TheInnovation Center for Chemical Scienceof Soochow University(ICCS),founded in April 2020, isaUniversity-level research institute based at the College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CCCEMS).ICCS brings togetherglobalresearch expertisewith a shared interest in identifyingand addressingkey challenges in both fundamental science and applied technologies. ICCS also acts a platform. ICCScontribute for promoting the construction of first-classdisciplines in Soochow University.

ICCSadheres to the orientation of major national needs.Itbuilds the international cooperation platform around six major themeswhichare the creation and transformationof new matter, catalyticscience and technology, energy storage and transformation, separation and purification technology, bionic materials and functional devices, and health monitoring and precision medicine,promotingcutting-edge scientific research andmajorscientific and technological achievements.

ICCShas establishedfour sino-foreign joint research groupsofcatalytic science,functional membrane material,bionic interface chemistryandtheoreticalcomputing.Thecatalytic sciencegroup,isoriented tothe country’s major needsincluding with regard topetrochemical transformation, new energy development,utilization, etc..This groupalso commitstothe creation of high-performancezeolite nanopore materials,focuseson improving efficient catalytic transformationand explorescatalytic mechanisms and promotingthe collaborativeinnovation ofindustry,university andresearch.The functional membrane materialsgroupis oriented to the core issues of environmental and energy shortage, and theydedicate to the creation of membrane materials with ion and molecular precision separation functionstoachieveefficient and highly selective separation and purification. The bionic interface chemistrygroupisoriented tothe fields of health and life and environmental governance.This groupdedicatesto bionic three-phase interface chemistry and materials researchanddevelopsefficient enzyme biosensing techniquesand environmental restoration technology. The theoreticalcomputinggroupaims to catalyze theoretical calculation of the mechanism, having an in-depth understanding of the mechanism of important reactions and formation mechanism of chemoselectivity, regioselectivity and stereoselectivity, which providesthescientific basis for precise design and synthesis.

ICCShas established two public platforms for chemical testing and characterization, theoretical simulation and calculation. It has more than 20 sets of large and medium-sized equipment, including X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopes, ultraviolet absorption spectrometer, multiple online gas/liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry, multi/single-channel high-pressure catalytic evaluation device, gas transmittance tester, thermogravimetric infrared combined system,and coil film continuous preparation pilot line and other advanced instruments and equipment.

ICCSadheres to the concept of cultivating talents, exploring and innovating and builds a dual-line interactive talent-gathering mode to boost the long-term development ofICCS.ICCSis based on the cultivation of high-level innovative talents,and it attractsoutstanding postdocs, future scientists and outstanding scientists to join. ICCSfocuseson promoting the transformation of achievements,recruitingproject personnel, technical engineers and industrial talents, and establishinga deep cooperation cycle of Industry-University-Research.

Staff and students of ICCS warmly welcome students,interested in scientific research,tojoin the centerfor further study.ICCSalso look forward to the participation of outstanding scholars at home and abroad to buildICCSinto a world-class innovation center for chemical science.