Qi Zou was born in Linfen, Shanxi Province. He received a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering and Technology from Nanjing University of Science and Technology (Nanjing) in 2004, and a Master degree in Applied Chemistry from Nanjing University of Science and Technology (Nanjing) in 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he worked as a R&D manager in Shanghai Chemspec Co., Ltd. From 2009 to 2012, he was pursuing his PhD degree under the supervision of Prof. He Tian (Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences) in East China University of Science and Technology (Shanghai). During his PhD period, his research interests lied in the field of photochromic materials and fluorescent sensing materials.

He is currently a lecturer in College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power (Shanghai). His research interests mainly focus on supramolecular photochromic materials.

邹祺，1982年9月出生于山西省临汾市。2004年7月毕业于南京理工大学化工学院，获得化学工程与工艺专业学士学位。2006年7月毕业于南京理工大学化工学院，获得应用化学硕士学位。2006年8月至2009年8月任职于上海康鹏化学有限公司，从事研发工作。2009年9月至2012年6月，在华东理工大学攻读应用化学博士学位，师从田禾院士，进行光致变色材料和荧光传感材料的研究工作。目前，任职于上海电力学院环境与化学工程学院，主要研究超分子光致变色材料。

Publications:
1. Qi Zou, He Tian*, Chemodosimeters for mercury(II) and methylmercury(I) based on 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 149(1), 20–27, 2010.
2. Qi Zou, Jia-yu Jin, Bo Xu, Li Ding, He Tian*, New photochromic chemosensors for Hg2+ and F-, Tetrahedron 67(5), 915–921, 2011.
3. Qi Zou, Lei Zou, He Tian*, Detection and adsorption of Hg2+ by new mesoporous silica and membrane material grafted with chemodosimeter, J. Mater. Chem. 21(38), 14441–14447, 2011.
4. Qi Zou, Xin Li, Jun-ji Zhang, Ji Zhou, Bing-bing Sun, He Tian*, Unsymmetrical diarylethenes as molecular keypad locks with tunable photochromism and fluorescence via Cu2+ and CN-coordinations, Chem. Commun. 48(15), 2095–2097, 2012.
5. Qi Zou, Jun-ji Zhang, He Tian*, Multi-Functional Molecular Switches based on Photochromic Dithienylethenes, Progress In Chemistry 24(9), 1632–1645, 2012.
6. Li Ding, Qi Zou, Jian-hua Su*, Novel fluorene-based chemodosimeters for mercury and methylmercury species in aqueous media, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 168, 185–192, 2012.
7. Li Ding, Qi Zou, Jian-hua Su*,Novel “turn-on” fluorescent chemodosimeters based on thioxanthen-9-thione for the selective detection of mercuric ion in aqueous media, RSC Advances2, 4754–4758, 2012.
8. Lanya Cheng, Ji Zhou, Qi Zou, Yitao Long*, He Tian*, A nanohybrid of graphene oxide-fluorescein derived silyl ether for photocurrent generation triggered by F- ions, RSC Advances2, 4623–4626, 2012.
9. Jun-ji Zhang, Qi Zou, HeTian*, Photochromic materials: more than meets the eye, Adv. Mater. 25(3), 378–399, 2013.
10. Qi Zou*, Xin Li*, Kangkang Bai, Hans Ågren, Synthesis and photochromism of a spirooxazine derivative featuringa carbazole moiety: Fast thermal bleaching and excellent fatigueresistance, Dyes Pigm. 107, 174–181, 2014.
11. Qi Zou*, Xin Li, Hans Ågren, Configurable photochromism of an unsymmetrical dithienylethenederivative by Cu2+ ions or water, Dyes Pigm. 111, 1–7, 2014.
12. Qi Zou*, Xin Li, Qunjie Xu, Hans Ågren, Wandong Zhao, Yi Qu*,A near-infrared “on-off” fluorescentand colorimetric cyanide chemodosimeter based on phenothiazine with applications in living cell imaging, RSC Advances4, 59809–59816, 2014.
13. Xin Li*, Qi Zou*, Hans Ågren, Photochromic diarylethenes with heterocyclic aromatic rings: correlation between thermal bistability and geometrical characters of transition states, J. Phys. Chem. A 119 (34), 9140–9147,2015.