I have been engaged in the design and synthesis of ultrastable crystalline porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks with intriguing structures and potential functions in gas adsorption and separation, fluorescence, catalysis, and recognition.

Work Experience

2021.12-                   Professor, School of Material Science and Engineering, Nankai University

2016.9-2021.11        Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, United States. (Cooperating Supervisor: Professor. Hong-Cai Zhou)

Education Background

2011.9-2016.7  Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, China. (Supervisor: Academician; Professor. Maochun Hong)

2007.9-2011.7  B. S. in Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China.

1. F. Lang^#, L. Zhang^#, Y. Li, X.-J. Xi, J. Pang*, W. Zheng, H.-C. Zhou*, X.-H. Bu*, Retrieving the Stability and Practical Performance of Activation-Unstable Mesoporous Zr(IV)-MOF for Highly Efficient Self-Calibrating Acidity Sensing. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, ASAP, doi: 10.1002/anie.202422517.

2. C. Li, H. Zhang, F. Lang, Y. Liu, L. Xu, X.-J. Xi, Y. Li, J. Pang*, H.-C. Zhou*, X.-H. Bu*, Efficient Regulating the Electrochromic Behavior of Naphthalene-Diimide-Based Zirconium-Organic Frameworks through Linker Installation. Nat. Commun. 2025, Accepted, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55473-7.

3. N. Li, J. Pang*, F. Lang, X.-H. Bu*, Flexible Metal-Organic Frameworks: From Local Structural Design to Functional Realization. Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 2279-2292.

4. Y. Li, K. Wang, R. Feng, J. Wang, X.-J. Xi, F. Lang, Q. Li, W. Li, B. Zou, J. Pang*, X.-H. Bu*, Reticular Modulation of Piezofluorochromic Behaviors in Organic Molecular Cages by Replacing Non-Luminous Components. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202403646.

5. H. Zhang, C. Li, F. Lang, M. Li, H. Liu, D.-C. Zhong, J.-S. Qin, Z. Di, D.-H. Wang, L. Zeng, J. Pang*, X.-H. Bu*, Precisely Tuning Band Gaps of Hexabenzocoronene-Based MOFs Toward Enhanced Photocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202418017.

6. H. Liu, Y. Zhou, J. Guo, R. Feng, G. Hu, J. Pang*, Y. Chen*, O. Terasaki, X.-H. Bu, Reticular Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Three-Dimensional Mesoporous Covalent−Organic Frameworks for Lipase Inclusion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 23227-23237.

7. P. Cai, M. Xu, S.-S. Meng, Z. Lin, T. Yan, H. F. Drake, P. Zhang, J. Pang*, Z.-Y. Gu*, H.-C. Zhou*, Precise Spatial-Designed Metal-Organic-Framework Nanosheets for Efficient Energy Transfer and Photocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 27258-27263.

8. J. Pang, Z. Di, J.-S. Qin, S. Yuan, C. T. Lollar, J. Li, P. Zhang, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, M. Hong, and H.-C. Zhou*, Precisely Embedding Active Sites into a Mesoporous Zr-Framework through Linker Installation for High-efficiency Photocatalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 15020-15026.

9. J. Pang, C. T. Lollar, S. Che, J.-S. Qin, J. Li, P. Cai, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, M. Hong, H.-C. Zhou*, Tuning the Structure of Fe-Tetracarboxylate Frameworks Through Linker-Symmetry Reduction. CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 1701-1709.

10. J. Pang, S. Yuan, J.-S. Qin, C. T. Lollar, N. Huang, J. Li, Q. Wang, M. Wu, D. Yuan*, M. Hong, and H.-C. Zhou*, Tuning the Ionicity of Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks through Ionic Linker Installation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 3129-3136.

11. J. Pang, S. Yuan*, J. Qin, M. Wu, C. Lollar, J. Li, N. Huang, B. Li, P. Zhang and H.-C. Zhou*, Enhancing Pore-Environment Complexity Using a Trapezoidal Linker: Toward Stepwise Assembly of Multivariate Quinary Metal-Orgnic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 12328-12332.

12. J. Pang, Shuai Yuan, J. Qin, C. Liu, C. Lollar, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, H.-C. Zhou* and M. Hong, Control the Structure of Zr-Tetracarboxylate Frameworks through Steric Tuning. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 16939-16945.

13. J. Pang, S. Yuan, D. Du, C. Lollar, L. Zhang, M. Wu*, D. Yuan, H.-C. Zhou* and M. Hong, Flexible Zirconium MOFs as Bromine-Nanocontainers for Bromination Reactions under Ambient Conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 14622-14626.

14. J. Pang, C. Liu, Y. Huang, M. Wu*, F. Jiang, D. Yuan*, F. Hu, K. Su, G. Liu and M. Hong, Visualizing the Dynamics of Temperature- and Solvent-Responsive Soft Crystals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7478-7482.

15. J. Pang, F. Jiang, M. Wu*, C. Liu, K. Su, W. Lu, D. Yuan*, M. Hong, A porous metal-organic framework with ultrahigh acetylene uptake capacity under ambient conditions. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 7575.