معرفی
Professor Yun-Bao Jiang is a full Professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, China. Since obtaining his PhD from the same university in 1990 he has built an internationally recognized research programme in supramolecular photochemical sensing, chiral amplification and single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy, publishing >200 papers and accumulating >7 000 citations.
Education
- BS 1984 – Xiamen University
- MS 1987 – Xiamen University
- PhD 1990 – Xiamen University (Advisor: Prof. Chen Guozhen)
Research interests
Jiang’s group develops photo-induced electron/proton-transfer systems for fluorescence sensing and biomolecular recognition. Core themes include: (i) signal amplification via controlled aggregation; (ii) chiral induction, memory and amplification in helical supramolecular polymers; (iii) single-molecule detection by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; and (iv) designer chemosensors for saccharides, amino-acids, anions and heavy-metal ions.
Recent work
Recent articles (2022-2025) exploit π-conjugated molecular tubes, Ag(I)-thiol coordination polymers and peptide-derived azamacrocycles to create unprecedented anti-S-shaped CD-ee correlations, heterochiral β-turn scaffolds and 2-D supramolecular arrays, pushing the envelope of chiral sensing and optical imaging.
Honours & awards
- Ministry of Education Natural Science Second Prize
- Chinese Chemical Society Young Chemist Award
- China Youth Science & Technology Award (5th)
- Fok Ying-Tong Young Teacher Award
- Fujian “Yunsheng” Youth Science & Technology Award
- State Council Special Government Allowance
- Humboldt Foundation Fellowship
- Volkswagen Foundation Research Grant
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2014)
Grants & advising
He currently leads three ongoing NSFC projects (2023-2026) on sub-nanometre Ag+-thiol coordination polymers, 2-D π-tube arrays and precision construction of multi-level chiral materials. A 30-member team (post-docs, PhD and Master candidates) operates in four contiguous laboratories (Rooms 531-538) equipped with home-built nanosecond lifetime spectrometers, FCS setups and modern synthetic facilities.
Editorial & outreach roles
Jiang serves on the editorial/advisory boards of ACS Sensors, Supramolecular Chemistry, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., Analytical Chemistry and several Chinese journals, and is a council member of the Chinese Chemical Society.