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Yaping Zang (臧亚萍)
Professor
CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS)
Tel: 010-6265-3617
Email: zangyaping@iccas.ac.cn
Yaping Zang received her Ph.D. in 2016 from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), working under the guidance of Prof. Daoben Zhu and Prof. Chong-an Di. She then moved to Columbia University as a postdoc research scientist working with Prof. Latha Venkataraman at the department of Applied Physics. In 2019, she returned to Beijing and joined the faculty at ICCAS. Full CV
Dr. Kai Song
Assistant professor
Email: songkai@iccas.ac.cn
Kai received her Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from National Center for nanoscience and technology. Previously,
she focused on ferroelectric materials and devices. She joined Zang group as a postdoc in 2020 and is now working on conjugated
single molecular systems.
Dr. Xuwei Song
Postdoctoral Researcher (Peking University Boya Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Email: songxuwei@pku.edu.cn
Xuwei received his B.S. in Chemistry from Hebei University. During his undergraduate, he had research experience on the
synthesis of cinnamaldehyde with asymmetric structure. He joined the Zang group in 2020 and received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from ICCAS in 2026.
He focused on single molecule electron transport in symmetry-broken carbon nanohoops.
Dr. Kaili Chang
Postdoctoral Researcher (BMS Junior Fellow)
Email: changkaili@iccas.ac.cn
Kaili received her Master degree from Henan University in 2022. Previously, she focused on the preparation and properties
of graphene based plasmonic nanostructures. She received her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from ICCAS in 2026.
Her current research interest is single molecule devices based on curved carbon-rich conjugated molecules.
Bowen Yang
Lab Administrator
Email: yangbw@iccas.ac.cn
Bowen received his B.E. degree from Zhejiang SCI-TECH University. In the Zang group, he focuses on measuring electrical
conductivity of single molecules in various environments.
Hanyu Zhang
Graduate Student
Email: hanyuzhang@iccas.ac.cn
Hanyu received his B.S. in 2019 from Tianjin University. His current interest is single molecular charge transport of conjugated
wires.
Bingchen Liu
Graduate Student
Email: liubingchen21@iccas.ac.cn
Bingchen received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Southern University of Science and Technology of China (Sustech) in 2021, where
he had worked on synthesis and fabrication of PSCs. His current research interest is single molecule electronic transport properties.
Chengjia Jing
Graduate Student
Email: jingchengjia22@mails.ucas.ac.cn
Chengjia received his B.S. from ShanDong University in Applied Chemistry in 2022. His current research interest is charge transport
in single-molecule junctions.
Ziwen Li
Graduate Student
Email: lzw17527763885@163.com
Ziwen received his Master degree from Hubei University of Automotive Technology in Optical Engineering in 2026. Previously, he focused on the
Transport and Magnetic Control Mechanisms in Strongly Correlated Quantum Impurity Systems.
His current research interest is single molecule electronic transport properties.
Qinghe Li
Graduate Student
Email: liqinghe26@mails.ucas.ac.cn
Qinghe received her Master degree from Fujian Normal University in Materials Engineering in 2026. Previously, She focused on the
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Functional Property Evaluation of Organic–Inorganic Materials.
Her current research interest is charge transport in single molecular junctions.
Yiqun Wu
Graduate Student
Email: wuyiqun26@mails.ucas.ac.cn
Yiqun received her Master degree from Wuhan University of Science and Technology in Materials Science and Engineering in 2026. Previously, She focused on the
Single-Molecule Conductance Measurements and DNA Base Recognition.
Her current research interest is single molecule electronic transport properties.
Yubo Wang
Graduate Student
Email: wangyubo23@mails.ucas.ac.cn
Yubo received his B.S. from Xi'an university of Science and Technology in Chemical Engineering and Process. His current research interest is electron transport
in single molecular junctions.
Yongqi Qu
Graduate Student
Email: quyongqi@iccas.ac.cn
Yongqi received her B.S. from Nanjing Forestry University in Chemical Engineering in 2024. Her current research interest is charge transport
in single molecular junctions.
Shilong Wei
Graduate Student
Email: shilong25@iccas.ac.cn.
Shilong received his B.S degree in Chemistry from Zheng Zhou University. His current research interest is supramolecular interactions
in single molecular junctions.
Rui Zhang
Graduate Student
Email: zhangrui261@mails.ucas.ac.cn.
Rui received her B.S degree in Chemistry from Beijing Normal University. Her current research interest is charge transport
in single molecular junctions.
Alumni
Mingliang Zhang
Graduate Student
Email: mlzhang@iccas.ac.cn
Mingliang received his Master degree from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. His current research interest is
modulating charge transport properties of organic molecules using external stimulus.
Zhicheng Wang
Graduate Student
Email: Wangzhicheng212@mails.ucas.ac.cn
Zhicheng received his B.S. from ShanDong University in Applied Chemistry. He joined the Zang Group since then as a graduate student.
He had focused on molecular electronic devices.
Junfeng Lin
Graduate Student
Email: linjunfeng@iccas.ac.cn
Junfeng is a joint graduate student. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Zhengzhou University, where he worked on chiral catalysis. He engaged in single-molecular electrical detection.
After obtaining the Ph.D. degree, he is currently conducting postdoctoral research in Prof. Latha Venkataraman's group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
Xi Zhu
Master Graduate Student
Email: zzzxxx8263@163.com
Zhuxi is a joint student from Tianjin Polytechnic University. She received her B.S. from Qingdao University in Applied Chemistry. She had been studying the charge transport
of organic electronic molecules since she joined the Zang group.
Yaxin Lv
Master Graduate Student
Email: Lv13512221775@163.com
Yaxin is a joint student from Tianjin Polytechnic University, where she received her master degree in 2022. She had been studying the non-covalent interactions
of organic electronic molecules since she joined the Zang group.