International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry (NMAC)
College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China
The Yang Group: Organic and Supramolecular Materials
Ying-Wei Yang, PhD
Tang Au-Chin Distinguished Professor (2020-now)
Full Professor of Chemistry (2014-2019)
PhD Advisor, Jilin University (2013-now)
Associate Professor of Chemistry (2011-2014)
Associate Professor of State Key Lab of Supramolecular Structures & Materials (2011-2014)
Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (2018-2021)
Visiting Scholar, Texas A&M University, College Station (2015)
Research Associate, Northwestern University (2013)
Associate Editor: APL Materials (2023- ); Editorial Board Member or Advisory Board Member: Matter, Cell Press (2018- ), VIEW, Wiley (2019- ), Aggregate, Wiley (2020- ), Journal of Chongqing University of Technology (Natural Science) (2018-now), Scientific Reports, NPG (2014-now), Chinese Chemical Letters (2014-now), Molecules, MDPI (2020- ), Journal of Molecular Science, CCS (2019- ).
Invited Referee (or Panel Member) for many International Research Grant Proposals (ERC, ISF, CONICYT, FWO, BLF, NCN, NSFC, etc.), Book Proposals (Springer, Elsevier, etc.), Postdoctoral Projects (CPSF), Ph.D. Dissertation/MS Thesis, and Conference Abstracts.
Invited Reviewer for Peer-Reviewed Journals (>120): Science Advances, Nature Communications, Accounts of Chemical Research, Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry of Materials, Small, Chemistry-A European Journal, Chemical Communications, etc.
Conference Organizer or Committee Member: National Symposium Series on Macrocyclic Arenes-Based Supramolecular Chemistry, etc.
Major Research Grants:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52173200, 21871108, 51673084, 51473061, 21272093)
Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (Grant No. 20230101052JC)
Jilin Province-University Cooperative Construction Project – Special Funds for New Materials (SXGJSF2017-3)
Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20120061120117)
Jilin University Talents Cultivation Program
JLU Cultivation Fund for the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Innovation Program of the State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials (SKLSSM)
Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University
Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University
Open Project of Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Central China Normal University
Start-Up Funds from the College of Chemistry and SKLSSM at JLU
Selected Awards and Recognition:
2023, Distinguished Expert for HOME Program of CAST (China Association for Science and Technology, China)
2023, Outstanding Editorial Board Member (Aggregate, Wiley)
2023, 2022 Most Cited Chinese Researcher in Chemistry (Elsevier)
2023, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of Jilin Province (Advisor) (Education Department of Jilin Province, China)
2022, 2021 Most Cited Chinese Researcher in Chemistry (Elsevier)
2021, Most Outstanding Referees for Angewandte Chemie (top 5%, Angewandte Chemie)
2020, CCL Distinguished Young Scholars (Chinese Chemical Letters)
2020, Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing (Chinese Chemical Letters)
2020, 2019 Most Cited Chinese Researcher in Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
2019, Jilin Provincial Natural Science Award (First Prize, first place)
2019, Tianjin Natural Science Award (Second Prize, second place)
2019, Outstanding Contribution Award on Development of Chinese Chemical Letters
2019, 2018 Most Cited Chinese Researcher in Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
2019, 2019 Polymer Chemistry Pioneering Investigators (selected by Polymer Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry)
2019, Top Peer Reviewer in Chemistry (top 1%, Publons)
2019, Top Peer Reviewer in Cross-Field (top 1%, Publons)
2019, The Excellent Youth Editorial Member Award, Chinese Chemical Letters
2019, Excellent Papers Award 2018 by Chinese Chemical Letters
2018, Most Highly Cited Authors in RSC General Portfolio of Journals (top 1%), Royal Society of Chemistry
2018, 2017 Most Cited Chinese Researcher in Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
2018, 2017 Best Paper Award by Chinese Chemical Letters
2017, 2017 Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry, Clarivate Analytics
2017, Jilin Provincial Outstanding Innovative Talents
2017, Jilin University "Talents Cultivation Program" Awardee
2017, Most Highly Cited Author in 2016 by the Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Royal Society of Chemistry
2017, Top 30 Highly Cited Author in 2014/2015 by Science China Chemistry
2016, 2014 Best Paper Award by Science China Chemistry
2015, Jilin Provincial Natural Science Academic Achievement Award (Second Prize, first place)
2015, Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Investigator (selected by ChemComm)
2015, High Impact Paper Award by Chinese Chemical Letters
2015, 2014 Best Paper Award by Chinese Chemical Letters
2014, JLU Cultivation Plan Awardee for the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
2014, Top 100 Most Cited Chinese Papers Published in International Journals in 2013
2014, Best Poster Award, The 4th International Conference on Molecular Sensors and Molecular Logic Gates
2014, Best Poster Award, The 17th National Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry & The 9th National Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry
2013, Frontrunner 5000 Top Articles in Outstanding S&T Journals of China
2013, MedChemComm paper in the special 2013 Cancer Nanotechnology Collection (selected by RSC)
2013, Best Poster Award, 2013 National Polymer Conference of China
2013, Best Poster Award, The 10th National Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry of China
2012, Innovation Capability Upgrade Plan Awardee for Selected Young Faculty Members from JLU Chemistry
2012, Best Poster Award, The 16th National Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry & The 8th National Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry
EDUCATION & TRAINING
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Organic-inorganic hybrids
Multifunctional organic-inorganic hybrid materials for sensing and environmental protection
2000 - 2005
Nankai University
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Smart organic materials based on macrocycles
Molecular recognition and self-assembly based on synthetic macrocycles, such as pillararenes, calixarenes, cucurbiturils, and new macrocycles
Controlled release systems
Nanovalves and other gating systems on MSNs, MOFs, COFs, CMPs, SOFs for cargo storage and controlled release
Stimuli-responsive (bio)polymers
Smart polymer nanoparticles or nanoassemblies and polymer-inorganic nanoparticle hybrids for drug, gene and protein delivery
2005 - 2006
Arizona State University (ASU)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2008 - 2010
University of California, Irvine (UCI)
Postdoctoral Fellow
1996 - 2000
Nankai University
B.Sc. in Chemistry
2006 - 2008
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Postdoctoral Fellow