【TITLE & POSITION】Prof. Wei Ji

【ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS】

【CONTACT INFORMATION】E-mail:weiji@cqu.edu.cn

【PERSONAL PROFILE】

Dr.Wei Jigraduated fromShanghai Jiao TongUniversity (Ph.D. inMaterialsScienceandEngineering, 2016.12). After the completion of postdoctoral research atTel AvivUniversity,hejoined Chongqing University to carry out teaching/research workat 2021.

One of thefundamental scientific issues is the essence andsynergicprinciple of supramolecular interactions during biomolecular self-assembly. Inspired by the self-assembly of biomacromolecules (e.g. protein, peptide), he has constructed a serial of amino acid and short peptide based functional nanomaterials through supramolecular self-assembly. The process and mechanism of molecular self-assembly are explored and thepotentialapplications of these materials in fields of bio- and nano-technology are further proved.In the research area,hehas30 published papers from peer reviewed journals includingNat. Rev. Chem.,JACS,Adv. Mater.,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,ACS Nano,Materials Todayetc.

【RESEARCH INTERESTS】

1.Amino acid and peptide based molecular materials: self-assembly, properties, and optoelectronic applications.

2.Rationaldesignof supramolecular hydrogels for applications in cell culture, cell imaging, anti-bacterial, optoelectronics, tissue engineering, etc.

【REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS】

1.Wei Ji,* Hui Yuan, Bin Xue, Sarah Guerin, Hui Li, Lei Zhang, Yanqing Liu, Linda J. W. Shimon, Mingsu Si, Yi Cao, Wei Wang, Damien Thompson, Kaiyong Cai, Rusen Yang,* and Ehud Gazit*,Co-Assembly Induced Solid-State Stacking Transformation in Amino Acid-Based Crystals with Enhanced Physical Properties，Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2022, e202201234.

2.Wei Ji*, Yiming Tang, Pandeeswar Makam, Yifei Yao, Ranran Jiao, Kaiyong Cai, Guanghong Wei*, Ehud Gazit*,Expanding thestructuraldiversity andfunctionalscope ofdiphenylalanine-basedpeptidearchitectures byhierarchicalcoassembly.J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2021,143,17633-17645.

3.Wei Ji, Bin Xue, Santu Bera, Sarah Guerin, Linda J. W. Shimon, Qing Ma, Syed A. M. Tofail, Damien Thompson, Yi Cao, Wei Wang, and Ehud Gazit*, Modulation of physical properties of organic cocrystals by amino acidchirality.Materials Today,2021,42, 29-40.

4.Wei Ji, Chengqian Yuan, Priyadarshi Chakraborty, Pandeeswar Makam, Santu Bera, Sigal Rencus-Lazar, Junbai Li*, Xuehai Yan*, and Ehud Gazit*, Coassembly-induced transformation of dipeptide amyloid-like structures into stimuli-responsive supramolecular materials.ACS Nano2020,14, 7181-7190.

5.Wei Ji, Shijin Zhang, Sachie Yukawa, Shogo Onomura, Toshio Sasaki, and Ye Zhang*, Regulate higher-order organization through the synergy of two self-sorted assembly.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2018,57, 3636-3640.