Research Interests

• Supramolecular Chemistry

• Self-Assembled Nanomaterials

• Dynamic Pore Systems with Switching Function

• Soft Molecular Machines

Academic Appointments

• Academic Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2007)

• Chang-Jiang Scholar, Ministry of Education, China (2007)

• Foreign Expert Program (2014)

• Visiting professor Nagoya University Japan(2017)

Prizes and awards

• ChangBaiShan Friendship Award (2018)

• Excellent Foreign Export of Jilin Province (2017)

• Samsung Polymer Science Award (2008)

• Korean Chemical Society Award (2009)

• JSPS Fellowship, Japan (2008)

Biography

• 2019-   : Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University

• 2013-2019: Professor, College of Chemistry, Jilin University

• 2009-2012: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University

• 1994-2009: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Korea

• 1992-1993: Post-Doc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

• 1988-1992: Ph.D. Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, USA

Teaching

• Organic Supramolecular Chemistry

• Polymer Chemistry

Key Publications

1. T. Zheng, L. Tan, Y. Li, E. Sim, M. Lee, Active Molecular Gripper as a Macrocycle Synthesizer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 142, 1904-1910.

2. L. Tan, M. Sun, H. Wang, J. Wang, M. Lee , Enantiocontrolled Macrocyclization by Encapsulation of Substrate in Chiral Capsule. Nature Synth. 2023, 2, 1222-1231.

3. B. Shen, C. Pan, X. Feng, J. Kim, M. Sun, M. Lee, Spontaneous Chirality Induction in the Self-Assembly of a Single Layered 2D Network. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202300658.

4. B. Sun, B. Shen, A. Urushima, X. Liu, X. Feng, E. Yashima, M. Lee, Asymmetric Transformation Driven by Confinement and Self‐Release in Single‐Layered Porous Nanosheet. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 22690-22696.

5. X. Feng, B. Shen, B. Sun, J. Kim, X. Liu, M. Lee, Single-Layered Chiral Nanosheets with Dual Chiral Void Spaces for Highly-Efficient Enantiomer Absorption. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 11355-11359.

6. X. Liu, X. Zhou, B. Shen, Y. Kim, H. Wang, W. Pan, J. Kim, M. Lee, Porous Nanosheet Assembly for Macrocyclization and Self-Release. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1904-1910.

7. B. Shen, Y. Kim, M. Lee Supramolecular chiral 2D Materials and Emerging Functions. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1905669.

8. H. Wang, Y. Wang, B. Shen, X. Liu, M. Lee, Substrate-Driven Transient Self-Assembly and Spontaneous Disassembly directed by Chemical Reaction with Product Release. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4182-4185.

9. B. Shen, Y. Zhu, Y. Kim, X. Zhou, H. Sun, Z. Lu, M. Lee, Autonomous Helical Propagation of Active Toroids with Mechanical Action. Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 1080.

10. B. Sun, Y. Kim, Y. Wang, H. Wang, J. Kim, X. Liu, M. Lee, Homochiral porous nanosheets for enantiomer sieving. Nature Mater. 2018, 17, 599-604.

11. Y. Kim, H. Li, Y. He, X. Chen, X. Ma, M. Lee, Collective helicity switching of a DNA-coat assembly. Nature Nanotech. 2017, 12, 551-556.

12. Z. Huang, S.-K. Kang, N. Banno, T. Yamaguchi, D.-S. Lee, E. Yashima, M. Lee, Pulsating Tubules from Non-Covalent Macrocycles. Science, 2012, 337, 1521-1526.24.