Prof. Junzhi Liu

08.2019-, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong

07.2017-07.2019: Research Group Leader, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

07.2015-06.2017: Postdoc, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

07. 2011-01. 2016: Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

Awards & Recognition:

Chinese Journal of Chemistry "Emerging Investigator" (Wiley-VCH, 2024)

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (2023)

Outstanding Young Researcher Award (HKU, 2023)

Small "Rising Star" (Wiley-VCH, 2022)

ChemComm Emerging Investigator (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022)

NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Award (Hong Kong and Macau, 2021)

RGC Early Career Award (2020)

IUPAC International Award for Young Chemists - Honorable Mention Award (2017)

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students (2015)

Best Poster Award, EUROMAT2013, Spain (2013)

EU “Marie Curie” Fellowship (2011-2014)

Royal DSM N.V. (DSM) scholarship (2009).

Professional Affiliations and Service Activities:

Editorial Board for Chinese Journal of Chemistry (2024-)

Advisory Board for Organic Materials (2023-)

Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) of Chemistry – An Asian Journal (2020-).

Reviewer for Nature Chem., Nature Comm., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Sci., Small, Org. Lett., Chem. Eur. J., J. Org. Chem., etc.

1) Rational synthesis of nanocarbons with non-alternant topologies

2) Atomically precise synthesis of 3D and ordered molecular nanocarbons, and supramolecular chemistry.

3) Bottom-up organic synthesis of heteroatom-doped nanocarbons

4) Organic electronic nanodevices: Organic memory and memristors; multi-functional integration of organic field-effect transistors, OLEDs, etc