学习及工作经历：
2023.07-至今，竞博JBO官网，特聘研究员，博士生导师
2020.09—2023.06 瑞士苏黎世联邦理工学院，博士后，合作导师：Prof. Renato Zenobi（詹诺瑞）
2018.08—2020.08比利时荷语鲁汶大学，博士后，合作导师：Prof. Steven De Feyter
2013.09—2018.06中国科学院化学研究所，物理化学专业，博士，导师：万立骏院士，王栋研究员
2009.09—2013.06 华南农业大学，材料化学专业，学士
学术兼职：
Carbon Neutralization青年编委
主要研究方向：
1. 表面纳米结构表征与调控
2. 表面反应过程的纳米尺度研究
3. 能源器件表界面的化学成像与精准测量
课题组诚招博士后，博士、硕士研究生、研究助理以及联合培养学生，同时欢迎本科生利用课余时间从事科研项目和毕业设计研究。
主要工作业绩
表界面是许多物理化学过程发生的主要场所，对相关材料与器件的性能有着重要的影响。从分子层次深入研究功能分子在表界面的作用与反应过程，揭示表面动态化学转变的微观机制与规律，对高性能分子纳米结构与器件的理性设计与构建，以及新型功能材料与器件的创制都具有重要意义。
针对表界面动态化学转变过程的微观机制与规律这一基本科学问题，蔡镇锋博士结合原位实时的高空间分辨扫描隧道显微技术（STM）与高化学分辨的针尖增强拉曼光谱技术（TERS），围绕功能分子表面聚合与催化反应的动态化学转变过程展开研究，并取得了一系列创新性成果，以第一或通讯作者（含共同）发表论文17篇，包括Nature （1篇），J. Am. Chem. Soc. （4篇），Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. （1篇），CCS Chem. （1篇）等。研究工作获得Nature，Chemistry World，Phys.org 等科研与新闻媒体的专题报道。
主要奖励和荣誉
2022年，入选国家级青年人才计划
2023年，入选四川省天府峨眉计划青年项目
2023年，竞博JBO官网优秀科研人才奖
主要代表性论文:
加入竞博JBO官网之后：
2024年
1. Zhen-Feng Cai*, Zi-Xi Tang, Yao Zhang, Naresh Kumar*, Mechanistic Understanding of Oxygen Activation on Bulk Au(111) Surface Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202318682.
加入竞博JBO官网之前：
2. Gaolei Zhan+, Zhen-Feng Cai+*, Karol Strutyński, Lihua Yu, Niklas Herrmann, Marta Martínez-Abadía, Manuel Melle-Franco, Aurelio Mateo-Alonso and Steven De Feyter*, Observing Polymerization in Two-Dimensional Dynamic Covalent Polymers. Nature. 2022, 603, 835.
3. Zhen-Feng Cai, Juan Pedro Merino, Wei Fang, Naresh Kumar*, Jeremy O. Richardson, Steven De Feyter and Renato Zenobi*, Molecular-level Insights on Reactive Arrangement in On-surface Photocatalytic Coupling Reactions using Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 538.
4. Zhen-Feng Cai+, Li-Qing Zheng+, Yao Zhang and Renato Zenobi*, Molecular-Scale Chemical Imaging of the Orientation of an On-Surface Coordination Complex by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12380.
5. Gaolei Zhan+, Zhen-Feng Cai+*, Marta Martínez-Abadia, Aurelio Mateo-Alonso, and Steven De Feyter*, Real-Time Molecular-Scale Imaging of Dynamic Network Switching between Covalent Organic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 5964.
6. Zhen-Feng Cai+, Gaolei Zhan+*, Lakshya Daukiya, Samuel Eyley, Wim Thielemans, Kay Severin and Steven De Feyter*, Electric-Field-Mediated Reversible Transformation between Supramolecular Networks and Covalent Organic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 11404. (Highlighted in Nature)
7. Zhen-Feng Cai, Timon Käser, Naresh Kumar and Renato Zenobi*, Visualizing On-Surface Decomposition Chemistry at the Nanoscale Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. L, 2022, 13, 4864.
8. Zhen-Feng Cai, Naresh Kumar, Renato Zenobi, Probing On-Surface Chemistry at the Nanoscale Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. CCS Chem., 2023, 5, 55-71.
9. Zhen-Feng Cai, Ting Chen, Dong Wang, Insights into the Polymerization Reactions on Solid Surfaces Provided by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, J. Phys. Chem. L, 2023, 14, 2463-2472.
10. Zhen-Feng Cai, Hui-Juan Yan, Dong Wang, Li-Jun Wan, Potential and concentration-dependent self-assembly structure at solid/liquid interface, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 3438-3443.
11. Zhen-Feng Cai, Wei-Long Dong, Ting Chen, Hui-Juan Yan, Dong Wang, Wei Xu, Li-Jun Wan, Directed assembly of fullerene on modified Au(111) electrodes, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 8052-8055.
12. Zhen-Feng Cai, Ting Chen, Jing-Ying Gu, Dong Wang, Li-Jun Wan, Ionic-interactions-induced assembly of bimolecular "chessboard" structure, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 9129-9132.
13. Jing-Ying Gu, Zhen-Feng Cai, Dong Wang, Li-Jun Wan, Single-Molecule Imaging of Iron-Phthalocyanine-Catalyzed Oxygen Reduction Reaction by in Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 8746-8750.
14. Zhen-Feng Cai, Jie-Yu Yue, Jing Li, Dong Wang, Wei Xu, Li-Jun Wan, Self-assembly of a sulfur-bridged annulene: Substrate effect and donor-acceptor complex, J. Electroanal. Chem., 2016, 781, 20-23.
15. Zhen-Feng Cai, Xiang Wang, Dong Wang, Li-Jun Wan, Cobalt-Porphyrin-Catalyzed Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study, Chemelectrochem, 2016, 3, 2048-2051.
