Areas of Focus
- Development of functional fluorescent dyes, activatable fluorescent probes, and sensors, and applications in bioimaging.
- Development of soft matter and hydrogel materials based on dynamic covalent bonds and their applications in biomedicine.
Work Experience
- 03.2012–09.2012, R&D researcher, TCI Shanghai Chemical Industry, Shanghai, China.
Academic Background & Achievements
- 03.2015–09.2018, Postdoc fellow/project leader, Department of Chemistry, UT Austin, USA.
- 09.2012–02.2015, PhD, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK.
- 09.2009–03.2012, MSc, Applied Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology.
- 09.2005–06.2009, BSc, Department of Resources and Environment, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology.
Publications
- Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 768-778, Sun X., Chapin B. M., Metola P., Collins B., Wang B., James T. D., Anslyn E. V., 2019
- Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, 50, 9-38, Sun X., Sedgwick A., Brewser J. T., Wu T., Feng X., Bull D. B., Qian X. S., Sessler J. L., James T. D., Anslyn E. V., 2021
- Talanta 2021, 235, 122719, Liang T., Zhang D., Hu W., Tian C., Zeng L., Wu T., Lei D., Qiang T., Yang X., Sun X., 2021
- J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2348–2354, Sun X., James T. D., Anslyn E. V., 2018
- Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 129, 9650-9654, Sun X., Anslyn E. V., 2017
- Anal. Chem. 2023, In press., Wang X., Wang X., Lu Qiang, Sun X., Han Q., 2023