The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in the Chemistry Department at Fudan University. It is rooted in the Physical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, two State Key Disciplines of the University, and the former Physical Chemistry Special Laboratory of the Ministry of Education. The present Laboratory extends beyond disciplinary boundaries, and brings together a group of professors and experts to meet scientific challenges in the new century. Among the 42 permanent staff members of the Laboratory, there are 1 Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 6 Chair Professors of Cheung Kong Scholars Programme and 9 Distinguished Young Scientists funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China......