倪勇，南方科技大學化學系副教授（研究員）、博士生導師。2010年本科畢業于浙江大學化學系 (導師：黃憲院士，王彥廣教授)，2015年博士畢業于新加坡國立大學化學系（師從吳繼善教授），之后分別在新加坡科技研究局（A-Star）和新加坡國立大學任博士后研究員，主要從事新型有機π共軛功能分子的設計、合成、表征及應用研究，在有機自由基光電磁功能分子、三維芳香性、以及納米碳結構等領域取得了一系列原創性研究成果。迄今為止，在領域內頂級國際學術刊物(J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nature Chem., Chem, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nat. Rev. Mat., Acc. Chem. Res.等)發表論文40篇，合作撰寫專著2本。榮獲2021年國家優秀自費留學生獎（B類），2021年新加坡國家化學會優秀青年學者金獎。2021年入選優秀青年科學基金項目(海外)，2022年11月加入南方科技大學化學系。
研究領域：有機π共軛自由基；π共軛分子拓撲學；碳基小分子磁性材料；功能分子材料。
研究方向：
1. 有機π共軛自由基體系的設計、合成及功能探索；
2. π共軛分子拓撲學的系統研究及新型芳香性規則的探索；
3. 碳基小分子磁性材料；功能分子材料。
代表性論文：
[10] S. Xin, Y. Han, W. Fan, X. Wang, Y. Ni* and J. Wu*, “Enhanced Aromaticity and Open-Shell Diradical Character in the Dianions of 9-Fluorenylidene-Substituted Expanded Radialenes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2022094.
[9] Y. Ni and J. Wu, ‘Global π-Aromaticity in Open-shell Diradicaloids and Polyradicaloids’, Nat. Rev. Mat. 2022, invited review in press.
[8] Y. Ni, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, T. Kim, T. S. Herng, Y. Han, T. Tao, J. Ding, D. Kim and J. Wu, “3D global aromaticity in a fully conjugated diradicaloid cage at different oxidation states”, Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 242.
[7] Y. Ni, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, S. Wu and J. Wu, “A Stable All-Thiophene-based Core-modified [38]Octaphyrin Diradicaloid: Conformation and Aromaticity Switch at Different Oxidation States”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 7414.
[6] Y. Ni, F. Gordillo-Gámez, M. P. Alvarez, Z. Nan, Z. Li, S. Wu, Y. Han, J. Casado and J. Wu, “A Chichibabin’s Hydrocarbon Based Molecular Cage: The Impact of Structural Rigidity on Dynamics, Stability, and Electronic Properties”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12730.
[5] Y. Ni, M. E. Sandoval-Salinas, T. Tanaka, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, J. Ding, A. Osuka, D. Casanova and J. Wu, “[n]Cyclo-para-biphenylmethine Polyradicaloids: [n]Annulene Analogs and Unusual Valence Tautomerization”, Chem 2019, 5, 108. (Also see preview by H. L. Anderson et al in Chem 2019, 5, 9).
[4] C. Liu, Y. Ni, X. Lu, G. Li and J. Wu, “Global Aromaticity in Macrocyclic Polyradicaloids: Hückel’s Rule or Baird’s Rule?”, Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 2309.
[3] Y. Ni, T. Y. Gopalakrishna, H. Phan, T. S. Herng, S. Wu, Y. Han, J. Ding and J. Wu, “A Peri-tetracene Diradicaloid: Synthesis and Properties”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9697. (This paper was highlighted in Synfacts 2018, 14, 0922).
[2] Y. Ni, S. Lee, M. Son, N. Aratani, M. Ishida, A. Samanta, H. Yamada, Y. –T. Chang, H. Furuta, D. Kim, J. Wu, “A Diradical Approach towards BODIPY-Based Dyes with Intense Near-Infrared Absorption around λ=1100 nm”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 2815.
[1] Y. Ni, R. K. Kannadorai, J. Peng, S. W. –K. Yu, Y. –T. Chang, J. Wu, “Naphthalene-fused BODIPY Near-Infrared Dye as A Stable Contrast Agent for In Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging”, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 11504.
