On August 5th, 2026, Prof. Robert L.Z. Hoye from the University of Oxford delivered an academic lecture entitled “Perovskite-Inspired Materials for Energy Harvesting and Healthcare: Critical Role of Electron-Phonon Coupling” . Robert Hoye is an Associate Professor of Materials Chemistry atthe University of Oxford, where he is also a Fellow of St. John'sCollege and a Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow.Prof. Hoye completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge (2012-2014), followed by a postdoc at MIT (2015-2016). In 2022, he movedto Oxford as Associate Professor. His group fo...

On July 10, 2026, Professor Omar F. Mohammed from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology delivered an academic lecture entitled “Glassy X-ray Imaging Scintillators: From Laboratory Discovery to Market Translation” . Professor Mohammed is a Professor at KAUST. His research focuses on advanced optoelectronic materials and devices, including solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and X-ray imaging scintillators, supported by ultrafast laser spectroscopy, 4D electron imaging, and computational materials science. In his lecture, Professor Mohammed introduced recent advances in glassy sci...

On July 9, 2026, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Professor Jean-Marie Lehn delivered a lecture entitled “Perspectives in Chemistry: Molecular – Supramolecular – Adaptive Chemistry” . Invited by Professors Xi Zhang and Huaping Xu, the lecture was the seventh session of the Department’s Centennial Academic Forum. Professor Lehn reviewed the evolution of chemistry from molecular chemistry to supramolecular and adaptive chemistry. He first highlighted how molecular chemistry enables the construction of increasingly complex molecules through precise control of covalent bonds. He then introduced supram...

On June 11th, 2026, Prof. Jonathan Nitschke from the University of Cambridge visited our group 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 (fixed-term independent PI) in the Organic Chemistry Department of the...

In April 2026, Prof. Huaping Xu was admitted as a Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society (FCCS). Fellow is the highest membership grade of the Chinese Chemical Society, awarded to distinguished members who have made systematic and creative achievements as well as significant contributions to chemistry and related fields. Since the establishment of the Fellow system in 2019, no more than 50 Fellows have been elected each year, and there are 346 Fellows to date. Warm congratulations to Prof. Xu!