Hong Ma received his Ph.D. degree in Organic/Polymeric Chemistry in 1997 from Nankai University, P. R. China. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher from 1997 to 2001, a research scientist from 2001 to 2006, and a research assistant professor from 2006 to 2013 at Northeastern University and the University of Washington, Seattle. He is currently a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle. As a principal investigator or group leader, he has participated in more than ten multidisciplinary research programs funded by NSF, DOE, DOD, NIH and some high-tech companies. He has published 142 papers (102 refereed papers and 40 proceedings) on Science, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nano Lett., Adv. Mater. and so on. Total SCI citations exceed 3,400 times (h-index: 32). Two US patents have been licensing to a high-tech company. More than 55 talks have been given on national and international conferences. His current research is focused on the combination of molecular/biomacromolecular self-assembly and nanostructured materials for energy, electronic, photonic, and biological applications. It involves design, synthesis and processing of self-assembled organic semiconductors/dielectrics, interface engineering via molecular self-assembly, and patterned/bio-enabled nanosystems for field-effect transistors, photovoltaics, plasmonics and bionanotechnology.
Organic and polymer chemistry, molecular self-assembly, surface and interface engineering, supramolecular nanostructures, micro/nanopatterning, bio-inspired materials, organic-bio-nano hybrids, electronic/photonic/biosensing materials
