
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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