According to 2014 Global Nature Index, Professor Lei Aiwen at WHU tops the list of contribution rate to Wuhan Scientific Research Output with 20 papers in the Nature Index and a Personal Index of 16.4.

The British internationally renowned science and technology periodical, Nature, published the 2014 Global Nature Index in a brand new manner called the “weighted fractional count” (WFC), which ranked China’s leading cities in terms of their scientific research output. Wuhan ranks sixth among domestic cities and Nature introduces its scientific research in detail. Among the research institutions that have contributed to Wuhan Nature Index, WHU is at the top in respect to the number of papers. Lei Aiwen, professor at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, tops the city’s list for scientific research contribution with a large number of high quality papers.

Lei Aiwen, 42, was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Pennsylvania State University as well as a Research Associate at Stanford University. He was one of the first to enter the Top Talents Introduction Program of Hubei Province. Upon leaving behind the superior scientific research environment overseas and returning to WHU, he established the green catalysis research group, which has soon become one of the most active research groups at home and abroad. So far Professor Lei has produced around 133 high-level research papers, among which 60 were published by top journals such as JACS and Angew in recent years, obtaining significant attention worldwide. In 2014, he was awarded the People of the Year at WHU and became a winner of the Chinese Chemistry Society－Royal Society of Chemistry Young Chemist Award, honoring his outstanding contribution to Chemistry.