Education and working experience:

• 2019~Present: Tenure-track Professor, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University2018~2019: Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, with Prof. Ben Zhong Tang

• 2015~2018: Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, with Prof. Jishan Wu

• 2010~2015: Ph. D., Majored in Organic Chemistry, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, with Prof. Gang Zhou

• 2006~2010: B.S., Department of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University

Research Interests:

• Novel π-Conjugated Molecules and Their Applications

• Polyradicaloids and Novel Macrocycles with Unique Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties

• Near-Infrared Molecular Dyes and Their Applications

Honors and Recognition:

• Pujiang Talents Program of Shanghai (2019)

• Outstanding Graduate of Fudan University (2015)

Key Publications:

(1) Xuefeng Lu, Tullimilli Y. Gopalakrishna, Yi Han, Yong Ni, Ya Zou,  Jishan Wu,* Bowl-shaped Carbon Nanobelts Showing Size-dependent Properties and Selective Encapsulation of C70. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5934.

(2) Xuefeng Lu, Tullimilli Y. Gopalakrishna, Hoa Phan, Tun Seng Herng, Qing Jiang, Chunchen Liu, Guangwu Li, Jun Ding, Jishan Wu,* Global Aromaticity in Macrocyclic Cyclopenta-Fused Tetraphenanthrenylene Tetraradicaloid and Its Charged Species. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13052.

(3) Xuefeng Lu, Sangsu Lee, Yongseok Hong, Hoa Phan, Tullimilli Y. Gopalakrishna, Tun Seng Herng, Takayuki Tanaka, María Eugenia Sandoval-Salinas, Wangdong Zeng, Jun Ding, David Casanova, Atsuhiro Osuka, Dongho Kim,* Jishan Wu,* Fluorenyl Based Macrocyclic Polyradicaloids. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13173. (Selected as a Cover)

(4) Xuefeng Lu, Jishan Wu,* After 60 Years of Efforts: The Chemical Synthesis of a Carbon Nanobelt. Chem 2017, 2, 619.

(5) Xuefeng Lu, Sangsu Lee, Jun Oh Kim, Tullimilli Y. Gopalakrishna, Hoa Phan, Tun Seng Herng, Zhenglong Lim, Zebing Zeng, Jun Ding, Dongho Kim,* Jishan Wu,* Stable 3,6-Linked Fluorenyl Radical Oligomers with Intramolecular Antiferromagnetic Coupling and Polyradical Characters. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13048.

(6) Yijing Chen,# Xuefeng Lu,# Chunlan Xiang, Yuan Ling, Gang Zhou,* Charge Transfer Through Dithieno[2,3-a:3',2'-c]phenazine: Effect of Substitution Pattern on Optoelectronic Properties of Regioisomeric Luminophores. Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 874-881. ([#] Contributed equally)

(7) Xuefeng Lu, Tian Lan, Zhenwen Qin, Zhong-Sheng Wang, Gang Zhou,* A Near-Infrared Dithieno[2,3‑a:3',2'‑c]phenazine-Based Organic Co-Sensitizer for Highly Efficient and Stable Quasi-Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 19308.

(8) Xuefeng Lu, Suhua Fan, Jinhong Wu, Xiaowei Jia, Zhong-Sheng Wang, Gang Zhou,* Controlling the Charge Transfer in D-A-D Chromophores Based on Pyrazine Derivatives. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 6480.

(9) Xuefeng Lu, Xiaowei Jia, Zhong-Sheng Wang, Gang Zhou,* X-Shaped Organic Dyes with a Quinoxaline Bridge for Use in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. J. Mater. Chem. A 2013, 1, 9697.

(10) Xuefeng Lu, Quanyou Feng, Tian Lan, Gang Zhou,* Zhong-Sheng Wang,* Molecular Engineering of Quinoxaline-Based Organic Sensitizers for Highly Efficient and Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Chem. Mater. 2012, 134, 3179.

(11) Xuefeng Lu, Gang Zhou,* Hong Wang, Quanyou Feng, Zhong-Sheng Wang, Near Infrared Thieno[3,4-b]pyrazine Sensitizers for Efficient Quasi-Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 4802.

(12) Chunchen Liu, Yong Ni, Xuefeng Lu, Guangwu Li, and Jishan Wu,* Global Aromaticity in Macrocyclic Polyradicaloids: Hückel’s Rule or Baird’s Rule? Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 2309.

(13) Shunjie Liu,# Yuanyuan Li,# Haoke Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Xuefeng Lu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ben Zhong Tang,* Molecular Motion in the Solid State. ACS Materials Lett. 2019, 1, 425. ([#] Contributed equally)

(14) Fang Cheng,# Xue-Jun Wu,# Zhixin Hu,# Xuefeng Lu, Zijing Ding, Yan Shao, Hai Xu, Wei Ji, Jishan Wu, Kian Ping Loh,* Two-dimensional Tessellation by Molecular Tiles Constructed from Halogen-Halogen and Halogen-Metal Networks. Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 4871. ([#] Contributed equally)

(15) Limin Xiang, Thomas Hines, Julio L. Palma, Xuefeng Lu, Vladimiro Mujica, Mark A. Ratner, Gang Zhou,* Nongjian Tao,* Non-exponential length dependence of conductance in iodide-terminated oligothiophene single-molecule tunneling junctions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 679.