On September 27, Professor Federico Rosei, an internationally renowned scientist in the field of nanomaterials and Membership of the Academia Europaea (MAE), visited Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research (SIAR), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Professors Xiong Yujie, Liu Dong and Dai Yitao warmly welcomed Rosei and organized his campus visit, academic exchange and appointment ceremony.

After visiting the laboratories of Zhishan Building and Mingde Building, Rosei made an academic exchange report entitled "multifunctional materials for emerging technology". He set forth photoelectric converting of advanced semiconductor materials, photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production and quantum dot concentrator from the perspective of zero-dimensional quantum dots, and envisioned the future trend of energy materials.

Prof. Xu Xiaorong, Director of SIAR's Human Resources Department, and Prof. Xiong Yujie from USTC held the unveiling ceremony of Rosei's guest professor. Rosei expressed his gratitude to SIAR and were ready to further collaborate with SIAR in the fields of advanced materials, energy storage and conversion.