EDUCATION

1995-1998              Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of
          Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan. Received Ph.D.
          degree in March, 1998 (with Prof. Takuzo Aida).

1984-1987              Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin,
          China. Received M. Sc. degree in June, 1987.

1980-1984              Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
          Received B. Sc. degree in June, 1984.

ACADEMIC CAREER   

(1) Porphyrin chemistry

(2) Supramolecular chemistry

(3) Optoelectronic organic materials

HONORS AND AWARDS

2002              The cross-century talents (Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Huan-Huan Gao, Xing Qian, Wen-Ying Chang, Shan-Shan Wang, Yi-Zhou Zhu*, Jian-Yu Zheng*, Oligothiophene-linked D–π–A type phenothiazine dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 307, 866-874.

2. Xing Qian, Lin Lu, Yi-Zhou Zhu*, Huan-Huan Gao and Jian-Yu Zheng*, Phenothiazine-functionalized push-pull Zn porphyr in photo sensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 9057–9065.

3. Qin-Qin Hu, Yi-Zhou Zhu,* Shao-Chun Zhang, Yu-Zhang Tong and Jian-Yu Zheng*, Meso-2’-Linked Porphyrin-BODIPY Hybrids: Synthesis and Efficient Excitation Energy Transfer, Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 15523–15530.

4. Xing Qian, Yi-Zhou Zhu,* Wen-Ying Chang, Jian Song, Bin Pan, Lin Lu, Huan-Huan Gao, Jian-Yu Zheng*, Benzo[a]carbazole-Based Donor−π−Acceptor Type Organic Dyes for ighly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7(17), 9015-9022.

5. Tao Zhang, Xing Qian, Peng-Fei Zhang, Yi-Zhou Zhu* and Jian-Yu Zheng*, A meso-meso directly linked porphyrin dimer-based double D-π-A sensitizer for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51(18), 3782-3785.

6. Xing Qian, Huan-Huan Gao, Yi-Zhou Zhu*, Lin Lu, Jian-Yu Zheng*, 6H-Indolo[2,3-b]quinoxaline-based organic dyes containing different electron-rich conjugated linkers for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 280, 573-580.

7. Zhi-Wei Chen, Yi-Zhou Zhu,* Jin-Wang Ou, Ya-Ping Wang, and Jian-Yu Zheng*, Metal-Free Iodine(III)-Promoted Synthesis of Isoquinolones, J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79(22), 10988–10998..

8. Chuan-Mi Feng, Yi-Zhou Zhu*, Yun Zang, Yu-Zhang Tong, Jian-Yu Zheng*, Switchable regioselectivity in the PIFA–BF3·Et2O mediated oxidative coupling of meso-brominated Ni(II) porphyrin, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014, 12(36), 6990-6993.

9. Qiang Chen, Yi-Zhou Zhu, * Qiao-Jun Fan, Shao-Chun Zhang and Jian-Yu Zheng*，Simple and Catalyst-Free Synthesis ofmeso-O, S, and C-Substituted Porphyrins, Organic Letters, 2014，16(6), 1590-1593

10. Xiang Fang, Yi-Zhou Zhu,* and Jian-Yu Zheng*，Clawlike Tripodal Porphyrin Trimer: Ion-Controlled On−Off Fullerene Binding，J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79(3), 1184–1191.              

11. Xing Qian, Yi-Zhou Zhu*, Jian Song, Xue-Ping Gao, and Jian-Yu Zheng*,  New Donor-π-Acceptor Type TriazatruxeneDerivatives for Highly Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Organic Letters, 2013, 15(23), 6034–6037.

12. Chen Chen, Yi-Zhou Zhu, Qiao-Jun Fan, Hai-Bin Song, Jian-Yu Zheng*, Syntheses of corrole derivatives and theirsupramolecular interactions with fullerenes in solution and the solid state, Tetrahedron Letters, 2013，54(32)，4143-4147.

13. Qin Ouyang, Kai-Qi Yan, Yi-Zhou Zhu, Cai-Hui Zhang, Jin-Zhong Liu, Chen Chen,  Jian-Yu Zheng*, An Efficient PIFA-Mediated Synthesis of a Directly Linked Zinc Chlorin Dimer via Regioselective Oxidative Coupling, Organic Letters, 2012,14(11), 2746–2749.