Prof. Lan is a full Professor at the College of Energy Materials and Chemistry of Inner Mongolia University (IMU) since 2022, where he leads a dedicated research group cultivating on the novel syntheses of crystalline mesoporous materials and applied energy technologies. He is author of 40+ refereed journal articles with citation over 2000 times. He has published more than 15 papers in prestigious journals as the first/corresponding author, such as Nat. Protoc., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Chem, Matter, JACS Au, Nano Lett. He is the board member of National Science Open, Energy Materials and also an active reviewer for journals including ACS. Cent. Sci., JCIS, Next, Chem. Mater.

Education and Employment

2024.06 – present       Professor, Inner Mongolia University

2022.06 – 2024.05      Principle investigator, Inner Mongolia University

2020.01 – 2022.05      Postdoctoral scholar, Fudan University, Co-advisor: Prof. Dongyuan Zhao

2013.09 – 2019.12      Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Fudan University, Advisor: Prof. Dongyuan Zhao

2009.09 – 2013.07      B.S. in Chemistry, Lanzhou University

Honors and Awards

2022 Junma Program of Inner Mongolia University

2022 Grassland Talent Program of Inner Mongolia

2023 Young Talents of Science and Technology of Inner Mongolia

2023 Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia

2024 National Key R&D Program of China

2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China

Invited Talks

1) The 41st branch of the 34nd Chinese Chemical Society Congress, Guangzhou, China (June, 2024)

2) The 15th Chemistry Symposium of Five Provinces and Cities in North China Region, Hulunbeier, China (August, 2023)

3) The 6th Functional Materials Symposium, Shanghai, China (June, 2023)

4) ACS Career Development-Virtual Classroom, USA (May, 2022, online)

5) Invited Seminar at Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China (November, 2021)

6) The 21st National Conference on Molecular Sieves of the Chinese Chemical Society, Qingdao, China (September,  2021)

7) The 10th International Symposium on Mesoscopic Structures, Los Angeles, USA (September, 2018)

8) The 2nd International Symposium on Energy Chemistry and Materials, Hefei, China (October, 2016)

9) The 2nd National Symposium on Organic Porous Polymers, Beijing, China (September, 2016)