Prof. Michael Zaworotko from the University of Limerick, Ireland, visited Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM) on September 14th, 2026. During his visit, Prof. Zaworotko delivered a LU Jiaxi Lecture entitled “Functional Flexible Sorbents that Do Different Things” and engaged in in-depth discussions with researchers and students at FJIRSM.

Prof. Michael Zaworotko was born in Wales in 1956. He received his B.Sc. degree from Imperial College London in 1977 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Alabama in 1982. He served as a faculty member at Saint Mary’s University in Canada from 1985 to 1998, the University of Winnipeg from 1998 to 1999, and the University of South Florida in the United States from 1999 to 2013. In 2013, he joined the University of Limerick, where he currently serves as Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering, Science Foundation of Ireland Research Professor, and Co-Director of the Synthesis and Solid-State Pharmaceutical Centre. His research focuses on crystal engineering, particularly metal–organic materials, microporous and ultramicroporous sorbents, and multicomponent pharmaceutical materials.