Education   

2000-2003   Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, Hefei, China. Received Ph.D. degree in July, 2003 (with Prof. Hai-Yang Li).

1997-2000    Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, Hefei, China. Received MS degree in July, 2000 (with Prof. Pei-Ming Hao).

Academic Career

2010-            Associate Prof., State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

2006-2009    Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University (with Prof. Fred W McLafferty).

2004-2006    Postdoctoral associate, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei (with Prof. Huan-Cheng Chang).

2003-2004    Assistant Prof., Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS, Hefei, China.

(1)     Mass spectrometry.

(2)     Gas phase ion chemistry.

(3)     Analytic chemistry.

Professional Memberships

2022-    Associate Editor of Frontiers in Physics

2022-    Associate Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry

Selected Publications

1. Min Zhou, Luyang Jiao, Shiyin Xu, Yicheng Xu, Mengying Du, Xianyi Zhang, Xianglei Kong*, A Novel Method for Photon Unfolding Spectroscopy of Protein Ions in the Gas Phase., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2022, 93, 043003.

2. Mengying Du, Kailin Zhang, Luyang Jiao, Yicheng Xu, Xianglei Kong*, Differentiation of Disaccharide Isomers via a Combination of IR and UV Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry. Rapid Comm. Mass. Spectrom. 2022, 36, e9218.

3. Yicheng Xu, Mengying Du, Luyang Jiao, Xianglei Kong*, Geometrical Structures and Dissociation Channels of CuP2n+ (n =2−11): Studied by Mass Spectrometry and Theoretical Calculations., ACS Omega 2022, 7, 7134−7138.

4. Ruxia Feng, Yicheng Xu, Xianglei Kong.* The Structural Diversity of Di-Metalized Arginine Evidenced by Infrared Multiple Photon Dissociation (IRMPD) Spectroscopy in Gas Phase". Molecules. 2021, 26(21), 6546 (1-11).

5. Min Zhou, Yicheng Xu, Yongliang Cui, Xianyi Zhang,* Xianglei Kong* Search for Global Minimum Structures of P2n+1+ (n = 1-15) Using xTB-based Basin-Hopping Algorithm. Front. Chem. 2021, 9, 694156.

6. Kailin Zhang, Yingying Shi, Mengying Du, Yicheng Xu, Yan Wang, Xianglei Kong*, Versatile Double-Beam Confocal Laser System Combined with Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer for Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry and Spectroscopy. Anal. Chem. 2021, 93, 9056-9063.

7. Kailin Zhang, Lifu Ma, Min Zhou, Yingying Shi, Shuqi Li, Yan Wang,* Xianglei Kong*, Wavelength-Dependent Ultraviolet Photodissociation of Protonated Tryptamine. J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124, 5280-5287.

8. Lu Sun, Fan Huang, Weiwei Liu, Lie Lin, Yin Hong, Xianglei Kong*. Chiral Differentiation of L- and D- Penicillamine by β-Cyclodextrin: Investigated by IRMPD Spectroscopy and Theoretical Simulations, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 2020, 241, 118653.