Name:		Congqing Zhu
	Year of Birth:		1986
	Address:		College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, 422 Siming South Road, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P. R. China
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	E-mail:		zcq340826@163.com
	Research group:		http://chem.xmu.edu.cn/group/hpxia/index.htm

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 2014 – present, iChEM Fellow, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
• 2008 - 2014, Ph.D., College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, China.
• 2013—2014: Excellent PhD training program (Xiamen University, China)
• 2004 - 2008, B.S., Department of Chemistry, Anqing Teachers College. Anhui, China.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Water Splitting
• Solar Energy Conversion
• Metallapentalyne chemistry
• Organometallic chemistry

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2008—2013: First-class scholarship for five years (Xiamen University, China)
• 2013: Best Poster Award of IUPAC, 15th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds.
• 2014: Lu Jiaxi Scholarship, the Top Scholarships in College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in Xiamen University.
• 2014: “Tan Kah Kee Medal”, the highest honor for students in Xiamen University.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. C. Zhu, Q. Zhu, J. Fan, J. Zhu, X. He, X.-Y. Cao, H. Xia, A metal-bridged tricyclic aromatic system: synthesis of osmium polycyclic aromatic complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 6232.
2. C. Zhu, M. Luo, Q. Zhu, J. Zhu, P. v. R. Schleyer, J. I.-C. Wu, X. Lu, H. Xia, Planar M?bius aromatic pentalenes incorporating 16 and 18 valence electron osmiums, Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, 3265.
3. C. Zhu, S. Li, M. Luo, X. Zhou, Y. Niu, M. Lin, J. Zhu, Z. Cao, X. Lu, T. Wen, Z. Xie, P. v. R. Schleyer, H. Xia, Stabilization of anti-aromatic and strained five-membered rings with a transition metal, Nat. Chem., 2013, 5, 698–703. (Highlighted by: Nature Chemistry, Nature China, and ACS "Noteworthy Chemistry")
4. C. Zhu, X. Cao, H. Xia, Double stabilization of highly strained six-membered rings by phosphonium and transition metal, Chin. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 33, 657-662. (Invited and Cover Paper).
5. X. Wang, C. Zhu, H. Xia, J. Zhu, Theoretical study on the stability and aromaticity of metallasilapentalynes. Organometallics, 2014, 33,1845.
6. J. Huang, R. Lin, L. Wu, Q. Zhao, C. Zhu, T. B. Wen, H. Xia. Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical properties of bisosmabenzenes bridged by diisocyanides, Organometallics, 2010, 29, 2916–2925.

PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS:

1. C. Zhu, J. Zhu, X. Cao, H. Xia. Synthesis of the metal-bridged polycyclic aromatic complexes. 17th National Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Beijing, October, 2012. (Oral Presentation)
2. C. Zhu, M. Luo, Q. Zhu, J. Zhu, H. Xia, Capturing M?bius araomtic metallapentalene without M?bius topology. 15th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds, Taipei, August, 2013. (The Best Poster Award of IUPAC)
3. C. Zhu, J. Zhu, S. Li, H. Xia, A Brand-new aromatic systems, metallapentalyne and metallapentalene. 17th National Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Beijing, October, 2012. (Poster)
4. C. Zhu, M. Luo, H. Xia, Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity study of metallapentalynes. 16th National Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Wenzhou, October, 2010. (The Best Poster Award)