Professional Experience

2025–present Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Peking University Committee; Executive Vice President, Peking University

2022–2025 Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Peking University Committee; Vice President, Peking University

2021–present Chancellor and Deputy Party Secretary (concurrently), Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School

2020–2022 Dean, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

2018–2023 Vice Director (concurrently), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2016–2024 Vice Director (concurrently), Beijing Graphene Institute

2015–2019 Vice Dean, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

2006–present Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

2003–2018 Vice Director, Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Ministry of Education

2000–2006 Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

1998–2000 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Leeds

Research Interests

1. Carbon Nanomaterials

2. Carbonene Fibers

3. Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science and Engineering

Honors and Awards

National Teaching Achievement Award (Special Prize)(2023)

Beijing Outstanding Graduate Student Supervisory Team(2023)

National Natural Science Award (Second grade) (2017)

Innovation Leading Talent of the National Ten Thousand Talents Program (2017)

Peking University Top Ten Mentors Award (2017)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2015)

Changjiang Scholar (2013)

National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor (2011)

National Natural Science Award (Second grade) (2008)

Distinguished Young Scholar Awardee, National Natural Science Foundation of China (2007)

National Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars (2007)

New Century Excellent Talent Funding Program of the Ministry of Education (2005)

Young Chemistry Award of the Chinese Chemical Society (2001)

Selected Publications

1.Li, Y.; Wang, S. R.; Wang, J. P.; Qian, L.*; Zhang, J.*,Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science: Transforming Research Paradigms.Chemical Reviews, 2026, doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.6c00012.

2.Li, Y.†; Wang, S. R.†; Lv, Z.; Wang, Z. J.; Zhao, Y. B.; Xie, Y.; Xu, Y.; Qian, L.*;Yang, Y. D.*; Zhao, Z. Q.*; Zhang, J.*,Transforming the synthesis of carbon nanotubes with machine learning models and automation.Matter, 2025, 8, 101913.

3.Xie, Y.†; Li, Y.†; Peng, Z. S.†; Wang, C. Y.; Qiu, Z. L.; Cai, X. Y.; Song, T. L.; Si, J.; Zhao, X. X.; Qian, L.*; Zhao, Z. Q.*; Zhang, J.*, Nano-seeding catalysts for high-density arrays of horizontally aligned carbon nanotubes with wafer-scale uniformity.Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 149.

4.Luo, J. J.†; Lei, X. D.†; Jia, X. Z.†; Li, M. D.†; Yan, D.; Li, J.; Zhang, Z. Y.; Dai, H. B.; Li, C.; Zhou, W. L.; Hu, Z. C.; Li, X. Y.; Xu, S. C.; Huang, J. K.; Tong, L. M.; Gao, E. L.*; Wu, X. Q.*; Jiao, K.*; Gao, Z. F.*; Zhang, J.*, Aramid fibers with dynamic strength up to 10 GPa and dynamic toughness up to 700 MJ m−3.Matter, 2025, 102496.

5.Zhang, X. S.†; Lei, X. D.†; Jia, X. Z.†; Sun, T. Z.; Luo, J. J.; Xu, S. C.; Li, L. J.; Yan, D.; Shao, Y. L.; Zhang, Y. Y.*; Wu, X. Q.*; Gao, E. L.*; Jian, M. Q.*; Zhang, J.*, Carbon nanotube fibers with dynamic strength up to 14 GPa.Science, 2024, 384, 1318-1323.

6.Huang, J. K.†; Guo, Y. Z.†; Lei, X. D.†; Chen, B.†; Hao, H.; Luo, J. J.; Sun, T. Z.; Jian, M. Q.; Gao, E. L.*; Wu, X. Q.*; Ma, W. G.; Shao, Y. L.*; Zhang, J.*, Fabricating Ultrastrong Carbon Nanotube Fibers via a Microwave Welding Interface.ACS Nano,2024, 18, 22, 14377-14387.

7.Luo, J. J.; Wen, Y. Y.; Jia, X. Z.; Lei, X. D.; Gao, Z. F.; Jiang, M. Q.; Xiao, Z. H.; Li, L. Y.; Zhang, J. W.; Li, T.; Dong, H. L.; Wu, X. Q.*; Gao, E. L.*; Jiao, K.*; Zhang, J.*, Fabricating strong and tough aramid fibers by small addition of carbon nanotubes.Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 3019.

8.Zhang SC, Wang X, Yao FR, He MS, Lin DW, Ma H, Sun YY, Zhao QC, Liu KH, Ding F* and Zhang, J.*, Controllable Growth of (n, n-1) Family of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes,Chem, 2019, 5, 1182-1193.

9.Gao, X.†; Zhu, Y. H.†; Yi, D.; Zhou, J. Y.; Zhang, S. S.; Yin, C.; Ding, F.; Zhang, S. Q.; Yi, X. H.; Wang, J. Z.; Tong. L. M.*; Han. Y.*; Liu. Z. F.*; Zhang, J.*, Ultrathin Graphdiyne Film on Graphene through Solution-Phase van der Waals Epitaxy.Science Advances, 4(7) (2018), eaat6378.

10.Zhang, S. C.†; Kang, L. X.†; Wang, X.; Tong, L. M.; Yang, L. W.; Wang, Z. Q.; Qi, K.; Deng, S. B.; Li, Q. W.; Bai, X. D.; Ding, F.; Zhang, J.*, Arrays of Horizontal Carbon Nanotubes of Controlled Chirality Grown Using Designed Catalysts,Nature, 543(2017), 234-238.