Education And Academic Experience：
2018.11 – Professor, Department of Chemistry at Sichuan University
2016.7 – 2018.8 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University
2011.9 – 2016.5 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University
2007.9 – 2011.7 B.S., College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University
Honors and Awards：
2017 Foresight Fellowship in Molecular Machines
2016 Reaxys PhD Prize Shortlist (10 out of 45 finalists)
2016 International Institute for Nanotechnology Outstanding Research Award
2015 Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award
2015 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
2010 Peking University Merit Student
2007 Gold Medal in Chinese National Olympia Chemistry Contest
Publications:
1、 Mastering the non-equilibrium assembly and operation of molecular machines. Pezzato, C.; Cheng, C.; Stoddart, J. F.*; Astumian, R. D.* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 5491—5507. (Inside front cover)
2、Influence of Constitution and Charge on Radical Pairing Interactions in Trisradical Tricationic Complexes. Cheng, C.; Cheng, T.; Xiao, H.; Krzyaniak, M. D.; Wang, Y.; McGonigal, P. R.; Frasconi, M.; Barnes, J. C.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Goddard, W. A. III; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8288—8300.
3、Wholly Synthetic Molecular Machines. Cheng, C.; Stoddart, J. F.* ChemPhysChem, 2016, 17, 1780—1793. (Invited review for a special issue)
4、Design and synthesis of nonequilibrium systems. Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Stoddart, J. F.*; Astumian, R. D.* ACS Nano 2015, 9, 8672—8688.
5、An artificial molecular pump. Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Schneebeli, S. T.; Li, H.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Ke, C.; Stoddart, J. F.* Nature Nanotech. 2015, 10, 547—553.
6、Energetically demanding transport in a supramolecular assembly.Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Liu, W.-G.; Li, H.; Vermeulen, N. A.; Ke, C.; Frasconi, M.; Stern, C. L.; Goddard, W. A.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 14702—14705.
7、Efficient syntheses of pillar[6]arene-based hetero[4]rotaxanes using a cooperative capture strategy. Hou, X.; Ke, C.; Cheng, C.; Song, N.; Blackburn, A. K.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Botros, Y. Y.; Yang, Y.-W.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 6196—6199. (Front cover)
8、Relative unidirectional translation in an artificial molecular assembly fueled by light. Li, H.; Cheng, C.; McGonigal, P. R.; Fahrenbach, A. C.; Frasconi, M.; Liu, W.-G.; Zhu, Z.; Zhao, Y.; Ke, C.; Lei, J.; Young, R. M.; Dyar, S. M.; Co, D. T.; Yang, Y.-W.; Botros, Y. Y.; Goddard, W. A.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Astumian, R. D.; Stoddart, J. F.* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 18609—18620.
9、Asararenes – a family of large aromatic macrocycles. Schneebeli, S. T.#; Cheng, C.#; Hartlieb, K. J.; Strutt, N. L.; Sarjeant, A. A.; Charlotte, S. L.; Stoddart, J. F.* Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 3860—3868. (VIP, front cover)
