In the eyes of graduate students, Jiang Lei is an "excellent person."
Jiang Lei's current "disciples" come from different colleges and universities across the country. They have one thing in common that is slightly surprising: their "originality" is not very good. "None of my students are from Peking University or Tsinghua University. Most of them come from less famous universities. Therefore, some people were surprised when they published papers in international journals."
Jiang Lei's "Kaishan" "Big Disciple" Feng Lin is an example of a person with a bad background, but who is surprising. During her master's degree, she studied at Northeast Normal University, and everything went according to plan. However, during the three years of studying under Jiang Lei, she published more than 10 papers, with a total impact factor of more than 30, applied for 4 patents, and won the National 100 Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award for her doctoral dissertation. . "Studying under Teacher Jiang has greatly shortened my scientific research journey. What took others 6 or 8 years to complete, I completed in 3 years." said Feng Lin, 30 years old, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University.
In Feng Lin’s memory, Teacher Jiang Lei was “really good”. What impressed her most was that the instructor may not have heard her report for many days and did not understand the progress of the experiment, but after listening to the report, she often pointed out the most critical point of the experiment. "It feels like an enlightenment. The problem that has been bothering me for so long is solved in one go." Xia Fan believes that the "boss" brain's CPU frequency must be one of the fastest. For this "special function", Jiang Lei attributes it to his frequent attendance at international conferences. "As a tutor, you must often appear at the most cutting-edge international conferences, so that you can understand the trends and directions of the development of the research field, and provide correct guidance to students." He compared this state after learning to standing on the top of Mount Tai. , looking at the many mountains and small ones at a glance, can naturally give correct guidance to students who are climbing mountains.
In terms of creating a scientific research environment, Jiang Lei’s students believe that their instructor is also an “awesome person”. The level of instruments and equipment in his laboratory has reached international standards. "In the laboratory, there is often more than one advanced instrument such as the atomic force microscope. We can do experiments that other students need to use outside instruments," Xia Fan said.