Prof. Congyang Wang was born in Jiangsu province, China in 1977. He obtained his BS degree from Nanjing University in 2000 and Ph.D. degree from Peking University under the guidance of Professor Zhenfeng Xi in 2005. After a postdoctoral stay of two more years in the same group, he moved to University of Münster, Germany working with Professor Frank Glorius as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow. In 2010, he started his independent research at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) as a professor. His research interests include organometallic chemistry, transition-metal-catalysis, and synthesis of functional molecules.

Education:

2000-2005      Ph.D. Peking University, Mentor: Prof. Zhenfeng Xi

1996-2000      B.S. Nanjing University, Mentor: Prof. Xiangzhen Sun and Prof. Yi Pan

Professional Experience:

2015.3-now     Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2010.4-now     Professor, Institute of Chemistry, CAS, China

2007-2010      Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Münster, Germany, Mentor: Prof. Frank

                         Glorius

2005-2007      Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University, China, Mentor: Prof. Zhenfeng Xi

Awards and Honors:

2019       Chinese Chemical Society-BASF Youth Innovation Award

2019       Young Investigator Award on Homogeneous Catalysis, China

2019       Representative of Manganese, Chinese Young Chemist Periodic Table,

                Chinese Chemical Society

2017       Associate Editor, Chinese Chemical Letters, Elsevier

2017       Editorial Board of Rising Stars, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Wiley-VCH

2015      Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, Germany

2015      Asian Core Program Lectureship Award, Japan

2015      Asian Core Program Lectureship Award, Singapore

2013      The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, China

2013      ACS Excellence in Science Symposium: JOC & OL Best Poster Award

2011      Alexander von Humboldt Equipment Subsidy, Germany

2010      Outstanding Young Talent from Abroad Program, ICCAS

2008      Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany

2006      First Class Grant of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, China

2005      Outstanding Graduate, Peking University, China