Huang Jinling

Huang Jinling (, born on February 19, 1932), a native of Houcai Village, Dongyuan Township, Hui’an County, Fujian Province, is a structural chemist and educator.

Biography In 1951, Huang commenced his academic career in the Department of Chemistry at Fuzhou University. Following a statewide academic reorganization in 1953, he relocated to Xiamen University, graduated in 1955, and continued to teach there. He assumed the role of research assistant to Professor Lu Jiaxi, contributing to the creation of an X-ray diffraction laboratory and concurrently functioning as a teaching assistant for numerous essential courses. Between 1960 and 1962, he undertook advanced studies at Moscow State University in the Soviet Union. Upon his return to China, he occupied several leadership positions, including deputy director of the Fujian Institute of the Structure of Matter (CAS), and then served as President of Fuzhou University from 1983 to 1992. In 1985, with the approval of Fuzhou University's physical chemistry department for doctoral accreditation, he served as its exclusive doctoral supervisor, significantly contributing to the education of China's structural chemists.

He also served as the first president of Jimei University. Furthermore, he held the positions of national committee member of the China Association for Science and Technology, chairman of the Fujian Provincial Association for Science and Technology, and member of the Chemistry Review Panel of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Research Huang Jinling has dedicated his career to the examination of structural and materials chemistry pertaining to transition metal complexes and atomic clusters, attaining significant results. Through methodical investigation of trinuclear molybdenum cluster compounds, he revealed various structural patterns, bonding attributes, and relationships between molecular architecture and chemical reactivity. In high-temperature solid-phase synthesis, he concentrated on niobium/tantalum compounds with chalcogen elements, uncovering their low-dimensional structures and distinctive physicochemical features.

In addition to fundamental research, Huang extended his expertise in structural chemistry to the field of medicinal chemistry. His research in creating innovative anticancer photosensitizers resulted in the identification of a zinc phthalocyanine complex exhibiting much superior anticancer efficacy compared to the presently utilized hematoporphyrin, presenting new avenues for photodynamic therapy.