博士，副研究员，硕士生导师，云南省高层次引进人才，材料与能源学院副院长。
邮箱: zhilip“at”ynu.edu.cn
主要研究方向为碳基纳米材料的可控、宏量制备及其在生物医学、光电器件及环境监测与保护等方向的应用和开发。近年以第一/主要通讯作者在Advanced Materials, Coordination Chemistry Reviews、Analytical Chemistry、Nano Energy、Small、ACS Sensors、 Carbon及Advanced Healthcare Materials等国际期刊上发表论文40余篇，其中ESI热点论文1篇，ESI高被引论文6篇。论文累计被引用4700余次，h-index 31 (Google Scholar数据)。受邀担任SCI期刊“International Journal of Molecular Sciences”、“Processes”及“Frontiers in Nanotechnology”的客座编辑和多个国际主流学术期刊如Nature Communications，Angewandte Chemie，Coordination Chemistry Reviews，Advanced Science, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Optical Materials, Analytical Chemistry等的审稿人/仲裁审稿人；同时也是波兰国家科学中心基金项目特邀评审专家。
教育和工作经历
1. 2018.11–现在， 云南大学，材料与能源学院，副研究员
2. 2016.08 – 2018.08，迈阿密大学，纳米科学研究中心，博士后
3. 2015.08 – 2016.05，佛罗里达国际大学，化学及生物化学系, 讲师 (lecturer)
4. 2014.08 – 2016.08，迈阿密戴德学院，化学、物理和地球科学系，客座教授
5. 2009.08 – 2014.08，迈阿密大学，化学系，博士
6. 2005.08 – 2009.07，中国科学技术大学，化学物理系，学士
科研与教学情况
1. 科研
主持国家自然科学基金2项，云南省科技厅项目2项，云南省高层次引进人才支持项目1项。
2. 教学
云南省首批线上线下一流本科课程负责人，云南省高校跨校示范课程负责人，云南省优秀硕士论文指导教师，国家级虚拟教研室骨干成员，教育部本科教育教学审核评估专家库专家。主讲本科生课程《可再生能源与低碳社会》、《材料与社会---探秘身边的材料》、《工程材料》、《工程项目管理》及《工程伦理》，硕士/博士研究生课程《工程伦理》及《有机功能材料》。
主要学术成果
（一）代表性论文
(1) Chunyu Ji, Fanhao Zeng, Wenjun Xu, Minjie Zhu, Hongchun Yu, Han Yang, and Zhili Peng*. Hydrogen Bond-Mediated Self-Assembly of Carbon Dots Enabling Precise Tuning of Particle and Cluster Luminescence for Advanced Optoelectronic Applications. Adv. Mater. 2024, 2414450.
(2) Wenjun Xu; Fanhao Zeng; Qiurui Han; Zhili Peng*. Recent advancements of solid-state emissive carbon dots: A review. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2024, 498, 215469.
(3) Wenjun Xu; Qiurui Han; Chunyu Ji; Fanhao Zeng; Xingshou Zhang; Jiwen Deng; Changsheng Shi; Zhili Peng*. Solid-State, Hectogram-Scale Preparation of Red Carbon Dots as Phosphor for Energy-Transfer-Induced High-Quality White LEDs with CRI of 97. Small 2023, 19, 52, 2304123 (Back Cover Paper).
(4) Chunyu Ji; Wenjun Xu; Qiurui Han; Tianshu Zhao; Jiwen Deng; Zhili Peng*. Light of Carbon: Recent Advancements of Carbon Dots for LEDs. Nano Energy 2023, 114, 108623 (ESI Highly Cited Paper).
(5) Yuxiang Jiang; Zhuomin Tan; Tianshu Zhao; Jiajia Wu; Ya Li; Yinnong Jia*; Zhili Peng*. Indocyanine green derived carbon dots with significantly enhanced properties for efficient photothermal therapy. Nanoscale 2023, 15, 1925 (Nanoscale Most Popular 2023 Article).
(6) Chunyu Ji; Qiurui Han; Yiqun Zhou; Jiajia Wu; Wenquan Shi; Lipeng Gao; Roger M. Leblanc; Zhili Peng*. Phenylenediamine-derived near infrared carbon dots: The kilogram-scale preparation, formation process, photoluminescence tuning mechanism and application as red phosphors. Carbon 2022, 192, 198 (ESI Highly Cited Paper).
(7) Yiqun Zhou; Keenan J Mintz; Ling Cheng; Jiuyan Chen; Braulio CLB Ferreira; Sajini D Hettiarachchi; Piumi Y Liyanage; Elif S Seven; Nikolay Miloserdov; Raja R Pandey; Quiroga，Bruno; Patricia L. Blackwelder; Charles C. Chusuei; Shanghao Li; Zhili Peng*; Roger M. Leblanc*. Direct conjugation of distinct carbon dots as Lego-like building blocks for the assembly of versatile drug nanocarriers. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2020, 576, 412 (Inner Cover Paper).
(8) Chunyu Ji; Yiqun Zhou; Roger M. Leblanc*; Zhili Peng*. Recent developments of carbon dots in biosensing: a review. ACS Sensors 2020, 5, 2724 (ESI Highly Cited Paper).