Dr. Jie Zeng is the vice president of the Anhui University of Technology (AHUT), Chair Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and PI of the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale (HFNL). He has been selected to 'National Science Fund for Distinguished Youth Scholars', 'National Ten Thousands Plan Leading Talents in Scientific and Technological Innovation' and 'Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)'.
Dr. Jie Zeng was born in Shangcheng of Henan, China, in 1980. He studied applied chemistry at USTC (B.S., 2002) and received a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics under the tutelage of Prof. Jianguo Hou and Prof. Xiaoping Wang (2007). He worked with Prof. Younan Xia as a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis from 2008 to 2011 and was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in 2011. In 2012, he relocated to USTC to take the position of Professor for Chemistry in HFNL. He assumed the vice president of AHUT in November 2022. Up to now, he has published 266 papers in prestigious journals (Nature, Nat. Nanotechnol., Nat. Catal., Nat. Energy, Nat. Synth., Nat. Sustain., Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Nano Lett., Acc. Chem. Res., Acc. Mater. Res., Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., Chem, etc.), 5 invited books, and 87 patents.
Honors and Awards
TWAS Award in Chemical Sciences, 2024
The 1st prize in Chinese materials research society's science and technology award, 2024
The 1st prize in Chinese society of particuology's natural science award, 2024
CCS-BASF Youth Innovation Prize, 2024
Young Faculty Achievement Award, USTC Alumni Foundation, 2023
CAS Award for Outstanding Mentors (PhD Supervisors), 2023
The Xplorer Prize, 2023
The top 10 scientific and technology progress news in China, 2022
The Science Break-throughs of the year, Falling Walls Berlin, 2022
Boao Youth Leader, 2022
Nano Research Young Innovators (NR45) Awards, 2022
Diamond medal for International Innovation of the Year, Platinum medal for Natural Earth Award and Gold medal for Industrial in the 22nd annual British Invention Show, 2022
The 1st prize in CSPSTC's Scientific and Technological Innovation Award, 2022
Special Award of China Youth Science and Technology Award, 2020
National Science Fund for Distinguished Youth Scholars, 2019
National Ten Thousands Plan Leading Talents in Scientific and Technological Innovation, 2019
Evonik Chemical Innovation Award Presented in Partnership with the Chinese Chemical Society, 2019
CAS Award for Outstanding Mentors (PhD Supervisors), 2019
Anhui 'May 4th Youth Medal', 2019
The 1st prize in Anhui Province's Natural Science Award, 2018
Debang Hou Chemical Engineering Science and Technology Youth Award, 2018
China's Cutting-edge Science and Technology Figure, 2018
The 1st prize in Anhui Province's Outstanding Academic Paper in Natural Science, 2016
Young and Middle-Aged Leading Scientists, Engineers and Innovators, 2015
National Excellent Popular Science Works Award, 2015
CAS Popular Science Works Award, 2015
First Place in the 3rd China Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition Final Team Group in Anhui Division, 2014
Valuable Contribution and Dedicated Service in the Peer Review of Manuscripts Submitted to ACS Journals, 2011
Nomination for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of China, 2009
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2008
National 'Self-renewal Star' Prize for Chinese University Students, 2008
American Association of Electrical and Electronic Engineers / American Medical Association, The Best Paper Award, 2007
President's Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2007
National Scientific and Technological Innovation Award for the Youth in China, 2007
