QIU Yunyan
Assistant Professor, NUS Presidential Young Professorship
Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, 2021-2022; Postdoc, Northwestern University, 2016-2021; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2011-2016; B.S., Peking University, 2007-2011.
Contact Information:
Office: S9-13-01B
Tel: (65)-6601-1262
Fax: (65)-6779-1691
Email: yunyanq@nus.edu.sg
Research
Recognition and Achievements
- NUS Presidential Young Professorship, NUS, 2022
- Foresight Fellow in Molecular Machines, 2021
- Dream Chemistry Top 5 Prize, 2020
- International Institute for Nanotechnology Outstanding Researcher Award, 2020
- CAS SciFinder® Future Leaders, 2018
- PMSE Future Faculty Scholars, ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, 2018
- ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium, 2017
- John and Nancy Harrison Legacy Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 2015
Research Interests
We plan to apply synthetic organic, polymer, macrocyclic and supramolecular chemistry to the design and synthesis of functional dynamic materials and catalysts for environmental, energy, and nature-inspired biomedical applications. Our interdisciplinary research program addresses challenges in materials sustainability and healthcare issues through the marriage of fundamental and applied sciences. The methodological development of how to install mechanical bonds precisely into polymers and polymer networks, along with investigation of the mechanical bond in detail in terms of its impact on materials properties, will be the central themes of our research. In particular, we are interested in employing the mechanical bond to tune materials properties and tame catalysis/polymerization processes.
We are looking for creative, dedicated, and highly motivated individuals to join our laboratory!
Potential postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, undergraduate students, and research assistants who are interested in exploring new chemistry are encouraged to apply directly by contacting Dr. Qiu. Please check details in Dr. Qiu’s personal website here.
Representative Publications
- Jiao, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Zhang, L., Liu, W.-G.; Mao, H.; Chen, H.; Feng, Y.; Cai, K.; Shen, D.; Song, B.; Chen, X.-Y.; Li, X.; Zhao, X.; Young, R. M.; Stern, C. L.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Astumian, R. D.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F., Electron-catalysed molecular recognition. Nature, 2022, 603, 265–270.
- Feng, L.; Qiu, Y.; Guo, Q.-H.; Chen, Z.; Seale, J. S. W.; He, K.; Wu, H.; Feng, Y.; Farha, O. K.; Astumian, R. D.; Stoddart, J. F., Active mechanisorption driven by pumping cassettes. Science, 2021, 374, 1215–1221.
- Guo, Q.-H.; Qiu, Y.; Wang, M.-X.; Stoddart, J. F., Aromatic hydrocarbon belts. Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 402–419. (Invited Review)
- Guo, Q.-H.; Qiu, Y.; Kuang, X.; Liang, J.; Feng, Y.; Zhang, L.; Jiao, Y.; Shen, D.; Astumian, R. D.; Stoddart, J. F., Artificial molecular pump operation in response to electricity and light. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 14443–14449.
- Qiu, Y.; Feng, Y.; Guo, Q.-H.; Astumian, R. D.; Stoddart, J. F., Pumps through the ages. Chem 2020, 6, 1954–1979. (Invited Review)
- Qiu, Y.; Song, B.; Pezzato, C.; Shen, D.; Liu, W.; Zhang, L.; Feng, Y.; Guo, Q.-H.; Cai, K.; Li, W.; Chen, H.; Nguyen, M. T.; Shi, Y.; Cheng, C.; Astumian, R. D.; Li, X.; Stoddart, J. F., A precise polyrotaxane synthesizer. Science 2020, 368, 1247–1253.
- Qiu, Y.; Zhang, L.; Pezzato, C.; Feng, Y.; Li, W.; Nguyen, M. T.; Cheng, C.; Shen, D.; Guo, Q.-H.; Shi, Y.; Cai, K.; Alsubaie, F. M.; Astumian, R. D.; Stoddart, J. F., A molecular dual pump. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17472–17476.
- Qiu, Y.; Worch, J. C.; Fortney, A.; Noonan, K. J. T., Nickel-catalyzed Suzuki polycondensation for controlled synthesis of ester-functionalized conjugated polymers. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 4757–4762.
- Qiu, Y.; Fortney, A.; Tsai, C.-H.; Baker, M. A.; Kowalewski, T.; Noonan, K. J. T., Synthesis of polyfuran and thiophene-furan alternating copolymers using catalyst-transfer polycondensation. ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 332–336.
