Rate My Professor Qingbo Meng

Qingbo Meng is a professor at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He earned a B.S. in Physics from Jilin University in 1987 and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1997. His career includes roles as an assistant researcher at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry from 1987 to 1997, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Physics from 1997 to 1999, and an STA Fellow at the University of Tokyo and KAST in Japan from 1999 to 2002. He was appointed professor at the Institute of Physics in 2002 and has served as director of the Renewable Energy Laboratory since 2009 and director of the Center of Clean Energy at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Meng’s research focuses on solar energy materials and devices, including thin-film solar cells such as perovskite, dye-sensitized, and kesterite types, as well as photocatalysis for hydrogen generation. He has authored over 220 peer-reviewed publications with more than 8,000 citations and an h-index of 54, along with 56 authorized patents. Meng has received awards including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2007, a special government allowance from the State Council in 2010, the Tokyo University of Science President Award in 2011, and recognition as a leading talent for “Science and Technology Beijing” in 2013. He serves on editorial boards and committees related to renewable energy and has delivered numerous invited lectures.