About Jianguo
Jianguo Mei, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University
560 Oval Dr.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: jgmei@purdue.edu
Phone:765-494-7156
Professional Appointments
2017 - Co-Founder of Ambilight Inc.
2023- Professor of Chemistry
2022- Richard and Judith Wien Professor
2020-2023, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
2014-2020, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
2012-2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Advisor: Professor Zhenan Bao
2011-2012, Principal Investigator, DuPont Research & Development Center, Shanghai
2010-2011, Postdoctoral Fellow, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry, Stanford University
Advisor: Professor Zhenan Bao
Education
2005-2010, Ph.D., Organic (Polymer) Chemistry, University of Florida
Dissertation Title: Solution-processable Organic Semiconducting Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
Advisor: Professor John R Reynolds
1997-2004, B.S. and M.S., Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology
Thesis Title: Preparation and Modification of Titanium Pillared Clays for Applications in Environmental Protection
Advisor: Professor Shaoming Yu
2013-2013, Stanford Ignite, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Honors and Recognition
2021, College of Science Undergraduate Advising Award, Purdue University
2021, Richard and Judith Wien Professorship
2020, ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator
2020, Featured in ACS Applied Polymer Materials as a Young Investigator
2019, Featured in Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator Issue
2019, Featured in Journal of Materials Chemistry Emerging Investigator Issue
2019, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) Academic Young Investigator
2017, Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award, Purdue University
2017, Teaching for Tomorrow Fellowship Award, Purdue University
2017, NSF CAREER Award
2017, ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator
2016, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (ONR YIP)
2015, The Xuetang Lecturer, Tsinghua University
2011, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Environmental Chemistry Fellow, Stanford University
2009, Procter & Gamble Research Award, University of Florida
2009, Butler Polymer Research Award, University of Florida
Professional Service and Membership
Editorial Advisory Board
ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2019 - 2021
Journal of Polymer Science, 2022 -
Independent reviewer for Organic Letters, Macromolecules, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interface, Journal of Materials Chemistry (A and C), Chemical Communication, Journal of American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, Journal of Polymer Science A: Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Metals, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, and Smart Materials and Structures, Nature, Nature Communications, Nature Chemistry, Joule.
Member of American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Materials Research Society