2001-2005 B.S. (Polymer Science and Engineering), USTC, China 2005-2010 Ph.D. (Chemistry), University of Virginia, USA 2010-2011 Postdoctoral Fellow (Chemistry and Chemical Biology), Harvard University, USA 2011- Professor, University of Science and Technology of China 2014-2015 Adjunct Teaching Professor, Virginia Tech

Design and synthesis of new fluorescent imaging agents for surgical operations Design and synthesis of stable organic radical pairs for quantum applications Electronically excited states and room-temperature phosphorescence of organic molecular materials

1.Aoyuan Cheng, Hao Su, Xuewen Gu, Wei Zhang, Baicheng Zhang, Meng Zhou, Jun Jiang, Xuepeng Zhang,* Guoqing Zhang* Disorder-Enhanced Charge-Transfer-Mediated Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in Polymer Media. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202312627. 2.Hao Su, Kan Hu, Wenhuan Huang, Tao Wang, Xiaolong Zhang, Biao Chen, Hui Miao, Xuepeng Zhang,* Guoqing Zhang* Functional Roles of Polymers in Room-Temperature Phosphorescent Materials: Modulation of Intersystem Crossing, Air Sensitivity and Biological Activity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202218712. 3.Biao Chen,* Wenhuan Huang, Guoqing Zhang* Observation of Chiral-selective room-temperature phosphorescence enhancement via chirality-dependent energy transfer. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 1514. 4.Bingze Wu, Hao Su, Aoyuan Cheng, Xuepeng Zhang, Tao Wang,* Guoqing Zhang* The El-Sayed’s rule analogy enables long-lived room temperature phosphorescence in twisted biphenyls. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023, 4, 101245. 5.Wenhuan Huang, Xiaolong Zhang, Jing Chen, Baicheng Zhang, Biao Chen*, and Guoqing Zhang* Organic Photocatalyzed Polyacrylamide without Heterogeneous End Groups: A Mechanistic Study. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 4, 2542-2546. 6.Aoyuan Cheng, Yifan Jiang, HaoSu, Baicheng Zhang, Jun Jiang, Tao Wang,* Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang* Origin of Red-Shifted Phosphorescence from Triphenylamines: Triplet Excimeror Impurity? Angew. Chem.Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202206366. 7.Xiancheng Nie, Wenhuan Huang, Dingcheng Zhou, Tao Wang, Xiao Wang, Biao Chen, Xuepeng Zhang,* Guoqing Zhang* Kinetic and thermodynamic control of tetraphenylethene aggregation-induced emission behaviors. Aggregate 2022, 3, e165. 8.Tao Wang, Zhubin Hu, Xiancheng Nie, Linkun Huang, Miao Hui, Xiang Sun,* Guoqing Zhang* Thermochromic aggregation-induced dual phosphorescence via temperature-dependent sp3-linked donor-acceptor electronic coupling. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 1364. 9.Biao Chen, Wenhuan Huang,* Xiancheng Nie, Fan Liao, Hui Miao, Xuepeng Zhang, Guoqing Zhang* An Organic Host–Guest System Producing Room-Temperature Phosphorescence at the Parts-Per-Billion Level. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 16970-16973. 10.Xiancheng Nie, Hao Su, Tao Wang*, Hui Miao, Biao Chen*, and Guoqing Zhang* Aromatic Electrophilic Directing for Fluorescence and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Modulation. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 12, 3099-3105. 11.Xiaolong Zhang, Jiajun Du, Fan Liao, Hao Su, Xuepeng Zhang, Hui Miao*, and Guoqing Zhang* Phosphorescence Enables Identification of Electronic State for Acridinium Salt in Solutions. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 51, 12242-12248. 12.Xuepeng Zhang,# Lili Du,# Weijun Zhao,# Zheng Zhao, Yu Xiong, Xuewen He, Peng Fei Gao, Parvej Alam, Can Wang, Zhen Li, Jing Leng, Junxue Liu, Chuanyao Zhou, Jacky W. Y. Lam, David Lee Phillips,* Guoqing Zhang,* Ben Zhong Tang* Ultralong UV/Mechano-Excited Room Temperature Phosphorescence from Purely Organic Cluster Excitons. Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 5161. 13.Biao Chen, Wenhuan Huang, Hao Su, Hui Miao, Xuepeng Zhang,* Guoqing Zhang* An Unexpected Chromophore-Solvent Reaction Leads to Bicomponent Aggregation-Induced Phosphorescence. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 10023-10026. 14.Xiaofeng Chen, Cheng Xu, Tao Wang, Cao Zhou, Jiajun Du, Zhongping Wang, Hangxun Xu, Tongqing Xie, Guoqiang Bi, Jun Jiang, Xuepeng Zhang,* James N. Demas, Carl. Trindle, Yi Luo, Guoqing Zhang* Versatile room-temperature-phosphorescent materials prepared from N-substituted naphthalimides: emission enhancement and chemical conjugation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 9872-9876. 15.Tao Wang, Xiaoge Su, Xuepeng Zhang,* Xiancheng Nie, Linkun Huang, Xingyuan Zhang, Xiang Sun,* Yi Luo and Guoqing Zhang* Aggregation-Induced Dual-Phosphorescence from Organic Molecules for Non-Doped Light-Emitting Diodes. Adv. Mater., 2019, 31, 1904273. 16.Linkun Huang, Biao Chen, Xuepeng Zhang,* Carl O. Trindle, Fan Liao, Yucai Wang, Hui Miao, Yi Luo,* Guoqing Zhang* Proton-Activated “Off-On” Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Purely Organic Thioethers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 16046-16050. 17.Guoqing Zhang, Jiwei Lu, Michal Sabat, and Cassandra L. Fraser* Polymorphism and Reversible Mechanochromic Luminescence for Solid-State Difluoroboron Avobenzone. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 7, 2160-2162. 18.Guoqing Zhang, Gregory M. Palmer, Mark W. Dewhirst and Cassandra L. Fraser* A dual-emissive-materials design concept enables tumour hypoxia imaging. Nat. Mater. 2009, 8, 747-751. 19.Guoqing Zhang, Steven E. Kooi, J. N. Demas, and Cassandra L. Fraser* Emission Color Tuning with Polymer Molecular Weight forDifluoroboron Dibenzoylmethane-Polylactide. Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 2099–2104. 20.Guoqing Zhang, Jianbin Chen, Sarah J. Payne, Steven E. Kooi, J. N. Demas, and Cassandra L. Fraser* Multi-Emissive Difluoroboron Dibenzoylmethane Polylactide Exhibiting Intense Fluorescence and Oxygen-Sensitive Room-Temperature Phosphorescence. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 29, 8942-8943.