Education:

• 2017: Bachelor’s degree from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University
  Supervisors: Prof. Qiang Liu, Prof. Kun Gao

• 2022: Ph.D. from the School of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University
  Supervisor: Prof. Qing-Zheng Yang

• 2022–Present: Postdoctoral Researcher at Beijing Normal University

Research Interests: Supramolecular Photochemistry, Photodynamic Therapy

Projects Led:

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (2024–2026)
• China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents  (2023–2025)
• China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2023–2025)

Publications:

• 1. • Kun-Xu Teng, Li-Ya Niu, Jiahui Li, Dongsheng Zhang, Qing-Zheng Yang*, Rational Design of Type-I Photodynamic Agents, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202509416.

     • Zhuo Fan, Kun-Xu Teng*, Yuan-Yuan Xu, Li-Ya Niu and Qing-Zheng Yang*, The Photodynamic Agent Designed by Involvement of Hydrogen Atom Transfer for Enhancing Photodynamic Therapy, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64， e202413595.

     • Kun-Xu Teng, Dongsheng Zhang, Bin-Kai Liu, Zheng-Fei Liu, Li-Ya Niu* and Qing-Zheng Yang*, Photo-Induced Disproportionation-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy: Simultaneous Oxidation of Tetrahydrobiopterin and Generation of Superoxide Radicals, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318783.  (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

     • Kun-Xu Teng+, Zhi-Peng An+, Li-Ya Niu* and Qing-Zheng Yang*, A Supramolecular Artificial Light-Harvesting System with Excitation Energy and Electron Transfer, ACS Materials Lett. 2024, 6,  290–297.

     • Kun-Xu Teng, Li-Ya Niu* and Qing-Zheng Yang*, Supramolecular Photosensitizer Enables Oxygen-Independent Generation of Hydroxyl Radicals for Photodynamic Therapy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4081-4087. (ESI Highly Cited Paper; ESI Hot Paper)

     • Kun-Xu Teng, Li-Ya Niu, Nan Xie and Qing-Zheng Yang*,  Supramolecular Photodynamic Agents for Simultaneous Oxidation of NADH and Generation of Superoxide Radical,  Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 6179. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

     • Kun-Xu Teng; Li-Ya Niu; Qing-Zheng Yang*, A host–guest strategy for converting the photodynamic agents from a singlet oxygen generator to a superoxide radical generator. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 5951-5956. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

     • Kun-Xu Teng+;Wen-Kai Chen+; Li-Ya Niu; Wei-Hai Fang; Ganglong Cui*; Qing-Zheng Yang*, BODIPY-Based Photodynamic Agents for Exclusively Generating Superoxide Radical over Singlet Oxygen. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 19912-19920.  (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

     • Kun-Xu Teng; Li-Ya Niu*; Yan-Fei Kang; Qing-Zheng Yang*, Rational design of a “dual lock-and-key” supramolecular photosensitizer based on aromatic nucleophilic substitution for specific and enhanced photodynamic therapy. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 9703-9711.

     • Kun-Xu Teng; Li-Ya Niu; Jie Li; Lu Jia; Qing-Zheng Yang*, An unexpected coupling–reduction tandem reaction for the synthesis of alkenyl-substituted BODIPYs. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 13761-13764.

Patent Applications:

• Qing-Zheng Yang, Kun-Xu Teng, Li-Ya Niu, A Type I Photosensitizer Based on a Fluoroboron Dipyrromethene Structure and Its Preparation Method and Application, 2021102550699.
• Qing-Zheng Yang, Kun-Xu Teng, Li-Ya Niu, A Supramolecular Photosensitizer and Its Preparation Method and Application, 2022105387829.