Meet Our Team

Dr. Desheng Kong is a professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Nanjing University. He attended Peking University for his undergraduate education from 2004 to 2008 and graduated with honors in Physics. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University in 2014, under the supervision of Prof. Yi Cui. He subsequently became a postdoctoral scholar of Prof. Zhenan Bao’s research team in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. In 2016, he received “1000 Plan Professorship for Young Talents” and joined the faculty of Nanjing University.

Education

2008/09-2014/06, Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

2004/09-2008/07, B.S., School of Physics, Peking University (graduated with honors)

Professional Appointments

2020/03-Present, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University

2016/05-Present, Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University

2014/06-2016/03, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

Honors and Awards

2021, Highly Cited Researcher 2021 in Cross Field (Clarivate)

2020, Highly Cited Researcher 2020 in Cross Field (Clarivate)

2019, Highly Cited Researcher 2019 in Cross Field (Clarivate)

2018, Highly Cited Researcher 2018 in Cross Field (Clarivate)

2018, Shuangchuang Scholar (Jiangsu Province)

2016, 1000 Plan Professorship for Young Talents

2014, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad

2013, Silver Student Award (Materials Research Society)

2008, Perspective Research Star (Peking University)

Membership

Associated Editor of npj Flexible Electronics (2024 - Present)

Editorial Board Member of npj Flexible Electronics (2023 - Present)

Youth Committee of Chinese Materials Research Society (2022 - Present)

Youth Editorial Board Member of Nano-Micro Letters (2023 - Present)

Youth Editorial Board Member of Journal of Semiconductors (2024 - Present)

Youth Editorial Board Member of Interdisciplinary Medicine (2024 - Present)

College of Expert Reviewers, European Science Foundation (2022 - Present)