Ming Wang was born in 1981 in Suihua, Heilongjiang. He received a B.S. degree in Polymer Chemistry and Material in 2000 and a Ph. D. in Polymer Physics and Chemistry in 2010 from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences. His postdoctoral research at Texas State University (2013.01-2016.07) and Nanyang Technological University (2011.2-2012.11) are about supramolecular chemistry and materials chemistry. He joined the faculty of Jilin University as a full Professor in July 2016.

The primary focus of research is supramolecular chemistry and architecture via self-assembly. Obtained information in synthesis, self-assembly, and characterization of supramolecules was used to advance the design and self-assembly of supramolecules. Ultimately allow supramolecular functionality into supramolecular architectures with molecular level precision. Research interests include:

1) Design, synthesis and self-assembly of novel supramolecules using multitopic ligands, which provide more the density of coordination sites (DOCS) to increase the stability of assemblies.

2) Characterization of supramolecules using mass spectrometry: Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI), Electrospray Ionization (ESI) and Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry (IM-MS).

3) Exploring the applications of these assemblies in diverse fields, such as single-molecule conductivity, host−guest chemistry, and catalysis.

1) Ming Wang, Kun Wang, Chao Wang, Mingjun Huang, Xin-Qi Hao*, Ming-Zhan Shen, Guo-Qing Shi, Zhe Zhang, Bo Song, Alejandro Cisneros, Mao-Ping Song, Bingqian Xu*, and Xiaopeng Li* “Self-Assembly of Concentric Hexagons and Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Metal–Organic Nanoribbons at the Solid/Liquid Interface” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 9258–9268

2) Ye Shi∇, Ming Wang∇, Chongbo Ma, Yaqun Wang, Xiaopeng Li*, and Guihua Yu* “A Conductive Self-Healing Hybrid Gel Enabled by Metal–Ligand Supramolecule and Nanostructured Conductive Polymer” Nano Lett., 2015, 15, 6276–6281.

3) Bin Sun∇, Ming Wang∇, Zhichao Lou, Mingjun Huang, Chenglong Xu, Xiaohong Li, Li-Jun Chen†, Yihua Yu, Grant L. Davis, Bingqian Xu*, Hai-Bo Yang*, and Xiaopeng Li* “From Ring-in-Ring to Sphere-in-Sphere: Self-Assembly of Discrete 2D and 3D Architectures with Increasing Stability” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 1556–1564.

4) Ming Wang, Chao Wang, Xin-Qi Hao*, Xiaohong Li, Tyler J Vaughn, Yan-Yan Zhang, Yihua Yu, Zhong-Yu Li, Mao-Ping Song, Hai-Bo Yang, and Xiaopeng Li* “From Trigonal Bipyramidal to Platonic Solids: Self-Assembly and Self-Sorting Study of Terpyridine-Based 3D Architectures” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 , 10499–10507.

5) Ming Wang, Chao Wang, Xin-Qi Hao, Jingjing Liu, Xiaohong Li, Chenglong Xu, Alberto Lopez, Luyi Sun, Mao-Ping Song, Hai-Bo Yang, and Xiaopeng Li* “Hexagon Wreaths: Self-Assembly of Discrete Supramolecular Fractal Architectures Using Multitopic Terpyridine Ligands” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 6664–6671.

6) Chao Wang,  Xin-Qi Hao, Ming Wang,* Cunlan Guo, Bingqian Xu, Eric N. Tan, Yan-Yan Zhang, Yihua Yu, Zhong-Yu Li, Hai-Bo Yang, Mao-Ping Song and  Xiaopeng Li*  “Self-assembly of giant supramolecular cubes with terpyridine ligands as vertices and metals on edges” Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 1221-1226.