We are pleased to announce the winner of the Doolittle Award from the Fall 2024 ACS meeting, Dr. Wenhui Niu.
Wenhui Niu
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
Topological Engineering of Graphene Nanoribbons for Next-Generation Electronics
Wenhui Niu was born in China in 1994. She obtained her B.Sc. in polymer engineering from Sichuan University in 2016 and her Ph.D. in chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Yiyong Mai at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2021. During her Ph.D. work, she pioneered the topological engineering of graphene nanoribbons with tailoring optoelectronics properties and excellent liquid-phase processability. After completing her PhD, Wenhui joined the Technische Universität Dresden as a postdoctoral fellow for one year, working with Prof. Xinliang Feng. After that, she joined the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics as a research group leader, where her research focused on the development of novel chiral nanographenes with exceptional chiroptical properties. In 2023, Wenhui Niu was selected as a Minerva Fast Track group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, and since April 2024, she has been leading the “Quantum Chiral Nanocarbons” group. Her current research interests lie heavily on the recognition of spin polarization behavior of chiral nanocarbons and their potential applications in chiral spintronics.