1. Education Background
2009-2013 The University of Hong Kong Doctor Degree
Supervisor: David Lee Phillips
2006-2009 Northwest University Mater Degree
2002-2006 Northwest University Bachelor Degree
2. Professional Experience
2014-2019 Associate Professor Northwest University
2019-2021 Professor Northwest University
2022-date Professor Shaanxi Normal University
3. Research Interests
Reaction Mechanisms Studies of Photochemical Reactions using Time-Resolved Spectroscopies and Density Functionals Theory Calculations; Characterization of Reactive Intermediates Involved in Photochemical Reactions; Development of Photofunctional Molecules, such as photocages, photoswitches.
4. Representative Publications
1. Xiaoyang Xu, Xueyuan Zhao, Shuang Xu, Xinning Zhang, Qihao Wang, Lin Wu, Xin Li, Junqing Shi, Jiani Ma,* Lei Ji,* Wei Huang*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ASAP, 2025.
2. Yifan Su, Xiang Li, Dexin Zheng, Joakim Andreásson, Hong Wang, Le Yu,* Jian Chen,* Jiani Ma* and Yu Fang. Chem. Sci., ASAP, 2025.
3. Deshuang Xu, Chenxi Zhang, Yun Liu, Qing Ye, Jinjun Lu, Yanxia Zhao,* Jiani Ma* and Yongliang Cheng*. Small, 21, 2410739, 2025.
4. Qian Wang, Xiao Liu, Yifan Su, Yibo Shi, Kai Feng, Lin Liu, Wei Sun, Yongqiang Dong,* Jiani Ma* and Xuebo Chen.* Adv. Optical Mater, 13, 2500428, 2025.
5. Shuang Xu, Tianhe Yang, Shu-Lin Zhang, Yifan Su, Yang Cheng, David Lee Phillips, Le Yu,* Jiani Ma* and Yu Fang. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 16, 5043, 2025.
6. Lingfeng Ge, Yan Guo, Shu-lin Zhang, David Lee Phillips, Nicola Basarić* and Jiani Ma*. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 27, 15272, 2025.
7. Yifan Su, Dexin Zheng, Linfeng Ge, Le Yu,* David Lee Phillips, Jiani Ma,* Yu Fang. Chem. Sci., 15, 20556, 2024.
8. Yan Guo, Lingfeng Ge, David Lee Phillips, Jiani Ma,* Yu Fang. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 15, 8569, 2024.
9. Qiyuan Shi, Nannan Ding, Zhaolong Wang, Xinyu Gou, Lingya Peng, Jiani Ma* and Yu Fang*. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 15, 2995, 2024.
10. Chenxi Zhang, Honghua Song, Zhichong Wang, Qing Ye, Dan Zhang, Yanxia Zhao,* Jiani Ma* and Yongliang Cheng*. Small, 231166, 2024.
11. Nannan Ding, Yu-Chan Liao, Gang Wang, Kai-Hsin Chang, Zhaolong Wang, Ke Liu, Jiani Ma,* Pi-Tai Chou* and Yu Fang*. CCS Chem., 5, 2922, 2023.
12. Vilma Lovrinčević, Yan Guo, Dragana Vuk, Irena Škorić, Jiani Ma,* Nikola Basarić*. J. Org. Chem., 88, 15176, 2023.
13. Qianqian Tan, Yan Guo, David Lee Phillips, Tongyu Xu, Jiani Ma.* J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 14, 2119, 2023.
14. Mingdong Dai, Mei Duan, Xuyang Li, Yan Guo* and Jiani Ma*. J. Phys. Chem. B., 127, 710, 2023.
15. Xuyang Li, Yan Guo, Tongyu Xu, Jialin Wang, Mingdong Dai, Kiyomi Kakiuchi, Tsumoru Morimoto and Jiani Ma*. Chem. Commun. 58, 11725, 2022.
16. Jiani Ma, Tina Jingyan Miao and Junwang Tang*. Chem. Soc. Rev. 51, 5777, 2022.
17. Yan Guo, Mingdong Dai, David Lee Phillips, Wenhua Xu and Jiani Ma*. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 13, 3417, 2022.
18. Yan Guo, Xuyang Li, Jiani Ma* and David Lee Phillips. J. Phys. Chem. Lett.,12, 11666, 2021.
19. Junxiao Wang, Yan Guo, Jialin Wang, Jiani Ma*. J. Org. Chem., 85, 11635, 2021.
20. Lei Luo, Keran Wang, Zhuyu Gong, Haixing Zhu, Jiani Ma,* Lunqiao Xiong, Junwang Tang.* International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46, 27014, 2021.
21. Lei Luo, Zhuyu Gong, Jiani Ma*, Keran Wang, Haixing Zhu, Keyan Li, Lunqiao Xiong, Xinwen Guo, Junwang Tang*. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 284, 119742, 2020.
22. Lei Luo, Jiani Ma*, Haixing Zhu, Junwang Tang*. Nanoscale. 12, 7339, 2020.
23. Xiting Zhang, Yan Guo, Erin Dallin, Jiani Ma*, Mingdong Dai and David Lee Phillips*. J. Org. Chem., 85, 11635, 2020.
24. Jiani Ma*, Xiting Zhang and David Lee Phillips*. Acc. Chem. Res., 52, 726, 2019.
25. Jiani Ma*, Xiting Zhang*, Nikola Basarić and David Lee Phillips*. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 18349, 2017.
5. Awards and Honors
1) First Prize of Outstanding Natural Science Publication of Shaanxi Province in 2019
6. Academic Services
Editorial Board Member of PhotoScience Advances, Junior Editorial Board Member of Chinese Chemistry Letters
