5 March 2026
Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Members of Inorganics


Inorganics
(ISSN: 2304-6740) is pleased to announce that the following 32 researchers have been added to our 2026 Early Career Editorial Board. Please join us in congratulating them on joining the Inorganics community!

Name: Dr. Yongling An
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2666-3051
Research interests: electrochemical energy storage; materials science; anode-free batteries; current collectors

Name: Dr. Alexandra Barth
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, USA
Website: https://castellano.sciences.ncsu.edu/people/abarth/
Research interests: design and characterization of transition metal complexes; structure–function relationships; time-resolved spectroscopy; molecular photochemistry; photoredox catalysis; luminescence

Name: Dr. Shenzhen Chang
Affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou 570228, China
Website: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/AFPMT_HNU_PQH/people/94130
Research interests: coordination chemistry; polyoxometalates; heterogeneous catalysis; inorganic chemistry; crystallography

Name: Dr. Binbin Chen
Affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology & Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Website: https://chem.ecust.edu.cn/2025/0305/c6655a175863/page.htm
Research interests: optical materials; room-temperature phosphorescence; cellular imaging; cancer treatment; luminescent mechanism; optical sensing

Name: Dr. Zongkun Chen
Affiliation: Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute Europe GmbH (GEIRI Europe), Berlin, Germany
Website: https://www.geiri.eu/research-groups/energy-storage-materials-and-technology
Research interests: inorganic materials; nucleation and growth; electrocatalysis; carbon materials; energy storage and conversion

Name: Dr. Kisan Chhetri
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, Republic of Korea
Website: http://ecs.skku.ac.kr/html/sub0205.php
Research interests: MOFs; CNFs; electrocatalysis (HER/OER/ORR/CO2RR); energy storage (batteries-ZIBs, ZABs, LiSBs, and supercapacitors)

Name: Dr. Xiwen Chi
Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xiwen-Chi/research
Research interests: solid electrolytes and solid-state batteries; interfacial structure and transport kinetics; aqueous batteries; functional zeolite materials; molecular engineering

Name: Dr. Ting Deng
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
Website: https://dmse.jlu.edu.cn/info/1098/5638.htm
Research interests: batteries; electrochemistry; energy storage and conversion; electrode materials

Name: Dr. Dušan Dimić
Affiliation: Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Website: https://www.ffh.bg.ac.rs/en/staff/dusan-dimic/
Research interests: DFT; transition metal complexes; antioxidants; QTAIM; noncovalent interactions; reaction mechanisms; EPR; IR; Raman

Name: Dr. Wei-Tao Dou
Affiliation: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
Website: https://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/_s34/dwt/main.psp
Research interests: self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry; peptide assembly; protein assembly; disease diagnosis and treatment; chemosensory science and fluorescence sensors

Name: Prof. Dr. Zhen Hou
Affiliation: Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Website: https://teacher.njust.edu.cn/hgxy/hz/list.htm
Research interests: energy storage; batteries; metal anodes; electrochemical interface; electrolytes

Name: Dr. Salvatore Impemba
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biology “Adolfo Zambelli”, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Website: https://docenti.unisa.it/041964/home
Research interests: design, synthesis and characterization of organometallic compounds and transition metal complexes; design, synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts; H2 production; photocatalysis; ring-opening polymerization

Name: Dr. Jingjing Jiang
Affiliation: College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
Website: https://teachers.jlu.edu.cn/jiangjingjing/zh_CN/index.htm
Research interests: advanced oxidation processes; water treatment; environmental functional materials; emerging contaminants; contaminant removal mechanism

Name: Dr. Pengwei Li
Affiliation: College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Website: https://faculty.hrbeu.edu.cn/lipengwei
Research interests: lithium-ion batteries; battery recycling; inorganic functional materials; molten salt chemistry; sustainable energy materials

Name: Dr. Tianbo Li
Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Fine Utilization of Carbon Resources, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
Website: https://scet.cumt.edu.cn/86/c2/c20586a624322/page.htm
Research interests: single atom catalysis; interface catalysis; structure–activity relationship of nanocatalysts

Name: Dr. Jie Luo
Affiliation: Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO), CAS, Suzhou 215123, China
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jie-Luo-2
Research interests: inorganic nanomaterials; molecular electrochemistry; interface chemistry; energy materials and conversion mechanism; supercapacitors; Zn-ion batteries; Li-ion batteries

Name: Dr. Zhu Ma
Affiliation: School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
Website: https://www.swpu.edu.cn/cly/szdw/jsml2/xny_gf/fjs/mz.htm
Research interests: silicon perovskite solar cells; hydrogen production; machine learning

Name: Dr. Bingfei Nan
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Website: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/BingfeiNan
Research interests: solution synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals; thermoelectric nanocomposites; advanced thermal management and flame-retardant nanocomposites

Name: Dr. Kuan-Ting Pan
Affiliation: Extractive Metallurgy Hub, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Website: https://researchportal.murdoch.edu.au/esploro/profile/kuanting_pan/overview
Research interests: electrocatalysis; metal–organic frameworks; transition-metal oxides; energy storage materials; photocatalysis; green synthesis; functional inorganic materials

Name: Dr. Peilun Qiu
Affiliation: College of Information Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University, Linghai Road 1, Ganjingzi District, Dalian 116026, China
Website: https://webofscience.clarivate.cn/wos/author/record/OUH-4403-2025
Research interests: gas-sensitive materials; memristive gas sensors; flexible gas sensor; first-principles calculations

Name: Dr. Nabanita Saikia
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas 87701, USA
Website: https://www.nmhu.edu/landing-chemistry/
Research interests: functional nanomaterials; molecular sensing; self-assembly on nanomaterials; modeling of nanomaterials; protein folding and dynamics; computational biophysics; neurodegenerative diseases

Name: Dr. Gonzalo Scalese
Affiliations: 1. Área Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay; 2. Laboratory Redox Biology of Trypanosomes, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Research interests: metal-based drugs; medicinal inorganic chemistry; biological inorganic chemistry; vanadium chemistry and biochemistry; drug discovery for neglected diseases; trypanosomes biochemistry; redox biology of trypanosomes

Name: Dr. Vinay K. Sharma
Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Website: https://sites.mit.edu/vinay-k-sharma/
Research interests: medicinal chemistry; molecular imaging; MRI-based nanoscale sensors; inorganic chemistry; nanobiochemical tools; neurochemical signaling; cancer theranostics

Name: Dr. Jing Wang
Affiliation: School of Life Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an 710072, China
Website: https://teacher.nwpu.edu.cn/en/jinglab
Research interests: iridium(III) complex; luminescence probe; nanomaterial-assisted biosensor; gold nanoparticles; disease diagnosis; CRISPR-based biosensing

Name: Dr. Qiang Wang
Affiliation: Shanghai Institute ofMicrosystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 865 Changning Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Website: https://sim.cas.cn/dwjs2016/fgjrc/cgqjs/202505/t20250512_7649906.html
Research interests: photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; photoelectrochemical water splitting; multifunctional nanomaterials design and applications

Name: Dr. Wanhe Wang
Affiliation: School of Life Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 1 Dongxiang Road, Xi'an 710072, China
Website: https://teacher.nwpu.edu.cn/wanhelab.html
Research interests: luminescence probe; metallodrug; bioinorganic; bioimaging; disease diagnosis; drug screening

Name: Dr. Liangliang Wu
Affiliation: Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
Website: https://fas.bnu.edu.cn/jyjg/xsgk/hxx1/xsszhx/hxzj/3d7c8b31260e4afb8b0a68672e6a9371.htm
Research interests: computational chemistry; molecular photochemistry; photophysics; lanthanide/actinide/transition metal complexes

Name: Dr. Chunyang Xu
Affiliation: Electronic Engineering Institute, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230037, China
Website: https://sciprofiles.com/profile/xuchunyang
Research interests: electromagnetic functional materials; microwave absorption materials; multiband compatible stealth materials; magnetic composites; complex nanostructures for novel applications

Name: Dr. Jie Yan
Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
Website: https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/rogeryan2/
Research interests: organometallic chemistry; nitrogen-heterocyclic carbene; blue emission; near infrared emission; iridium complex; platinum complex; multidentate

Name: Dr. Feng Yu
Affiliation: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, No. 219 Ningliu Road, Nanjing 210044, China
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-2839
Research interests: zinc-ion batteries; energy storage and conversion; supercapacitors; photo-assisted batteries; electrolytes

Name: Dr. Guofu Zhang
Affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Synthesis and Transformation Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310012, China
Website: https://homepage.zjut.edu.cn//zgf2/
Research interests: transition metals catalysis; organometallic catalysis; homogeneous catalysis; organometallic chemistry of Pd and Ni; small molecule activation

Name: Dr. Shuai Zhang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Centre of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shuai-Zhang-110?ev=hdr_xprf
Research interests: organic–inorganic hybrid single-crystal materials; crystallography/single-crystal structures; electronic band structure (DFT); photoluminescence (PL) and scintillation properties; machine-learning-assisted materials design

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