Head of Chair

Prof. Xinliang Feng

Work Biography:

This is a professorship in the context of the cluster of excellence cfaed.

Prof. Feng is the head of the Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at Technische Universität Dresden. He received his Bachelor’s degree in analytic chemistry in 2001 and Master’s degree in organic chemistry in 2004. Then he joined the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research for PhD thesis, where he obtained his PhD degree in April 2008. In December 2007, he was appointed as a group leader at the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, and in 2012, he became a distinguished group leader. Since 2021 he is the Director of the Department of Synthetic Materials and Functional Devices at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics.

Academic Employment

12/2007-12/2012 Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany
06/2010-06/2016 Director of the Institute of Advanced Organic Materials, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
03/2011-06/2016 Distinguished Adjunct Professorship in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chin
12/2012-07/2014 Distinguished Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany
08/2014- W3 Chair Professor, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2019- Call to Max Planck Society
2021- Director of Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics

Research Interests

His current scientific interests include synthetic methodology for new-type of polymers, organic and polymer synthesis, interfacial chemistry, supramolecular chemistry of π-conjugated system, bottom-up synthesis of carbon nanostructures and graphene nanoribbons, 2D polymers and supramolecular polymers, 2D carbon-rich conjugated polymers for opto-electronics and spintronics, electrochemical exfoliation of 2D crystals, graphene and 2D materials for energy storage and conversion, new energy devices and technologies.

Scientific Achievements & Recognition

He has published more than 709 research articles which have attracted more than 79,590 citations with H-index of 137 (Web of Science) (Google Scholar Citations: 95,684 citations, H-index ≥154).

Reviewer for National and International Projects

ERC, DFG, Humboldt, NSF, ANR, NCN, FWO, FWF, US DOE, ESF, NSFC, ISF and Fondazione Cariparo and Fondazione CariModena

Reviewer for many high-ranking scientific journals

Nature, Science, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Chemistry, Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemical Science, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Chemical Society Reviews, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Chemical Communications, Chemistry of Materials, Organic Letters, Journal of the Organic Chemistry, Chemistry-A European Journal, ChemSusChem, ChemPhysChem, Maromolecular Rapid Communications, Journal of Material Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, Chemistry-An Asia Journal，ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces， Energy & Environmental Science, Organic Electronics and so on.

Honors

Member of Germany's National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) (2021)
Member of the ERC Advanced Grant Panels (2020)
Member of the Academia Europaea (2019)
Highly Cited Researcher (Chemistry and Materials Science, Clarivate Analytics) (2019)
Member of European Academy of Sciences (2019)
EU-40 Materials Prize (2018)
ERC Consolidator Grant (2018)
Jiaxi Lu Overseas Guest Professor, Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018)
Guest Professor, Zhejiang University (2018)
Highly Cited Researcher (Chemistry and Materials Science, Thomson Reuters) (2018)
Cheung Kong Guest Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, China (2017)
Hamburg Science Award (2017)
Small Young Innovator Award (2017)
Highly Cited Researcher (Chemistry and Materials Science, Thomson Reuters) (2017)
ERC Proof-of-Concept Project Award (2017)
Highly Cited Researcher (Chemistry and Materials Science, Thomson Reuters) (2016)
Path Leader of 2.5D path within cluster of excellence “cfaed” (2016)
Head of ESF Young Research Group “Graphene Center Dresden” (2016)
Molecular Science Frontier Lecture Professorship, Institute of Chemistry, CAS (2016)
Working Package Leader of WP Functional Foams & Coatings of GRAPHENE FLAGSHIP (2016-)
Highly Cited Researcher (Chemistry and Materials Science, Thomson Reuters) (2015)
ERC Proof-of-Concept Project Grant (2015)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2014)
Highly Cited Researcher (Thomson Reuters, 2014)
ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship (2014)
Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship Award (2013)
Visiting Lecturer of the Chemistry Research Promotion, Center National Science Council Taiwan (2012)
EU FET Young Explorer (2012)
ERC Starting Grant Award (2012)
Deputy Leader of one of the ten European representatives of the European community’s pilot project GRAPHENE FLAGSHIP (2012)
Finalist of 3rd European Young Chemist Award (2010)
IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists (2009)
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students (2008)
Marie Currie Fellowship (2005-2006)

Professional Duties

International Advisory Board of Materials Advances (2020-)
International Advisory Board of Aggregate (2020-)
Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (2020-)
Spokesperson for the DFG Collaborative Research Center (SFB 1415) for the Chemistry of Synthetic 2D Materials (2020)
Associate Editor Board of Small Structures (2020-)
International Advisory Board of Chemical Science (2019-)
International Advisory Board of ACS Applied Electronic Materials (2019-)
International Advisory Board of Materials Chemistry Frontiers (2019-)
International Advisory Board of Journal of Energy Chemistry (2018-)
International Advisory Board of EnergyChem (2018-)
International Advisory Board of Trends in Chemistry (2018-)
International Advisory Board of Small Methods (2016-)
International Advisory Board of Energy Storage Materials (2015-)
International Advisory Board of ChemNanoMat (2015-)
Editorial Board Member of Chemistry – An Asian Journal (2014-)
Advisory Board of Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2014-)
Advisory Board Member of Advanced Materials (2013-)

Publications

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Contact (Secretariat)

Phone: +49 351 / 463-43251
Fax: +49 351 / 463-43268
Email: sabine.strecker@tu-dresden.de

Administrative Staff

Sabine Strecker

Secretary of Prof. Xinliang Feng

Sabine is a certified foreign language correspondent and joined the team of the Chair for Molecular Functional Materials in October 2014. She is working as secretary for Prof. Feng and assists the team in all administrative matters.

Contact

Phone: +49 351 / 463-43251
Fax: +49 351 / 463-43268
Email: sabine.strecker (at) tu-dresden.de

Office: Hempel Building, Mommsenstraße 4, room HEM 217 a

Annett Müller

Secretary of Prof. Xinliang Feng

Contact

Phone: +49 351 / 463-40417
Fax: +49 351 / 463-43268
Email: annett.mueller1 (at) tu-dresden.de

Office: Hempel Building, Mommsenstraße 4, room HEM 217 a

Project Manager

Zsolt Tóvári

Project Manager

(Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle)

Contact

Phone: +49–351-463-40405
Email: zsolt.tovari (at) tu-dresden.de

Technical Staff

Janett Beyer

Lab Technician

Janett is working as laboratory technician, supporting Prof. Feng's group in all technical issues. She is part of the team of the chair for Molecular Functional Materials since February 2016. Her background is in chemical analytics in the semiconductor industry.

Contact

Phone: + 49 – 351 / 463-39090
E-Mail: janett.beyer (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Tobias Nickel

Technician (NMR device)

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Phone: + 49 – 351 / 463-38757
E-Mail: tobias.nickel1 (at) tu-dresden.de

Mandy Meise

Technician

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Phone: +49–351-463-43254
E-Mail: Mandy.Meise (at) tu-dresden.de

IT Administrator

Patrick Schaller

IT-Admin

Patrick joined the group in May 2016.

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Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-36910
Email: patrick.schaller (at) tu-dresden.de

Scientific Staff

Ahmad Bagheri

PhD student

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E-Mail: ahmad.bagheri (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Boris S. Borisov

PhD student

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Phone: +49–351-463-32141
E-Mail: boris_stefanov.borisov (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Mino Borrelli

PhD student

Mino received his master degree from the Universtiy of Bologna in September 2017. He joined Professor Feng's group in November 2017 as PhD student focussing on energy conversion.

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Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-40400
E-Mail: mino.borrelli (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Guangbo Chen

Postdoc

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E-Mail: guangbo.chen (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Yunxu Chen

Postdoc

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E-Mail: yunxu.chen (at) tu-dresden.de

Xingyuan Chu

PhD student

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E-Mail: Xingyuan.Chu (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Prof. Dr. Renhao Dong

Research Group Leader

Renhao received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from Shandong University in 2013. Since 01/2017, he is a research group leader at the Chair for Molecular Functional Materials in TUD. His current research interest focuses on synthesis of organic 2D crystals (2D polymers/COFs/MOFs) and their applications in electronics and energy technology.

Contact

Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-40364
Email: renhao.dong (at) tu-dresden.de

Jie Du

Joint PhD student

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Email: Jingwei.Du (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Jingwei Du

PhD student

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Yubin Fu

Postdoc

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E-Mail: yubin.fu (at) tu-dresden.de

Víctor García López

Postdoc

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E-Mail: victor.garcia_lopez (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Shaik Ghouse

PhD student

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E-Mail: shaik.ghouse (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Ronny Grünker

Group Leader

Ronny has a background in chemistry where he collected diverse knowledge in the fields of organic (diploma), inorganic (PhD) and macromolecular chemistry (PostDoc). In October 2014, he joined the Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at cfaed.

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E-Mail: ronny.gruenker (at) tu-dresden.de

Quanquan Guo

PhD student

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Payam Hashemi

Postdoc

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E-Mail: Payam.Hashemi (at) tu-dresden.de

Chen Hu

Postdoc

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Chuanhui Huang

Postdoc

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E-Mail: Chuanhui.Huang (at) tu-dresden.de

Qiang Huang

Postdoc

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E-Mail: Qiang.Huang (at) tu-dresden.de

Xing Huang

Postdoc

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E-Mail: Xing.Huang (at) tu-dresden.de

Muhammad Imran

Humboldt Postdoc

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E-Mail: muhammad.imran (at) tu-dresden.de

Kamil Jastrzembski

PhD student

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E-Mail: kamil.jastrzembski (at) tu-dresden.de

Saman Khosravi

Postdoc

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E-Mail: Saman.Khosravi (at) tu-dresden.de

Tianshu Lan

PhD student

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E-Mail: Tianshu.Lan (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Dongqi Li

PhD student

Dongqi Li received his Master Degree in June 2019 from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. Afterwards he joined Prof. Feng's group as a Ph. D. student. Now, he focus on the design and synthesis of 2D single-/few-layer materials, and their application on energy storage".

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Phone: + 49 - 351 / 463-40400
E-Mail: Dongqi.Li (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Xiaodong Li

Postdoc

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Phone: +49-351-463-42177
E-Mail: Xiaodong.Li (at) tu-dresden.de

Guoqin Liu

PhD student

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E-Mail: Guoqin.Liu (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Jinxin Liu

Postdoc

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Phone: +49-351-463-39994
E-Mail: Jinxin.Liu (at) tu-dresden.de

Kejun Liu

Postdoc

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Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-40953
Email: Liu.Kejun (at) tu-dresden.de

Kun Liu

PhD student

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Phone: +49-463-43259
Email: Kun.Liu (at) tu-dresden.de

Renxiang Liu

PhD student

Renxiang Liu received his Master's Degree in June 2020 from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He joined Prof. Feng's group as a PhD student from November 2020. His current research topic focus on the development of novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nanographenes for organic electronics.

Contact

Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-39088
Email: renxiang.liu (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Xiaohui Liu

PhD student

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Phone: +49–351-463-xxxxx
Email: Xiaohui.Liu (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Yamei Liu

PhD student

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Email: yamei.liu (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Yannan Liu

Postdoc

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Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-40415
Email: Yannan.Liu (at) tu-dresden.de

Shengyue Lu

Exchange student

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Phone: +49–351-463-xxxxx
E-Mail: shengyue.lu (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Yang Lu

Postdoc

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Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-33858
E-Mail: yang.lu (at) tu-dresden.de

Ji Ma

Research Group Leader

Ji Ma received his Master's Degree in July 2015 from Fudan University, China. Since August 2015 he joined Prof. Feng's group as a PhD student and received his PhD Degree in November 2019. His current research topic focus on the organic synthesis and application of nanographene and graphene nanoribbons.

Contact

Phone: +49 - 351 - 463-42424
E-Mail: ji.ma (at) tu-dresden.de

Ahiud Morag

Postdoc

Ahiud has completed his PhD studies in Chemistry at Ben-Gurion University in July 2019. In October 2019 he has joined Prof. Feng's Group as a postdoc. His current work focuses on energy storage.

Contact

Phone: +49 - 351 -463-40415
E-Mail: Ahiud.Morag (at) tu-dresden.de

Alina Müller

PhD student

Contact

Phone: +49-351-463-xxxxx
E-Mail: Alina.Mueller4 (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Chandrasekhar Naisa

Postdoc

Naisa Chandrasekhar, received PhD (Chemistry) from University of Hyderabad (UoH), India in 2014. He has been working as a post-doctoral researcher in Prof. Feng’s group since August, 2015. His current research interests are focus on “design and synthesis of 2D-fully-conjugated organic polymers for electronics, energy conversion and storage applications.

Contact

Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-40671
E-Mail: naisa.chandrasekhar (at) tu-dresden.de

Wenhui Niu

Postdoc

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Phone: +49-351-463-43259
E-Mail: wenhui.niu (at) tu-dresden.de

Sebastian Obermann

PhD student

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Phone: +49 - 351 -463-32141
E-Mail: Sebastian.Obermann1 (at) tu-dresden.de

Anupam Prasoon

PhD student

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Phone: +49-351-463-39089
E-Mail: anupam.prasoon (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Zhenlin Qiu

Postdoc

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Phone: +49-351-463-43259
E-Mail: zhenlin.qiu (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Jamal Rahimi

Visiting PhD student

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Phone: +49-351-463-33802
E-Mail: jamal.rahimi (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Davood Sabaghi

PhD student

Davood received his Master's Degree in September 2014 from Sharif university of Technology. He worked as Research assistant in Ferdowsi university and IFW institute Dresden. He joined Prof. Feng's group as a PhD student from June, 2019. His current research topic focuses on Synthesis and application of novel 2D materials for energy storage.

Contact

Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-43255
E-Mail: davood.sabaghi (at) tu-dresden.de

Ali Shaygan Nia

Research Group Leader

Ali received his PhD in June 2016 from “macromolecular chemistry department of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg”. He joined Prof. Feng’s group in July 2016 and his current research interest is on upscaling and modifying the electrochemical exfoliation of graphene.

Contact

Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-40413
E-Mail: ali.shaygan_nia (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Lukas Sporrer

PhD student

Contact

Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-32141
E-Mail: lukas.sporrer (at) tu-dresden.de

Valeriya Tkachova

Analytical Coordinator

Valeriya obtained her PhD degree in Organic Chemistry in Ukraine. She joined Professor Feng's group as scientific researcher specialist in December 2014. Since January 2018 she is working as an analytical coordinator.

Contact

Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-34847
E-Mail: valeriya.tkachova (at) tu-dresden.de

Albrecht Wäntig

PhD student

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Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-33802
E-Mail: albrecht.waentig (at) tu-dresden.de

Chenchen Wang

Postdoc

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Phone: +49–351-463-39403
E-Mail: chenchen.wang (at) tu-dresden.de

Dongxu Wang

PhD student

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Phone: +49–351-463-xxxxx
E-Mail: dongxu.wang (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Jing Wang

PhD Student

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Phone: +49–351-463-xxxxx
E-Mail: jing.wang (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Mingchao Wang

Research Group Leader

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Phone: +49–351-463-40401
E-Mail: mingchao.wang (at) tu-dresden.de

Zhiyong Wang

Research Group Leader

Contact

Phone: +49–351-463-39089
E-Mail: wang.zhiyong (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Fupeng Wu

Postdoc

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Phone: +49–351-463-39088
E-Mail: fupeng.wu (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Xingaoyuan Xiong

PhD student

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Phone: +49–351-463-33858
E-Mail: xingaoyuan.xiong (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Hao Xu

PhD student

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Phone: +49–351-463-39532
E-Mail: hao.xu3 (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Hyejung Yang

PhD student

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Phone: +49–351-463-40415
Email: Hyejung.Yang (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Lin Yang

PhD student

Lin received his master degree in June 2019 from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He joined into Prof. Feng’s group as a PhD student from Oct. 2019. His current research topic focuses on the “Bottom-up synthesis and characterization of graphene and 2D conjugated polymers”.

Contact

Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-32141
Email: Lin.Yang1 (at) tu-dresden.de

Xusheng Yang

PhD student

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Phone: +49–351-463-41236
Email: xusheng.yang (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Ye Yang

PhD student

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Phone: +49 – 351 / 463-39089
Email: ye.yang (at) mailbox.tu-dresden.de

Minghao Yu

Research Group Leader

Minghao Yu received his Ph.D. degree in Material Physics and Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University (China) in June 2017. He joined in Prof. Feng’s group as a Postdoc from December 2017. His research focuses on the development of nanostructured materials for application in energy storage and conversion.