Biography

Jun Zhang is a Professor of College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences at Wuhan University, starting in 2023. She obtained her bachelor degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2013, and her master and Ph.D. degrees in Department of Chemistry from Tohoku University in 2016 and 2019, respectively. From 2019 to 2022, she conducted postdoctoral research and later served as an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences (FRIS), Tohoku University, before returning to China to join the faculty at Wuhan University.

Her primary research interest lies in the design and functional control of redox-active porous magnets, focusing on how spin and charge states can be modulated by external stimuli such as guest molecules (e.g., gases, solvents) or light. She explores spin-chemistry-inspired approaches to develop molecular framework materials with tunable magnetism, charge transport, and chirality, aiming at potential applications in spintronics, sensing, and catalysis.

Zhang has received numerous awards for her contributions to molecular magnetism. Her pioneering work on guest-switchable magnetic frameworks has been recognized with the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad (2019), the Rising Star Award at the 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (2018), the JSPS Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Distinguished Research Fellowship from Tohoku University (2021).

Prof. Zhang is actively recruiting highly motivated graduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in molecular magnetism, and functional framework materials (MOF and COF). Researchers with backgrounds in coordination chemistry, magnetic measurements, spectroscopy, or porous molecular materials synthesis are encouraged to apply.

Education

• 2019, Ph.D., Chemistry, Tohoku University

• 2016, M.S., Chemistry, Tohoku University

• 2013, B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Selected Publications

• J. Zhang, Y. Cao, W. Kosaka, M. Mimura, Y. Kitagawa, H. Miyasaka*, Cooperative Magnetic Phase Evolution via Oxygen Spin Coupling in a Layered Metal–Organic Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 35742–35754 (2025).
  

• J. Zhang, Q. Liu, N. Amamizu et al. CO₂-Sensitive Porous Magnet: Antiferromagnet Creation from a Paramagnetic Charge-Transfer Layered Metal–Organic Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 26179–26189 (2023).

• J. Zhang, W. Kosaka, Y. Kitagawa, H. Miyasaka*. A Host–Guest Electron-Transfer Mechanism for Magnetic and Electronic Modifications in a Redox-Active Metal–Organic Framework, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202115976 (2022).

• J. Zhang, W. Kosaka, Y. Kitagawa, H. Miyasaka*. A Metal–Organic Framework that Exhibits CO₂-Induced Transitions between Paramagnetism and Ferrimagnetism, Nat. Chem. 13, 191–199 (2021).

• J. Zhang, W. Kosaka, H. Sato, H. Miyasaka*. Magnet Creation by Guest Insertion into a Paramagnetic Charge-Flexible Layered Metal–Organic Framework, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 7021–7031 (2021).

• J. Zhang, W. Kosaka, Y. Kitagawa, H. Miyasaka*. Host–Guest Hydrogen Bonding Varies the Charge-State Behavior of Magnetic Sponges, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 7351–7356 (2019).

• J. Zhang, W. Kosaka, K. Sugimoto, H. Miyasaka*. Magnetic Sponge Behavior via Electronic State Modulations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 5644–5652 (2018).

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Research Fellow of Tohoku University (2021)

• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2019)

• Rising Star Award of The 43th International Conference of Coordination Chemistry (2018)

• JSPS Fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2017)