Jianfeng Jiang

Jiang Jianfeng is a 30-year-old rising-star semiconductor scientist who returned to Peking University in March 2026 as a principal investigator, associate professor, and PhD supervisor after a brief postdoctoral stint at MIT — earning his doctorate from Peking University in June 2024. His rapid ascent to doctoral supervisor in just 18 months is exceptional by any standard.

Jiang's research focuses on two-dimensional indium selenide (InSe), a semiconductor material that could challenge the dominance of traditional silicon-based chips and help China make a technological leap in the semiconductor sector. He has devoted nine years to this research, from his undergraduate project at Shandong University through to his time at Peking University and MIT.

Explaining his decision to return, Jiang cited the long-standing research foundation in low-dimensional electronics at Peking University as the ideal environment to build a systematic, long-term research programme. His advisor Professor Peng Lianmao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was a formative influence on his career path.