1.         Design and synthesis of platinum (Pt)- or palladium (Pd)-based complexes and their applications;

2.         Biomimetics based on discrete metal-organic cages.

2022.1 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Associate Professor

2020.1 – 2022.1   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China    Assistant Professor

2018.1 – 2020.1   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China    Assistant Researcher

2013.3 – 2017.6   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Ph.D.

2009.9 – 2012.6   College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China, M.Sc.

2005.9 – 2009.6   College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China, B.Sc.

2016  Kwang-Hua Scholarship, Kwang-Hua Education Foundation

2016  Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, Shandong University

1.         Zhang, Z.; Zhao, Z.; Hou, Y.; Wang, H.; Li, X.; He, G.; Zhang, M., Aqueous Platinum(II)-Cage-Based Light-Harvesting System for Photocatalytic Cross-Coupling Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8862-8866.

2.         Mu, C.; Zhang, Z.; Hou, Y.; Liu, H.; Ma, L.; Li, X.; Ling, S.; He, G.; Zhang, M., Tetraphenylethylene-Based Multicomponent Emissive Metallacages as Solid-State Fluorescent Materials. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12293-12297.

3.         Hou, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Lu, S.; Yuan, J.; Zhu, Q.; Chen, W.-P.; Ling, S.; Li, X.; Zheng, Y.-Z.; Zhu, K.; Zhang, M., Highly Emissive Perylene Diimide-Based Metallacages and Their Host-Guest Chemistry for Information Encryption. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18763-18768.

4.         Zhang, Z.; Zhao, Z.; Wu, L.; Lu, S.; Ling, S.; Li, G.; Xu, L.; Ma, L.; Hou, Y.; Wang, X.; Li, X.; He, G.; Wang, K.; Zou, B.; Zhang, M., Emissive Platinum(II) Cages with Reverse Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Multiple Sensing. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2592-2600.

5.         Hou, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Ma, L.; Shi, R.; Ling, S.; Li, X.; He, G.; Zhang, M., Perylene Diimide-Based Multicomponent Metallacages as Photosensitizers for Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Oxidation Reaction. CCS Chem. 2021, 3153-3160.