Research Team

Academicians

  • Lei Jiang

Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

Foreign Academician, America’s National Academy of Engineering

Foreign Academician, Australian Academy of Science

Email: jianglei@iccas.ac.cn

  Education:

  1987  B.S. in Solid Physics, Jilin University 

  1990  Master in Physical Chemistry, Jilin University 

  1994  Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Jilin University 

  Professional Experience: 

  1994 – 1996  Post Doctorate, Tokyo University (with Prof. Akira Fujishima) 

  1996 – 1999  Researcher, Kanagawa Academy of Sciences 

  1999 – 2015  Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  2015 – Present  Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  2022 – Present  Professor, Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China

  Honors and Awards: 

  2009  Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

  2013  Award of Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation for Scientific and Technological Progress 

  2014  Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievement Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 

  2014  MRS Mid-Career Researcher Award

  2014  Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers 

  2015  China NANO Award 

  2016  Foreign Academician, America’s National Academy of Engineering 

  2016  UNESCO Medal for Contribution to the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies

  2016  Nikkei Asia Prizes

  2017  Humboldt Research Award

  2018  Outstanding Scientist of Qiushi Science & Technology Foundation

  2020  ACS Nano Lectureship Award

  2022  Tan Kah Kee Science Award

  2022  Foreign Academician, Australian Academy of Science 

  Research Interests:

  1. Bioinspired Superwettability System

  2. Ultralow Energy Consumption in High-Efficiency Bio-Synthesis, Energy Conversion, and Information Transmission

  Selected Publications:

  1.  Feng, L.; Li, S.; Li, Y.; Li, H.; Zhang, L.; Zhai, J.; Song, Y.; Liu, B.; Jiang, L.; Zhu, D. Super-hydrophobic surfaces: From natural to artificial. Adv. Mater. 2002, 14, 1857-1860. 

  2.  Gao, X.; Jiang, L. Water-repellent legs of water striders. Nature 2004, 432, 36-36. 

  3.  Zheng, Y.; Bai, H.; Huang, Z.; Tian, X.; Nie, F.; Zhao, Y.; Zhai, J.; Jiang, L. Directional water collection on wetted spider silk. Nature 2010, 463, 640-643. 

  4.  Chen, H.; Zhang, P.; Zhang, L.; Liu, H.; Jiang, Y.; Zhang, D.; Han, Z.; Jiang, L. Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata. Nature 2016, 532, 85-89. 

  5.  Liu, M.; Wang S.; Jiang, L. Nature-inspired superwettability systems. Nat. Rev. Mater., 2017, 2, 17036. 

  6.  Wang S.; Liu K.; Yao X.; Jiang, L. Bioinspired surfaces with superwettability: New insight on theory, design, and applications. Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 8230-8293. 

  7.  Su, B.; Tian, Y.; Jiang, L. Bioinspired interfaces with superwettability: From Materials to Chemistry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 1727-1748.

  8.  Chen, H.; Ran, T.; Gan, Y.; Zhou, J.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, D.; Jiang, L. Ultrafast water harvesting and transport in hierarchical microchannels. Nat. Mater. 2018, 17, 935-942. 

  9.  Zhang, X.; Song, B.; Jiang, L. From Dynamic Superwettability to Ionic/Molecular Superfluidity. Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 1195-1204. 

  10. Zhang, X.; Jiang, L. Bioinspired Superwetting Nanomaterials and Beyond: Ultralow Energy Consumption in High-Efficiency Bio-Synthesis, Energy Conversion, and Information Transmission. Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, e18469.


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