段乐乐，祖籍河南焦作，本科和硕士毕业于大连理工大学，2011年获瑞典皇家工学院有机化学专业博士学位（导师孙立成院士）。2012年至2015年期间在瑞典皇家理工学院孙立成课题组、美国布鲁克海文国家实验室Fujita课题组从事博士后研究。2015年任瑞典皇家工学院助理教授，2017年加入南方科技大学化学系并于2022年获得长聘副教授职位。2023年加盟西湖大学人工光合作用与太阳能燃料中心，担任长聘副教授和特聘研究员，研究兴趣集中在表面配位化学和能源催化领域。近年来取得了一些重要的研究成果，发表在Nature Chemistry、J. Am. Chem. Soc.、Angew. Chem. Int. ed.、 P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA、Energy Environ. Sci.、Accounts of Chemical Research等国际学术期刊上。 工作背景 2013.11-现在 特聘研究员/长聘副教授（Associate Professor），西湖大学，中国杭州 2017.01-2023.08（Associate Professor），南方科技大学，中国深圳 2015.08-2016.12 助理教授（Assistant Professor），瑞典皇家工学院，瑞典 2014.08-2015.07 研究员（Staff Researcher），瑞典皇家工学院，瑞典 2013.06-2014.07 研究助理（Etsuko Fujita课题组），布鲁克黑文国家实验室，美国 2012.01-2013.05 博士后（孙立成课题组），瑞典皇家工学院，瑞典 教育背景 2007.09 – 2011.10 博士（导师孙立成教授），瑞典皇家工学院，瑞典 2004.09 – 2007.06 硕士（导师王梅教授），大连理工大学，中国大连 2000.09 – 2004.06 本科（精细化工），大连理工大学，中国大连

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