Research Interests

• Metal-Organic Frameworks, Supramolecular Chemistry, New Energy Materials

Prizes and awards

• 2012           Shanghai Chenguang Scholar

• 2011           Shanghai Pujiang Talent

Biography

• Sep. 1999 – Jul. 2004   University of Science & Technology of China, B.S.

• Sep. 2004 – Feb. 2006  University of Michigan, M.S.

• Mar. 2006 – Mar. 2010 University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D.

• Nov. 2010 – Present     Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Associate Professor

Teaching

• Coordination Chemistry, New Inorganic Materials

Key Publications

1. Isotopological Entanglement of a Metal–Organic Framework and a Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework of Proton Conduction. Jiang, Z.; Sun, Y.; Rao, Y.; Yang, L.; Xi, H.; Li, Q.*; Nat. Synth., (2025) 10.1038/s44160-025-00738-2.  

2. Long-Range Epitaxial MOF Electronics for Continuous Monitoring of Human Breath Ammonia. Gong, P.; Yuan, S.; Yu, Z.; Xiao, T.; Li, H.; Ma, S.; Bao, W.; Xu, Z.; Zhou, P.; Zhang, D. W.; Li, Q.*; Sun, Z.*; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 4036-4044.  

3. Target Design of Multinary Metal–Organic Frameworks for Near-Infrared Imaging and Chemodynamic Therapy. Yang, L.; Lu, M.; Wu, Y.; Jiang, Z.; Chen, Z.-H.; Tang, Y.; Li, Q.*; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 26169-26178.  

4. Water-Harvesting Metal–Organic Frameworks with Gigantic Al24 Units and their Deconstruction into Molecular Clusters. Xu, H; Wu, Y.; Yang, L.; Rao, Y.; Wang, J.; Peng, S.; Li, Q.*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202217864.              

5. An Imine-Linked Metal–Organic Framework as a Reactive Oxygen Species Generator. Li, X.; Wang, J.; Xue, F.; Wu, Y.; Xu, H.; Yi, T.*; Li, Q.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 14, 2534-2540.

6. Anisotropic Reticular Chemistry. Xu, W.; Tu, B.; Liu, Q.; Shu, Y.; Liang, C.-C.; Diercks, C. S.; Yaghi, O. M.*; Zhang, Y.-B.*; Deng, H.*; Li, Q.* Nat. Rev. Mater., 2020, 5, 764-779.

7. Epitaxial Growth and Integration of Insulating Metal−Organic Frameworks in Electrochemistry. Hu, A.; Pang, Q.; Tang, C.; Bao, J.; Liu, H.; Ba, K.; Xie, S.; Chen, J.; Chen, J.; Yue, Y.; Tang, Y.*; Li, Q.*; Sun, Z.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 11322-11327.

8. Harnessing Bottom-up Self-Assembly to Position Five Distinct Components in an Ordered Porous Framework. Tu, B.; Diestel, L.; Shi, Z.-L.; Bandara, W. R. L. N.; Chen, Y.; Lin, W.; Zhang, Y.-B.; Telfer, S. G.*; Li, Q.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 5348-5353.

9. Reversible Redox Activity in Multicomponent Metal−Organic Frameworks Constructed from Trinuclear Copper Pyrazolate Building Blocks. Tu, B.; Pang, Q.; Xu, H.; Li, X.; Wang, L.; Ma, Z.; Weng, L.; Li, Q.*; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 7998-8007.

10. Heterogeneity within a Mesoporous Metal−Organic Framework with Three Distinct Metal-Containing Building Units. Tu, B.; Pang, Q.; Ning, E.; Yan, W.; Qi, Y.; Wu, D.; Li, Q.*; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 13456-13459.

11. Ordered Vacancies and Their Chemistry in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Tu, B.; Pang, Q.; Wu, D.; Song, Y.; Weng, L.; Li, Q.*; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 36, 14465-14471.

12. Metal-Organic Frameworks as Cathode Materials for Li–O₂ Batteries, Wu, D.; Guo, Z.; Yin, X.; Pang, Q.; Tu, B.; Zhang, L.*; Wang, Y.-G.*; Li, Q.*; Adv. Mater., 2014, 16, 3258-3262.

13. A Catenated Strut in a Catenated Metal–Organic Framework. Li, Q.#; Sue, C.-H. #; Basu, S.; Shveyd, A. K.; Zhang, W.; Barin, G.; Fang, L.; Sarjeant, A.; Stoddart, J. F.*; Yaghi, O. M.*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 6751-6755.

14. Docking in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Li, Q.*; Zhang, W.*; Miljanic, O. Š.; Sue, C.-H.; Zhao, Y.-L.; Liu, L.; Knobler, C. B.; Stoddart, J. F.; Yaghi, O. M.; Science, 2009, 325, 855-859.