On June 11th, 2026, Prof. Jonathan Nitschke from the University of Cambridge visited Tsinghua University and delivered a lecture on his research.
Prof. Jonathan Nitschke received his bachelor’s degree from Williams College (USA) in 1995 and his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 under the supervision of T. DonTilley. He then undertook postdoctoral studies with Jean-MarieLehn in Strasbourg under the auspices of a US NSF fellowship, and in 2003 he started his independent research career as a Maitre-assistant (fixedterm independent PI) in the Organic Chemistry Department of the University of Geneva. In 2007 he was appointed University Lecturer at Cambridge, where he now holds a Professorship. His research program investigates the self-assembly of complex, functional structures from simple organic precursorsand metal ions.
