Dr. Jianmei Lu, professor at College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Chairman of Suzhou Association for Science and Technology, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of Soochow University. She is currently a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), fellow of the Global Academy of Chinese Chemical Engineers (GACCE), fellow of Chinese Chemical Society and fellow of Chinese Chemical Engineering Society. She is an expert of the general expert group of the National Nanotechnology Grant Project, and a committee of the Department of Chemistry of the Science and Technology in the Ministry of Education, China.

Professor Lu has been engaged in the development of new materials and technologies for adsorption, separation and catalytic conversion of chemical pollutants for more than 30 years from fundamental researches to industrial applications. She won the National Technology Invention Award of China (Rank 1) in 2019 and 2014, respectively, National Science and Technology Progress Award of China in 2013, the Scientific and Technological Progress Award from Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation in 2020, Distinguished Engineer Award in 2024, National Innovation Forefront Award in 2023 and RSC Horizon Prize in 2021.

She was awarded with 236 invention patents, including 47 registered in US. Among these, more than 40 patents had been either licensed or commercialized. Lu has presided more than 60 science and technology projects, including 16 national key projects, 16 provincial and ministerial projects, and 32 industrialization projects.

She has published more than 700 papers as corresponding authors in SCI-indexed journals including Nat. Nanotechnol., Nat. Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (22), Adv. Mater. (15) and Nat. Commun. (5). She has trained 153 graduated students with one of them winning “National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation” Award and 5 of them receiving “Jiangsu Excellent Doctoral Dissertation” Awards. She herself won the First "Top Ten Graduate Tutors in Jiangsu Province" in 2018.

Representative Publications in the last 5 years:

1.Zhenyuan Teng, Zhenzong Zhang, Ying Tu, Qitao Zhang, Nan Jian, Liujun Yang, Jiadong Xiao, Jie Ding, Longzhen Huang, Ohno Teruhsia, Chengyin Wang, Dengsong Zhang*, Han Yu, Jianmei Lu*, Chenliang Su*, Bin Liu*, Asymmetric photooxidation of glycerol to hydroxypyruvic acid over Rb-Ir catalytic pairs on poly(heptazine imides), Nat. Nanotechnol., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01897-1

2.Qimeng Sun, Lujie Jin, Weijie He, Xiaoyong Xia, Youyong Li, Dongyun Chen*, Qingfeng Xu*, Jianmei Lu*, Dual-fluorinated Ni single atom catalyst for efficient artificial photosynthetic diluted CO₂ reduction, Adv. Mater., 2025, 37, 2503414

3.Juanzhang Ruan, Qiang Cao, Xunxun Li, Qiuyuan Ren, Menglong Li, Shihong Dong, Najun Li, Qingfeng Xu, Hua Li, Jianmei Lu*, Dongyun Chen*, Morphology optimization of spinel catalysts for high-efficiency photothermal catalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate, Adv. Mater., 2025, 37, 2500090

4.Jicai Jiang, Haibo Wan, Jinchang Zhang, Shuai Shi, Yaru Wang, Huilong Dong, Dongyun Chen*, Kin Liao, Qingfeng Xu*, Jianmei Lu*, Engineered polymeric microspheres with synergistic hydrogen-bonding nanotraps and multisite adsorption for ultrafast herbicide decontamination, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202504349

5.Danfeng Wang, Feiyang Tan, Wuzi Zhao, Shiyuan Zhou, Qingfeng Xu, Lixuan Kan, Lei Zhu, Peiyang Gu*, Jianmei Lu*, Develop Complex Photocatalytic System of D-π-A-type Conjugated Porous Polymers and Benzyl Alcohol Mediated Autocatalysis for Practical Artificial Photosynthesis of H₂O₂, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202425017

6.Wen Ye, Hongzhen Lin, Menglong Li, Lihua Jiang, Dongyun Chen*, Jianmei Lu*, Dimensional reduction in Cs₂AgBiBr₆ enables long-term stable Perovskite-based gas sensing, Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 4820

7.Qiyang Cheng, Sisi Liu*, Yanzheng He, Mengfan Wang, Haoqing Ji, Yunfei Huan, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan*, Jianmei Lu*, Multivariate covalent organic frameworks with tailored electrostatic potential promote nitrate electroreduction to ammonia in acid, Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 3717

8.Liujun Yang, Zhengxi Chen, Qiang Cao, Huarong Liao, Jin Gao, Long Zhang, Wanyu Wei, Hua Li*, Jianmei Lu*, Structural Regulation of Photocatalyst to Optimize Hydroxyl Radical Production Pathways for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Oxidation, Adv. Mater., 2024, 35, 2306758

9.Qianfeng Gu, Xiangqian Lu, Cailing Chen, Xiang Wang, Fangyuan Kang, Yang Yang Li, Qingfeng Xu, Jianmei Lu*, Yu Han*, Wei Qin*, Qichun Zhang*, High-Performance Piezoelectric Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202409708

10.YuanboZhou, LifangZhang, ZebinZhu, MengfanWang, NajunLi, TaoQian, ChenglinYan*, Jianmei Lu*, Optimizing intermediate adsorption over PdM (M=Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) bimetallene for boosted nitrate electroreduction to ammonia, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202319029

11.Ya Li, Zhenkang Wang, Haoqing Ji, Mengfan Wang, Tao Qian*, Chenglin Yan*, Jianmei Lu*, Extending ring-chain coupling empirical law to lithium-mediated electrochemical ammonia synthesis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202311413

12.Jiaqi Su, Yujin Ji, Shize Geng, Lamei Li, Da Liu, Hao Yu, Beibei Song, Youyong Li, Chih-Wen Pao, Zhiwei Hu, Xiaoqing Huang*, Jianmei Lu*, Qi Shao*, Core-Shell Design of Metastable Phase Catalyst Enables Highly-Performance Selective Hydrogenation, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35, 2308839

13.Sisi Liu, Mengfan Wang, Haoqing Ji, Lifang Zhang, Jiajie Ni, Najun Li, Tao Qian, Chenglin Yan*, Jianmei Lu*, Solvent-in-Gas System for Promoted Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis on Porous Framework Materials, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35, 2211730

14.Ya Li, Zhenkang Wang, Haoqing Ji, Mengfan Wang, Tao Qian*, Chenglin Yan*, Jianmei Lu*, Extending Ring-Chain Coupling Empirical Law to Lithium-Mediated Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202311413

15.Qiyang Cheng, Mengfan Wang, Sisi Liu, Lifang Zhang, Haoqing Ji, Yanzheng He, Najun Li, Tao Qian, ChenglinYan*, Jianmei Lu*, Eliminating Concentration Polarization with Cationic Covalent Organic Polymer to Promote Effective Overpotential of Nitrogen Fixation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202308262

16.Wenrou Tian, Najun Li*, Dongyun Chen, Qingfeng Xu, Hua Li, Chenglin Yan, Jianmei Lu*, Vibration-driven Reduction of CO₂ to Acetate with 100% Selectivity by SnS Nanobelt Piezocatalysts, Angew. Chem.Int. Ed., 2023, e202306964

17.Wen Ye, Liangdan Zhao, Hongzhen Lin, Lifeng Ding, Qiang Cao, Zekun Chen, Jia Wang, Qimeng Sun, Jinghui He, Jianmei Lu*, Halide Perovskite glues activate twodimensional covalent organic framework crystallites for selective NO₂ sensing, Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 2133

18.XueFeng Cheng, Jinghui He*, Haoqing Ji, Haoyu Zhang, Qiang Cao, Wuji Sun, Chenglin Yan, Jianmei Lu*, Coordination Symmetry Breaking of Single-Atom Catalysts for Robust and Efficient Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2205767

19.Mengmeng Wang, Dongyun Chen*, Najun Li, Qingfeng Xu, Hua Li, Jinghui He, Jianmei Lu*, Ni-Co Bimetallic Hydroxide Nanosheet Arrays Anchored on Graphene for Adsorption-Induced Enhanced Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction, Adv. Mater., 2022, 2202960

20.Qimeng Sun, JingjingXu, Feifei Tao, Wen Ye, Chang Zhou, Jinghui He*, Jianmei Lu*, Boosted Inner Surface Charge Transfer in Perovskite Nanodots@Mesoporous Titania Frameworks for Efficient and Selective Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to Methane, Angew. Chem.Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202200872

21.Haibo Wan, Qingfeng Xu, Jiacheng Wu, Cheng Lian, Honglai Liu, Bing Zhang, Jinghui He, Dongyun Chen, and Jianmei Lu*, SuFEx-Enabled Elastic Polysulfates for Efficient Removal of Radioactive Iodomethane and Polar Aprotic Organics through Weak Intermolecular Forces, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202208577

22.Guan Wang, Hua Li, Najun Li, Dongyun Chen, Jinghui He, Qingfeng Xu, Jianmei Lu*, Construction of Perylene-based Amphiphilic Micelle and Its Efficient Adsorption and In Situ Photodegradation of Bisphenol A in Aqueous Solution, Angew. Chem.Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202210619

23.Wen Ye, Jinghui He, Qiang Cao, Wuji Sun, Jia Wang, Zekun Chen, Xuefeng Cheng, Chuang Yu, Jianmei Lu*, Surfactant-Free, One-Step Synthesis of Lead-Free Perovskite Hollow Nanospheres for Trace CO Detection, Adv. Mater., 2021, 33, 2100674

24.Feng Zhou, Peiyang Gu, Zhipu Luo, Hari Krishna Bisoyi, Yujin Ji, Youyong Li, Qingfeng Xu, Quan Li*, Jianmei Lu*, Unexpected organic hydrate luminogens in the solid state, Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 2339

25.Wuji Sun, Haoqing Ji, Lanxin Li, Haoyu Zhang, Zhenkang Wang, Jinghui He*, Jianmei Lu*, Built-in Electric Field Triggered Interfacial Accumulation Effect for Efficient Nitrate Removal at Ultra-Low Concentration and Electroreduction to Ammonia, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 22933-22939

26.Chuang Yu, Jinghui He, Xuefeng Cheng, Hongzhen Lin, Haitao Yu, Jianmei Lu*, An Ion-In-Conjugation-Boosted Organic Semiconductor Gas Sensor Operating at High Temperature and Immune to Moisture, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 15328-15334

27.Peiyang Gu, Feng Zhou, Ganhua Xie, Paul Y. Kim, Yu Chai, Qin Hu, Shaowei Shi, Qingfeng Xu, Feng Liu, Jianmei Lu*, Thomas P. Russell*, Visualizing Interfacial Jamming Using an Aggregation-Induced-Emission Molecular Reporter, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 8694-8699

28.Dongyun Chen, Guping Zhang, Mengmeng Wang, Najun Li, Qingfeng Xu, Hua Li, Jinghui He, Jianmei Lu*, Pt/MnO₂ Nanoflowers Anchored to Boron Nitride Aerogels for Highly Efficient Enrichment and Catalytic Oxidation of Formaldehyde at Room Temperature, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 6377-6381

29.Peiyang Gu, Ganhua Xie, Paul Y. Kim, Yu Chai, Xuefei Wu, Yufeng Jiang, Qingfeng Xu, Feng Liu, Jianmei Lu*, Thomas P. Russell*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 2871-2876

30.Yahui Cai, Dongyun Chen, Najun Li, Qingfeng Xu, Hua Li, Jinghui He, Jianmei Lu*, A Self-Cleaning Heterostructured Membrane for Efficient Oil-in-Water Emulsion Separation with Stable Flux, Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 2001265

31.Guping Zhang, Dongyun Chen, Najun Li, Qingfeng Xu, Hua Li, Jinghui He, Jianmei Lu*, Construction of Hierarchical Hollow Co₉S₈/ZnIn₂S₄ Tubular Heterostructures for Highly Efficient Solar Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 8255-8261

32.Dongni Liu, Dongyun Chen, Najun Li, Qingfeng Xu, Hua Li, Jinghui He, Jianmei Lu*, Surface engineering of g-C₃N₄ by stacked oxygen vacancies-rich BiOBr sheets for boosting photocatalytic performance, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 4519-4524

33.Song Song, Jiafu Qu, Peijie Han, Max J. Hülsey, Guping Zhang, Yunzhu Wang, Shuai Wang*, Dongyun Chen, Jianmei Lu*, Ning Yan*, Visible-light-driven amino acids production from biomass-based feedstocks over ultrathin CdS nanosheets, Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 4899