Xie Suyuan

Xie Suyuan
谢素原
BornApril 1968 (age 58)
Fujian, China
Alma materFujian Normal University; Kunming Institute of Precious Metals; Xiamen University
Known forResearch on fullerenes, non-classical fullerenes, and carbon clusters
AwardsMember of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor; National Natural Science Award
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic chemistry, fullerene chemistry, carbon cluster chemistry
WorkplacesXiamen University; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University

Xie Suyuan (Chinese: 谢素原; born April 1968), also rendered as Su-Yuan Xie, is a Chinese inorganic chemist whose research focuses on fullerene chemistry and carbon cluster chemistry. He is a professor at Xiamen University and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1][2] In April 2026, Xie was appointed president of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.[3]

Xie has worked on the synthesis, isolation, structural characterization, and functionalization of non-classical fullerenes and other carbon cluster materials.[1]

Early life and education

Xie was born in April 1968 in Fujian, China.[4] He received a bachelor's degree from the Department of Chemistry of Fujian Normal University in 1988. He later studied at Central South University of Technology and the Kunming Institute of Precious Metals, receiving a master's degree in 1991.[5]

From 1996 to 1999, Xie studied at Xiamen University, where he received a doctorate in chemistry. He subsequently remained at Xiamen University as a faculty member.[5]

Academic career

After completing his doctoral studies, Xie joined Xiamen University, where he has held positions in the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He later became a professor and doctoral supervisor.[6]

From 2003 to 2005, Xie carried out visiting research at Clemson University in the United States on topics related to nanomaterials.[7] In 2004, he became a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Xiamen University.[7]

Xie has been affiliated with the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces at Xiamen University. In 2021, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2] In 2022, he became director of the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, according to Chinese-language biographical sources.[5]

In April 2026, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University announced that Xie had been appointed president of the university.[3]

Research

Xie's research is primarily associated with fullerene chemistry, non-classical fullerenes, carbon clusters, and carbon-based nanomaterials.[1] His work includes the synthesis, separation, structural characterization, and functionalization of fullerene cages and related carbon cluster materials.He has also worked on combustion and arc-discharge synthesis, chromatographic separation, and crystallographic structural characterization of new fullerene structures.[5]

According to Xiamen University, Xie's group discovered the principles of "tension release" and "local aromatization" for stabilizing novel fullerene-based materials. These principles were described as enabling the preparation of fullerene structures containing adjacent pentagons, thereby going beyond restrictions associated with the isolated-pentagon rule.[8][9]

Honours and awards

In 2001, he received the Chinese Chemical Society Young Chemist Award. In 2005, he received support from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.[10]

He received the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award of China in 2006 and again in 2015.[5] In 2009, he was appointed a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor.[10]

In 2021, Xie was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2]

Academic service

Xie has served as an associate editor of Science Bulletin and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science).[6]

Selected publications

  • Tan, Yuan-Zhi; Xie, Su-Yuan (2011). "The stabilization of fused-pentagon fullerene molecules". Nature Chemistry. 3 (4): 331–337. doi:10.1038/nchem.1008. PMID 21378913.
  • "C60 Fullerene as the Active Site for CO2 Electroreduction". PubMed. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  • Wei, Tao; Wang, Song; Liu, Fupin; Tan, Yuan-Zhi; Zhu, Xianjun; Xie, Suyuan; Yang, Shangfeng. "Capturing the Long-Sought Small-Bandgap Endohedral Fullerene Sc3N@C82 with Low Kinetic Stability". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2015. 137(8), 3119–3123. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b00199.
  • Xiang, Wenhao; Jiang, Xiaole; Yao, Yang-Rong; Xin, Jinpeng; Jin, Huaimin; Guan, Runnan; Zhang, Qianyan; Chen, Muqing; Xie, Su-Yuan; Popov, Alexey A.; Yang, Shangfeng (2022-11-30). "Monometallic Endohedral Azafullerene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144 (47): 21587–21595. doi:10.1021/jacs.2c08679. ISSN 0002-7863.
  • Li, Fei; Liu, Jin-Ying; Chen, Bin-Wen; Ma, Wen-Bin; Xuan, Jun; Deng, Lin-Long; Xie, Su-Yuan (2025-02-21). "KO t Bu-Promoted [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Dimethyl Sulfoxide with Fullerenes". Organic Letters. 27 (7): 1631–1637. doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.4c04802. ISSN 1523-7060.
  • Wu, Yin-Fu; Wang, Shan-Shan; Yao, Chun-Rui; Chen, Zuo-Chang; Li, Shu-Hui; Yao, Yang-Rong; Zhang, Xue-Peng; Su, Yin; Deng, Shun-Liu; Zhang, Qianyan; Gao, Fei; Xie, Su-Yuan; Huang, Rong-Bin; Zheng, Lan-Sun (2019-10-04). "General One-step Synthesis of Symmetrical or Unsymmetrical 1,4-Di(organo)fullerenes from Organo(hydro)fullerenes through Direct Oxidative Arylation". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84 (19): 12259–12267. doi:10.1021/acs.joc.9b01272. ISSN 0022-3263.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Su-Yuan XIE". College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Su-yuan Xie elected academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences". State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 "谢素原同志任福建农林大学校长". Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (in Chinese). 29 April 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "中国科学院院士谢素原任福建农林大学校长". ScienceNet.cn (in Chinese). 29 April 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "谢素原院士任福建农林大学校长". China Education and Research Network (in Chinese). 30 April 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  6. 1 2 "谢素原". College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  7. 1 2 "中国科学院院士，任大学校长！". Academician Bridge (in Chinese). 30 April 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "XMU Professors Named Academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences". Xiamen University. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Tan, Yuan-Zhi; Xie, Su-Yuan (2011). "The stabilization of fused-pentagon fullerene molecules". Nature Chemistry. 3 (4): 331–337. doi:10.1038/nchem.1008. PMID 21378913.
  10. 1 2 "Congratulations to the 11 new academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences in the Division of Chemistry". Chemical Synthesis. 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
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