Prof. LIAN Tianquan from Emory University, USA, visited Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM) at the invitation of the State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry on July 18th,2017. During his stay, Prof. LIAN delivered a seminar report entitled “Rational Design for Efficient Light-driven H₂ Generation Using Semiconductor Quantum Rod Heterostructures: A Spectroscopic/Dynamics Insight” and carried out detailed discussion with the research staff of FJIRSM.

Prof. LIAN Tianquan received MS degree from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (under the supervision of Prof. SHEN Hongyuan) and PhD degree from University of Pennsylvania (under the supervision of late Prof. Robin Hochstrasser) in 1993. After postdoctoral training with Prof. Charles B. Harris in the University of California at Berkeley, Tim Lian joined the faculty of chemistry department at Emory University in 1996. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002, Full Professor in 2005, Winship Distinguished Research Professor in 2007, and William Henry Emerson Professor of Chemistry in 2008. Prof. LIAN Tianquan is the Co-Editor-In-Chief of Chemical Physics (since 2012), a Kavli fellow (since 2012), APS fellow (since 2015) and recipient of the NSF CAREER award and Alfred P. Sloan fellowship. Prof. LIAN Tianquan research interest is focused on ultrafast energy and charge transfer dynamics in photovoltaic and photocatalytic nanomaterials and at their interfaces.