Junfeng Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry


Education and Training


B.S. Chemistry, Nanjing University, 2011-2015

Ph.D. Materials Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015-2020 with Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman

Postdoc Materials Research Lab, University of California Santa Barbara, 2020-2024 with Prof. Craig J. Hawker

Academic Honors

2023, Heeger Award (University of California, Santa Barbara)

2020, Walter G. Klemperer Dissertation Award (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

2017, Buhrke Fellowship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)