Name: Wei Xiong

Gender: Male

Job title: Professor

Email Address: wxiong@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience ：

2020. 06 -- present: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Professor, Graduate student supervisor

2016. 09 -- 2020. 05: School of Physics, Nanjing University, Postdoctoral fellow (Co-advisor: Professor Zhigang Zou, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

2010. 09 -- 2016. 06: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Doctoral degree (Doctoral advisor: Professor Ruikang Tang)

2006. 09 -- 2010. 06: School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Bachelor's degree

Teaching：

Undergraduate courses: college chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and coordination chemistry

Research fields:

Biomimetic mineralization, Materials-based biological regulation

Research projects：

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Jiangsu postdoctoral research funding program

Awards and Honors：

Representative papers and patents：

1. Microalgae-material hybrid for enhanced photosynthetic energy conversion: a promising path towards carbon neutrality. Wei Xiong*, Yiyan Peng, Weimin Ma, Xurong Xu, Yueqi Zhao, Jinhui Wu, Ruikang Tang*. National Science Review, 2023, 10: nwad200.

2. Semi-artificial Photosynthesis Based on Inorganic Material-Microbe Hybrids. Wei Xiong, Jianyong Feng, Weimin Ma, Jing Zhao, Zhaosheng Li, Zhigang Zou*. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 35(9): 1521-1534.

3. Research progress on modification of organisms by biomimetic inorganic nanomaterials. Wei Xiong, Ruikang Tang, Weimin Ma, Zhigang Zou*. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 35(1): 1-24.

4. Prevention of Cyanobacterial Blooms Using Nanosilica: A Biomineralization-Inspired Strategy. Wei Xiong, Yiming Tang, Changyu Shao, Yueqi Zhao, Biao Jin, Tingting Huang, Ya'nan Miao, Lei Shu, Weimin Ma*, Xurong Xu*, Ruikang Tang*. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51(21): 12717-12726.

5. Silicification-Induced Cell Aggregation for the Sustainable Production of H2 under Aerobic Conditions. Wei Xiong, Xiaohong Zhao, Genxing Zhu, Changyu Shao, Yaling Li, Weimin Ma*, Xurong Xu*, Ruikang Tang*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54(41): 11961-11965.

6. Alleviation of high light-induced photoinhibition in cyanobacteria by artificially conferred biosilica shells. Wei Xiong, Zhou Yang, Hailei Zhai, Guangchuan Wang, Xurong Xu*, Weimin Ma*, Ruikang Tang*. Chemical Communications, 2013, 49(68): 7525-7527.

7. A method of cultivating microalgae to produce hydrogen. Wei Xiong, Xiaohong Zhao, Weimin Ma, Xurong Xu, Ruikang Tang, 2018-06-01, China, CN201510367223.

8. A cyanobacterial treatment agent with its usage and application. Wei Xiong, Weimin Ma, Xurong Xu, Ruikang Tang, 2019-02-26, China, CN201610530195.