Molecular Assembly of Biomimetic Systems

Qiang He graduated from the Inner Mongolia University and received his PhD degree on physical chemistry in 2003 from the Institute of Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Then he joined Prof. Li’s group and became an associate professor in the Institute of Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He spent four years as a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the Max Plank Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany. Currently, he is a full Professor at the Micro/Nano Technology Research Centre, Harbin Institute of Technology, China. His research interests include self-assembled active systems, stimuli-responsive surface patterning for biomedical applications.

Xuehai Yan received his BE degree in Chemical Engineering in 2002 and MS degree in Applied Chemistry in 2005 from China University of Mining and Technology. Then he joined the Institute of Chemistry, the Chinese Academy Sciences, where he obtained his PhD in Physical Chemistry in 2008. Currently he is working as a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Max Plank Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany. His research interests are focused on Self-assembly of biomolecular materials, in particular the use of amino acids or peptides as an assembly building block, and supramolecular interactions in the process of self-assembly.