea

Juhee Kim received her B.S. in 2018 at Department of Chemical Engineering in Chonnam National University, Korea. She received her M.S. in 2020 at Department of Energy Science & Engineering in Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST) under the guidance of Prof. Dae Sung Chung. Since 2020, she has been her Ph.D. course at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) under the same supervisor. Her research interests include organic image sensors.

Danqing Liu, Shenzen University, China

Danqing Liu received her BSc degree in 2010 from the University of Science and Technology of China, and earned her PhD degree in Chemistry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2014. She joined Shenzhen University as an assistant professor in the College of Material Science and Engineering in 2015. Currently, her research group focuses on organic semiconductors and electronic devices, including organic/hybrid thermoelectrics and organic field effect transistors.

Don’t forget to check out the Emerging Investigator series interview with Danqing in this Editorial.

Lei Wang, Shenzen University, China

Lei Wang conducted his MSc and PhD study in the Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 2001 to 2006. He then joined Shenzhen University and was promoted to full professor in 2011. Prof. Wang is currently the dean of College of Material Science and Engineering of Shenzhen University and the director of Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology. His research interests include highly branched polymers, proton exchange membrane materials for fuel cells, conductive polymers, and organic thermoelectric materials.

Lai Wei, Shenzen University, China

Lei Wei received his MSc degree from East China Normal University in 2013, and obtained his PhD degree from Université Paris-Sud in 2018. He then completed Postdoctoral Fellowship in Shenzhen University from 2019–2020. He is now a senior scientist at BGI-Shenzhen. His research interests focus on organic semiconductor materials, natural product chemistry, and asymmetric organic catalysis.