Mingfei Zhou
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“If I won the lottery, I would buy a farm. If I were not a scientist, I would be a high-school teacher ...” This and more about Mingfei Zhou can be found on page 3134.
Mingfei Zhou
The author presented on this page has recently published his 10th article in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years:
“The Oxygen-Rich Beryllium Oxides BeO4 and BeO6”: Q. Zhang, P. Jerabek, M. Chen, M. Zhou, G. Frenking, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 10863; Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 11021.
“Formation and Characterization of the Iridium Tetroxide Molecule with Iridium in the Oxidation State +VIII”: Y. Gong, M. Zhou, M. Kaupp, S. Riedel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7879; Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 8019.
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- Date of birth:
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- September 30, 1968
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- Position:
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- Professor of Chemistry, Fudan University
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- E-mail:
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- [email protected]
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- Homepage:
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- http://homepage.fudan.edu.cn/mfzhou/
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- Education:
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- 1990 BS, Fudan University 1995 PhD with Professor Qizong Qin, Fudan University 1997–1999 Postdoctoral research associate with Professor Lester Andrews, University of Virginia
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- Awards:
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- 2001 Young Chemist Award, Chinese Chemical Society; 2001 Outstanding Young Investigator Award, the National Natural Science Foundation of China; 2002 Cheung Kong Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China and Li Ka Shing Foundation
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- Current research interests:
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- Infrared photodissociation spectroscopy of clusters; matrix isolation spectroscopy of reaction intermediates and free radicals; high oxidation states; metal–metal bonding; donor–acceptor complexes
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- Hobbies:
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- Go, Shaoxing opera, fishing
If I won the lottery, I would buy a farm.
If I were not a scientist, I would be a high-school teacher.
My favorite place on earth is my hometown, a small village in central Zhejiang province.
I chose chemistry as a career because my high-school head teacher taught chemistry. I didn't know it could be so much fun.
My greatest achievement has been inspiring my son to love chemistry more than I do.
I lose track of time when doing exciting experiments.
The best advice I have ever been given is love what you do and do your best.
My favorite author (fiction) is Gu Long (a Hong Kong martial-arts-fiction writer).
My favorite food is southern Chinese food.
My favorite piece of music is The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto.
My favorite motto is “no pain, no gain”.
The most significant scientific advance of the last 100 years has been quantum mechanics.
My favorite piece of research is boron–boron triple bonding.
When I'm frustrated, I stay by myself and do nothing.
My 5 top papers:
