Dr. Li Mingzhu is a Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS. She currently holds the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). Her research focuses on bioinspired micro-nano photonic materials. Based on surface energy modulation and multi-scale interfacial effects, she has developed original assembly mechanisms and strategies for functional building blocks, and constructed hierarchical micro-nano optical metamaterials and devices with precise multidimensional light field regulation capabilities. To date, she has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact journals, including Matter, PNAS, Sci. Adv., Adv. Mater.，Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.，and J. Am. Chem. Soc. Her publications have accumulated more than 8,000 citations, with an H-index of 54. Additionally, she holds 15 authorized Chinese invention patents. Her research has been financially supported by a series of high-level projects, covering the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and Excellent Young Scholars, and Key Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. She has obtained numerous academic honors, such as the First Prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Award and the CAS Lu Jiaxi Young Talent Award. She also serves as Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member for several leading materials journals, actively contributing to academic community development.
1999.09 – 2003.07, B. Sc., Henan University, major in Chemistry
2003.09 – 2008.07, Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, CAS, Major in Physical Chemistry, Supervisor: Prof. Yanlin Song
2008.07 – 2023.08, Assistant Researcher/ Associate Researcher / Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor, Institute of Chemistry, CAS
2009.06 – 2009.09, Visiting Scholar, Hokkaido University, Japan
2015.08 – 2016.07, Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA
2023.09 – Present, Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS

1. Self-assembly of Nanoparticles
2. Smart Bionic Surfaces
3. Bio-inspired Composite Optical Structure Materials
4. Bio-inspired Multifunctional Structural Color Materials
5. High Performance Optoelectric Materials and Devices

[1]. Xiaoyu Hou, Kaiyue Zhang, Xintao Lai, Liwei Hu, Florian Vogelbacher, Yanlin Song, Lei Jiang, and Mingzhu Li*, Brilliant Colorful Daytime Radiative Cooling Coating Mimicking Scarab Beetle, Matter 2025, 8 (1),101898.
[2]. Chengben Liu, Xiaoyu Hou,Zixin Zhu, Mingzhu Li*, Bioinspired micro-nano photonic materials, Chemical Society Reviews, 2025, 54 (18): 8434–8468.
[3]. Xintao Lai, Tongyu Li, Xiaoyu Hou, Florian Vogelbacher, Jiajun Wang, Yanlin Song, Lei Shi, and Mingzhu Li*, Chiral structural color from microdomes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025, 122 (9) e2419113122.
[4]. Wenzhong Fang, Chengben Liu, Zixin Zhu, Chao Wu, Qunfeng Cheng, Qian Song, Yang Wang, XIntao lai， Yanlin Song, Lei Jiang, Mingzhu Li*, Bioinspired single-shot polarization photodetector based on four-directional grating arrays capped perovskite single-crystal thin film. Science Advances, 2025, 10, eadr5375.
[5]. Chao Wu, Wenzhong Fang, Qunfeng Cheng, Jing Wan, Rui Wen, Yang Wang, Yanlin Song, Mingzhu Li*, MXene-Regulated Perovskite Vertical Growth for High-Performance Solar Cells, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61(43): e202210970.
[6]. Zemin Zhang, Florian Vogelbacher, Jianbo De, Yang Wang, Qing Liao, Yang Tian, Yanlin Song, Mingzhu Li*, Directional Laser From Solution-grown Grating-patterned Perovskite Single-crystal Microdisks, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, (61): e202205636.
[7]. Xintao Lai, Qun Ren, Florian Vogelbacher, Wei E. I. Sha, Xiaoyu Hou, Xi Yao, Yanlin Song, Mingzhu Li*, Bioinspired Quasi-3D Multiplexed Anti-Counterfeit Imaging via Self-Assembled and Nanoimprinted Photonic Architectures, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34(3): 2107243.
[8]. Kaixuan Li, Tongyu Li, Tailong Zhang, Huizeng Li, An Li, Zheng Li, Xintao Lai, Xiaoyu Hou, Yu Wang, Lei Shi, Mingzhu Li*, Yanlin Song*, Facile full-color printing with a single transparent ink, Science Advances, 2021, 7(39): eabh1992.
[9]. Xintao Lai, Jingsong Peng, Qunfeng Cheng, Antoni P. Tomsia, Guanlei Zhao, Lei Liu, Guisheng Zou, Yanlin Song, Lei Jiang, Mingzhu Li*, Bioinspired Color Switchable Photonic Crystal Silicone Elastomer Kirigami, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60(26): 14307-14312.
[10]. Yang Wang, Zemin Zhang, Yangjie Lan, Qian Song, Mingzhu Li*, Yanlin Song*, Tautomeric Molecule Acts as a “Sunscreen” for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60(16): 8673-8677.
[11]. Yang Wang, Yangjie Lan, Qian Song, Florian Vogelbacher, Ting Xu, Yan Zhan, Mingzhu Li*, Wei E. I. Sha*, Yanlin Song*, Colorful Efficient Moiré-Perovskite Solar Cells, Advanced Materials, 2021, 33(15): 2008091.
[12]. Qian Song, Yang Wang, Florian Vogelbacher, Yan Zhan, Danlei Zhu, Yangjie Lan, Wenzhong Fang, Zemin Zhang, Lang Jiang, Yanlin Song, Mingzhu Li*, Moire Perovskite Photodetector toward High-Sensitive Digital Polarization Imaging, Advanced Energy Materials, 2021, 11(29): 2100742.
[13]. Huizeng Li, Wei Fang, Zhipeng Zhao, An Li, Zheng Li, Mingzhu Li*, Qunyang Li*, Xiqiao Feng, Yanlin Song*, Droplet Precise Self-Splitting on Patterned Adhesive Surfaces for Simultaneous Multidetection, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59(26): 10535-10539.
[14]. Yan Zhan, Yang Wang, Qunfeng Cheng, Chang Li, Kaixuan Li, Huizeng Li, Jingsong Peng, Bo Lu, Yu Wang, Yanlin Song, Lei Jiang, Mingzhu Li*, A Butterfly-Inspired Hierarchical Light-Trapping Structure towards a High-Performance Polarization-Sensitive Perovskite Photodetector, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58(46): 16456-16462.
[15]. Zhenkun Gu, Zhandong Huang, Chang Li, Mingzhu Li*, Yanlin Song*, A general printing approach for scalable growth of perovskite single-crystal films, Science Advances, 2018, 4(6): eaat2390.

1. 2022, Team Award of the 18th China Young Female Scientists Award
2. 2022, Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
3. 2018, Excellent Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
4. 2016, First Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award
5. 2015, Recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars
6. 2015, Lu Jiaxi Young Talent Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
7. 2015, Young Top-notch Talent of Beijing High-level Innovative Talent Support Program
8. 2014, Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
9. 2013, Beijing Nova Program