Guest Researcher Program
Find out more about visiting researchers as well as Mercator-Fellows.
Prof. Lifeng Chi
March - April, 2023
Prof. Lifeng Chi is a distinguished professor at Soochow University, China. Her research group owns first-class equipments and has rich experience in high-resolution characterization, structure preparation, device preparation, etc. The research directions include: 1) research on self-assembly behavior of molecules, 2) on-surface chemistry, 3) functional molecular materials and structural surfaces as well as 4) characterization of physical properties of surface microdomains.
Prof. Hongjie Dai
July - August, 2022
Prof. Hongjie Dai, Stanford University, research interest focus on carbon-based nanosciences, in particular oriented carbon synthesis, physics and electronic devices of single-walled carbon nanotubes including field effect transistors and electronic sensors.
Prof. Petko Petkov
January - February, 2022

Prof. Petko Petkov
The research interests of Prof. Petkov, University Sophia, Bulgaria, are focused on computational chemistry of framework materials, in particular zeolites, metal-organic frameworks and covalent-organic frameworks. In Addition, Prof. petko Petkov focuses on applications in computational spectroscopy and catalysis.