Junfa Zhu

Professor , University of Science and Technology of China, China

Dr. Junfa Zhu is currently a chair professor in National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from USTC in 1999. After several years working in the Institute of Experimental Physics, Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz, Austria, Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany and Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, WA, USA, he returned to USTC in December, 2006, and become a professor at NSRL, USTC under the support of “Hundred Talent Program” of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

His research interests mainly focus on in-situ studies of surface chemistry, surface and interface structures and properties of functional materials using advanced surface science techniques including synchrotron radiation techniques. He has published more than 490 peer-reviewed papers including Nature Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc. and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. with more than 45000 citations. His current H-index is 110. He serves as the Editor-in-chief of Advanced Characterization, editor of Surface Science Reports and Surface Science, the editorial advisory board of J. Phys. Chem. Lett and Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin., and special issue editor of Commun. Chem., ChemPhysChem and J. Phys. Condens. Matter.