教育背景：

1997.09-2001.07  汕头大学化学系，应用化学专业，理学学士学位

2001.09-2004.07  汕头大学化学系，工业催化专业，工学硕士学位，导师：郭锡坤教授

2004.09-2007.07  中国科学院化学研究所, 分子纳米结构与纳米技术实验室，物理化学专业，理学博士学位，导师：王春儒研究员

学术经历：

2007.10- 2009.04，莱布尼茨固体与材料研究所（德国,德累斯顿） (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden)，博士后，（合作导师 Lothar Dunsch 教授）

2009.09- 2010.08，克莱姆森大学（Clemson University,美国）化学系，博士后，（合作导师 Luis Echegoyen 教授）

2010.09- 2012.04，德州大学艾尔帕索分校( University of Texas at El Paso, 美国) 化学系，博士后（合作导师Luis Echegoyen 教授）

2012.06-2018.06,  苏州大学副教授

2018.06迄今,     苏州大学教授

研究领域：

1. 富勒烯与内嵌金属富勒烯材料化学研究。

2. 锕系与稀土元素化学。

研究工作与成果

长期从事富勒烯纳米碳材料的研究工作。依托富勒烯独特的限域化学环境，在国际上率先成功合成了一系列重要的锕系和镧系化学键，包括锕系金属-金属键以及镧系/锕系金属-碳多重键等，显著拓展了对锕系和镧系元素成键行为的科学认知，取得了一系列在锕系镧系元素化学领域具有重要影响力的研究成果。

迄今已以第一作者或通讯作者在Nat. Chem., Nat. Commun.，J. Am. Chem. Soc.等国际著名学术期刊上发表研究论文70余篇，为Acc. Chem. Res. 撰写综述1篇，为Royal Society of Chemistry出版社，Wiley出版社， Springer Nature出版社图书撰写书稿三章。

荣誉与人才项目

2025 国家青年科学基金项目（A类）（原国家杰出青年科学基金项目）

2019 教育部“CJ学者奖励计划”青年学者

2020 江苏省杰出青年基金

2020 苏州大学周氏教育科研成果奖

2018 苏州市青年科技人才托举工程

热诚欢迎化学、材料及相关专业方向同学报考本课题组硕士和博士研究生，或申请博士后职位。

代表性论文：

1.Hongjie, Jiang, ^# Jing Zhao, ^# Qingyu Meng, Xiao-Kun Zhao, Min Guo, Han-Shi Hu, Jun Li* and Ning Chen*. A lanthanide–carbon triple bond stabilized within a fullerene cage.  Nat. Chem. 2025,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01856-2.

2.Zhengkai Cao, ^# Xiaojuan Yu, ^# Yang-Rong Yao, Jochen Autschbach* and Ning Chen*. ThCTi@Cs(6)-C₈₂: Th═C Double Bond in a Mixed Actinide-Transition Metal Cluster. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025, 147, 3584−3592.

3.Yi Shen,^# Yannick Roselló,^# Laura Abella,^# Jiawei Qiu,^# Xiya Du, Qingyu Meng, Lihao Zheng, Zhengkai Cao, Zhiwen He, Josep M. Poblet, Luis Echegoyen, Lei Sun, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea,* and Ning Chen*. Fluoride Clusterfullerenes: Tuning Metal−Metal Bonding and Magnetic Properties via Single Fluorine Atom Doping. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2024, 146, 34924−34933.

4.Jiawei Qiu,^# Laura Abella,^# Xiya Du,^# Zhengkai Cao, Zhiwen He, Qingyu Meng, Yingjing Yan, Josep M. Poblet, Lei Sun,* Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea,* and Ning Chen*. CaY@C_2n: Exploring Molecular Qubits with Ca−Y Metal−Metal Bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2024, 146, 24310−24319.

5.Yang-Rong Yao,^# Jing Zhao,^# Qingyu Meng,^# Han-Shi Hu, Min Guo, Yingjing Yan, Jiaxin Zhuang, Shangfeng Yang, Skye Fortier, Luis Echegoyen, W. H. Eugen Schwarz, Jun Li,* and Ning Chen*. Synthesis and Characterization of U≡C Triple Bonds in Fullerene Compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023, 145, 25440−25449.

6.Yingjing Yan,^# LauraAbella,^# Rong Sun,^# Yu-Hui Fang, Yannick Roselló, Yi Shen, Meihe Jin, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Coen de Graaf, Qingyu Meng, Yang-Rong Yao*, Luis Echegoyen, Bing-WuWang*, Song Gao, Josep M. Poblet,* and Ning Chen*. Actinide-lanthanide single electron metal-metal bond formed in mixed-valence di-metallofullerenes. Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 6637.

7.Antonio Moreno-Vicente,^# Yannick Roselló,^#Ning Chen, Luis Echegoyen, Paul W. Dunk, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea,* Coen de Graaf,* and Josep M. Poblet*.Are U−U Bonds Inside Fullerenes Really Unwilling Bonds?J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023, 145, 6710−6718.

8.Hongjie Jiang,^# Xiaojuan Yu,^# Min Guo,^# Yang-Rong Yao, Qingyu Meng, Luis Echegoyen, Jochen Autschbach,* and Ning Chen*. USc₂C₂ and USc₂NC Clusters with U−C Triple Bond Character Stabilized Inside Fullerene Cages. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2023, 145, 5645−5654.

9.Qingyu Meng,^# Laura Abella,^# Yang-Rong Yao, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, Wei Yang, Xinye Liu, Jiaxin Zhuang, Luis Echegoyen, Jochen Autschbach,* and Ning Chen*. A charged diatomic triple-bonded U≡N species trapped in C₈₂ fullerene cages. Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 7192.

10.Yang-Rong Yao,^# Yannick Roselló,^# Lei Ma, Alain Rafael Puente Santiago, Alejandro Metta-Magaña, Ning Chen, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet,* and Luis Echegoyen*.Crystallographic Characterization of U@C_2n (2n = 82−86): Insights about Metal−Cage Interactions for Mono-metallofullerenes.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15309−15318.

11.Qingyu Meng, Laura Abella, Wei Yang, Yang-Rong Yao, Xinye Liu, Jiaxin Zhuang, Xiaomeng Li, Luis Echegoyen, Jochen Autschbach,* and Ning Chen*. UCN@C_s(6)‑C₈₂: An Encapsulated Triangular UCN Cluster with Ambiguous U Oxidation State [U(III) versus U(I)] J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021, 143, 16226−16234.

12.Jiaxin Zhuang^#, Roser Morales-Martínez^#, Jiangwei Zhang^#, Yaofeng Wang^#, Yang-Rong Yao, Cuiying Pei, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Shuao Wang, Luis Echegoyen, Coen de Graaf, Josep M. Poblet*, Ning Chen*. Characterization of a strong covalent Th³⁺–Th³⁺bond inside an I_h(7)-C₈₀ fullerene cage. Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 2372.

13.Wenting Cai, Janet Alvarado, Alejandro Metta-Magaña, Ning Chen, and Luis Echegoyen*. Interconversions between Uranium Mono-metallofullerenes: Mechanistic Implications and Role of Asymmetric Cages. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020, 142, 13112−13119.

14.Jiaxin Zhuang^#, Laura Abella^#, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu^#, Yang-Rong Yao, Meihe Jin, Wei Yang, Xingxing Zhang, Xiaomeng Li, Duo Zhang, Yiming Zhao, Xiaohong Li, Shuao Wang, Luis Echegoyen, Jochen Autschbach*, Ning Chen*. Diuranium (IV) Carbide Cluster U₂C₂ Stabilized inside Fullerene Cages. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 20249-20260.

15.Wenting Cai,^# Roser Morales-Martínez,^# Jiaxin Zhuang,^# Xingxing Zhang, Yaofeng Wang, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet,* Luis Echegoyen,* Lai Feng and Ning Chen.* Synthesis and Characterization of non-IPR Actinide Endohedral Metallofullerenes:U@C_s(28324)-C₈₀ Th@C_s(28324)-C₈₀and U@C₁(17894)-C₇₆: : Low-Symmetry Cage Selection Directed by a Tetravalent Ion.,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 18039−18050.

16.Xingxing Zhang, Wanlu Li, Lai Feng, Xin Chen, Andreas Hansen, Stefan Grimme, Skye Fortier, Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu, Thomas J. Duignan, Jochen Autschbach, Shuao Wang, Yaofeng Wang, Giorgios Velkos, Alexey A. Popov, Nabi Aghdassi, Steffen Duhm, Xiaohong Li, Jun Li,* Luis Echegoyen,* W. H. Eugen Schwarz, and Ning Chen.*A Diuranium Carbide Cluster Stabilized Inside a C₈₀ Fullerene Cage. Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 2753.

17.Xingxing Zhang, Yaofeng Wang, Roser Morales-Martínez, Jun Zhong, Coen de Graaf, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet,* Luis Echegoyen,* Lai Feng, and Ning Chen,* U₂@I_h(7)‑C₈₀: Crystallographic Characterization of a Long-Sought Dimetallic Actinide Endohedral Fullerene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 3907−3915.

18.Yaofeng Wang,^# Roser Morales-Martínez,^# Xingxing Zhang, Wei Yang, Yaxing Wang, Antonio Rodríguez-Fortea, Josep M. Poblet,* Lai Feng,* Shuao Wang,* and Ning Chen,* Unique Four-Electron Metal-to-Cage Charge Transfer of Th to a C₈₂ Fullerene Cage: Complete Structural Characterization of Th@C_3v(8)‑C₈₂. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 5110−5116.