
Activity & Award

2025 ACS PMSE Future Faculty Award

Fellow of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

2024 ACS PHYS Young Investigator Awards in Physical Chemistry

2023 ACS CAS Future Leaders
Academic Conference
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12/28/2025 Jianyu Zhang, From through-space interactions of electrons to static and dynamic clusteroluminescence. Academic Seminar on Forestry Biomass and Aggregate Science, Nanjing, China. (Invited presentation)
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11/08/2025 Jianyu Zhang, From through-space interactions of electrons to nonconjugated polymers with clusteroluminescence The 4nd Chinese Conference on Aggregation-Induced Emission, Jilin, China. (Invited presentation)
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21/08/2025 Jianyu Zhang, From through-space interactions of electrons to nonconjugated polymers with clusteroluminescence ACS Fall 2025, Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Washington D.C., USA. (Invited presentation)
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21/08/2024 Jianyu Zhang, Through-space interactions of electrons and clusteroluminescence from nonconjugated molecules ACS Fall 2024, Division of Organic Chemistry, Denver, USA. (Oral presentation)
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18/08/2024 Jianyu Zhang, Manipulation of through-space interactions and clusteroluminescence of AIEgens with isolated phenyl rings. ACS Fall 2024, Division of Physical Chemistry, Denver, USA. (Oral presentation)
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08/05/2024 Jianyu Zhang, Ben L. Feringa* Through-space interactions and clusteroluminescence beyond covalent conjugation. The International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry 2024 (ISMSC 2024), Hangzhou, China. (Oral presentation)
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17/12/2023 Jianyu Zhang,* Manipulating excited state of organic luminescent materials: through-space interactions and dynamic behaviors. Young Chemists Forum of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. (Oral presentation)
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30/10/023 Jianyu Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang,* Manipulation of through-space interactions and clusteroluminescence of nonconjugated organic luminogens. Chinese Materials Conference 2022-2023, Shenzhen, China. (Oral presentation, Excellent Presentation Award)
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15/08/2023 Jianyu Zhang, Haoke Zhang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ben Zhong Tang,* Through-space interactions and clusteroluminescence of poorly conjugated molecules. ACS Fall 2023, San Francisco, USA. (Poster Presentation)
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27/06/2023 Jianyu Zhang, Haoke Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang,* Through-space interactions and clusteroluminescence of AIEgens with isolated phenyl rings. The International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2023 (ICMAT 2023), Singapore. (Oral presentation)
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18/06/2023 Jianyu Zhang, Haoke Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang,* Through-space interactions and clusteroluminescence of poorly conjugated molecules. The 33th CCS Congress, Qingdao China. (Oral presentation).
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30/09/2022 Jianyu Zhang, Haoke Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang,* Dynamic behaviors of AIE materials at single-molecule and aggregate states. Interdisciplinary Academic Seminar for Universities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bar Area, Guangzhou, China. (Invited oral presentation)
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13/08/2022 Jianyu Zhang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ben Zhong Tang,* Dynamic behaviors of AIE materials at single-molecule and aggregate states. The 5th International Symposium on Aggregation-Induced Emission, Shenzhen, China. (Invited oral presentation)
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15/04/2022 Jianyu Zhang, Haoke Zhang,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Manipulation of through-space interactions and clusteroluminescence. The International Conference on Clusteroluminescence, Hangzhou, China. (Oral presentation; ICC Best Oral Presentation Award granted by Wiley and Aggregate)
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16/12/2021 Jianyu Zhang, Haoke Zhang,* Ben Zhong Tang,* Manipulation of through-space conjugation and clusteroluminescence of simple AIEgens with isolated phenyl rings. The International Chemical Congress of Pacifichem Basin Societies 2021, Honolulu, USA. (Oral presentation)
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21/10/2021 Jianyu Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang,* Visualization and manipulation of molecular motion in the solid state through photo-induced clusteroluminescence. The 1st Suzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Symposium of Aggregation-Induced Emission. Suzhou, China. (Invited oral presentation)
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09/04/2021 Jianyu Zhang, Benzhao He, Ben Zhong Tang,* Clusteroluminescence from cluster excitons in small heterocyclics free of aromatic rings. The 2nd Chinese Conference on Aggregation-Induced Emission. Shanghai, China. (Poster presentation)
Award
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2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Young Scientist; Awarded by the Committee of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
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2025 PMSE Future Faculty Award (20 awardees worldwide); Awarded by American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering.
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2024 ACS PHYS Young Investigator Awards in Physical Chemistry (only awardee from China, 4 awardees worldwide); Awarded by the American Chemical Society.
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2024 World's Top 2% Scientists, Stanford University & Elsevier.
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2023 CAS Future Leaders (only awardee from China, 35 awardees worldwide); Awarded by CAS, American Chemical Society.
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2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowship, Horizon Europe; Awarded by the European Union.
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2023 Excellent Oral Presentation Award; Awarded by the Committee of the Chinese Materials Conference.
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2023 RGC Hong Kong RGC Junior Research Fellow (25 non-local awardees); Awarded by University Grants Committee, Hong Kong.
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2022 Best Poster Presentation Award, The 29th Symposium on Chemistry Postgraduate Research in Hong Kong; Awarded by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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2022 HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award; Awarded by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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2021-2023 Research Travel Grant of HKUST; Awarded by the University Grants Committee.
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2022 ICC Best Oral Presentation Award (awarded to 2 oral presenters of the whole conference); Awarded by Wiley and Aggregate.
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2019-2022 Graduate Student Fellowship (three years, merit-based scholarship); Awarded by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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2021 Outstanding Student Award of “The Top Student Cultivation Program for Basic Disciplines 2.0” (80 awardees nationwide); Awarded by the Ministry of Education of China.
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2019 Outstanding Graduate Award (awarded to the top 0.5% of graduates); Awarded by Sun Yat-sen University.
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2019 Outstanding Thesis Award of Bachelor’s Degree (awarded to the top 0.5% of graduates); Awarded by Sun Yat-sen University.
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2018 Li Xuerou Foundation Scholarship (awarded to 0.05% of students university-wide); Awarded by Sun Yat-sen Business School, Sun Yat-sen University.
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2016 & 2017 National Scholarship (the highest scholarship for Chinese undergraduate students); Awarded by the Ministry of Education of China.