Songqiao

Dr. Qiao Song joined Tsinghua SIGS in September 2025 as an Assistant Professor and Ph.D. supervisor. He has published over 20 research articles as the corresponding or first author in leading journals such as J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1), Angew. Chem. (3), Adv. Mater. (1), CCS Chem. (2), and Chem. Rev. (1). His research group focuses on photo-functional supramolecular materials, addressing the key scientific question of how to precisely fabricate supramolecular photo-functional materials and regulate their properties and functions. The group aims to design novel supramolecular building blocks (e.g., self-assembling cyclic peptides) to construct polymeric self-assembly systems. By integrating supramolecular chemistry with photochemistry, they explore potential applications in light-harvesting systems, photochemical conversion, near-infrared fluorescent materials, room-temperature phosphorescent materials, thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials, and photosensitizers.

Aug 2012 – Jul 2017, Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry, Ph.D.

Aug 2008 – Jul 2012, Tsinghua University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bachelor

Sep 2025 – Present, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Institute of Material Research, Assistant Professor

Oct 2020 – Aug 2025, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Research Assistant Professor

Photo-functional Supramolecular Materials

Focusing on the key scientific question of how to precisely fabricate photo-functional supramolecular materials and regulate their properties and functions, our research aims to design novel supramolecular building blocks (e.g., self-assembling cyclic peptides) to construct polymeric self-assembly systems. By integrating supramolecular chemistry with photochemistry, we explore their potential applications in light-harvesting systems, photochemical conversion, near-infrared fluorescent materials, room-temperature phosphorescent materials, thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials, and photosensitizers.

Our current research directions include:

1. Artificial light-harvesting systems based on self-assembling cyclic peptides

2. Supramolecular strategies for constructing high-performance organic fluorophores

3. Aqueous room-temperature phosphorescent supramolecular materials

4. Supramolecular thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials based on spatial charge transfer

5. Supramolecular photosensitizers