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Mar 26, 2026 Dr. Guanzhi Wu joins our team!
Dr. Guanzhi Wu joins our team as a postdoctoral scholar! He will be working in our lab at Fudan University. Welcome to the Chen Group!
Apr 3
Dec 16, 2025 Ms. Xingyu Chen won CAST Young Scientific Talent Cultivation Program
Our PhD student, Ms. Xingyu Chen, won CAST Young Scientific Talent Cultivation Program (中国科协青年人才托举工程博士生专项计划). Congratulations!
Apr 3
Dec 12, 2025 Ms. Xiaoqun Li won 2025 NSFC Young Student Basic Research Program (PhD Student)
Our PhD student, Ms. Xiaoqun Li, won the prestigious NSFC Young Student Basic Research Program (PhD Student) (国家自然科学基金青年学生基础研究项目(博士研究生)). Congratulations!
Apr 3


July 13, 2025 Ms. Xiaoqun Li won top honors at 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Postgraduate Chemistry Academic Exchange Campus
Our PhD student Xiaoqun Li distinguished herself at 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Postgraduate Chemistry Academic Exchange Campus by...
Jul 29, 2025


Jul 08, 2025 Our paper is published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Check our recent publication on the AIE compounds, in collaboration with Prof. Ben Zhong Tang's group. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do...
Jul 29, 2025
Jun 30, 2025 Prof. Chen got General Research Fund support from UGC
Prof. Chen received the General Research Fund (GRF) support from University Grants Committee (UGC)! Thanks UGC for the support!
Jul 15, 2025


Jun 18, 2025 Junxian Guo gets HKUST Redbird PhD Award
Mr. Junxian Guo has been selected as the recipient of the HKUST RedBird PhD Award for the 2025-2026 academic year! Congratulations!
Jun 25, 2025


Jun 07, 2025 Our paper is published on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Our paper is published on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. It's a collaboration with our colleague, Prof. Yangjian Quan's group. For more details,...
Jun 17, 2025


Apr 17, 2025 Ms. Xiaoqun Li won the HKPFS!
Ms. Xiaoqun Li won the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong! Its primary goal is to...
May 1, 2025


Recruitment Notice
The research groups of Prof. Tengteng Chen from HKUST, Prof. Zhongming Sun (Recipient of the Distinguished Young Scholar of the National...
Feb 24, 2025


Jan 10, 2025 Dr. Ziqi Deng joins our group as a postdoctoral scholar
Dr. Ziqi Deng from Prof. David Lee Phillips' group at the Department of Chemistry in The University of Hong Kong (HKU) joins the Chen...
Jan 10, 2025
Jan 05, 2025 Prof. Chen got the Open Research Fund of Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry
Prof. Chen received the Open Research Fund of Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry! Thanks for the fund support. The...
Jan 10, 2025
Oct 31, 2024 The group welcomes new PG students!
The group welcomes new postgraduate students, Mr. Junxian Guo from Imperial College London and Mr. Kailing Wu from Fudan University....
Oct 31, 2024


Oct 31, 2024 Our paper is published in Science Advances!
In collaborations with Prof. Xiao-Peng Xing from Tongji University, Prof. Wan-Lu Li from UCSD, Prof. Detlef Schooss and Prof. Manfred M....
Oct 31, 2024


Sep 04, 2024 Our paper is published in Inorg. Chem.
In collaborations with Prof. Wan-Lu Li from UCSD and Prof. Lai-Sheng Wang from Brown University, we report a series of di-lanthanum...
Sep 5, 2024


Dr. Chao Li joins our group as a postdoctoral scholar
Dr. Chao Li from University of Liverpool joins the Chen group as a postdoctoral scholar! Welcome!
Aug 29, 2024


July 15, 2024 The Chen group welcomes new PhD student, Ms. Xiaoqun Li!
We hold group activities to welcome new members!
Jul 19, 2024


July 01, 2024 Clean room in our lab is finally ready to use.
Finally, the clean room in our lab, RM 7134, is ready to use. We have installed the laser table in this clean room. We are still waiting...
Jul 1, 2024


Jun 27, 2024 Prof. Chen got Early Career Scheme funding support from UGC
Prof. Chen received the Early Career Scheme (ECS) funding support from University Grants Committee (UGC)! Thanks UGC for the support!...
Jul 1, 2024
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