长期从事基于富氮唑类含能材料的设计合成与性能研究。作为项目负责人主持国家自然科学基金青年项目1项，主持博士后面上基金1项；作为项目骨干参与国家自然科学基金面上项目。以第一作者身份或通讯作者在Nature Communications、Chemical Engineering Journal、ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces等期刊发表论文十余篇。

2009年9月-2013年6月 内蒙古大学 材料化学 工学学士
2013年9月-2016年6月 吉林大学 有机化学 理学硕士
2016年9月-2019年12月 吉林大学 有机化学 理学博士
2017年12月-2018年12月 南佛罗里达大学 化学系 访问学者

1.2020年1月-2023年12月 350vip8888新葡的京集团 350vip8888新葡的京集团 材料科学与工程博士后科研流动站，合作导师为庞思平教授和尹平教授；
2.2023年12月-至今 350vip8888新葡的京集团 预聘助理教授

       富氮唑类炸药分子的设计合成；含能框架材料制备；生物医用富氮唑类荧光分子的应用研究

1.Man Xu, Nanxi Xiang*, Ping Yin, Qi Lai*, Siping Pang*. Alkylene-functionality in bridged and fused nitrogen-rich poly-cyclic energetic materials: Synthesis, structural diversity and energetic properties，Defence Technology，2024, 35, 18-46.
2.Zhe Wang, Qi Lai*, Ping Yin*, Siping Pang*. Construction of Adaptive Deformation Block: Rational Molecular Editing of the N-Rich Host Molecule to Remove Water from the Energetic Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces，2024, 16, 21849-21856.
3.Hui Zhang, Jinxiong Cai, Zhimin Li, Qi Lai*, Ping Yin*, and Siping Pang*. Exploring a Fused Triazole-Tetrazine Binary CN Material for a Promising Initiating Substance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces，2024, 16, 4628-4636.
4.Zhe Wang#, Qi Lai#, Ning Ding, Ping Yin*, Siping Pang*, Jean'ne M. Shreeve*. Construction of zwitterionic 3D hydrogen-bonded networks: Exploring the upper-limit of thermal stability in ternary CHN-based energetic materials. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 474, 145512.
5.Jinxiong Cai, Jinya Zhang, Jin Xiong, Rui Li, Teng Fei, Qi Lai*, Ping Yin*, Siping Pang*. The intramolecular integration of carbonyl and N-nitroamino groups to effectively balance the energy and sensitivity of N-nitroamino-functionalized bisazoles. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 467, 143527.
6.Qi Lai#, Le Pei#, Teng Fei, Ping Yin*, Siping Pang*, Jean’ne M. Shreeve*. Size-matched hydrogen bonded hydroxylammonium frameworks for regulation of energetic materials. Nature Communications, 2022, 13,6937.
7.Qi Lai, Teng Fei, Ping Yin*, Jean’ne M. Shreeve*. 1,2,3-Triazole with linear and branched catenated nitrogen chains-The role of regiochemistry in energetic materials. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 410, 128148.
8.Qi Lai, Qing Liu, Kai Zhao, Chuan Shan, Lukasz Wojtas, Qingchuan Zheng, Xiaodong Shi*, Zhiguang Song*. Rational design and synthesis of yellow-light emitting triazole fluorophores with AIE and mechanochromic properties. Chemical Communications. 2019, 55, 4603-4606.
9.Qi Lai, Qing Liu, Ying He, Kai Zhao, Xinhe Duan, Guannan Wang, Xingguang Su. Fluorometric determination and intracellular imaging of cysteine by using glutathione capped gold nanoclusters and cerium(III) induced aggregation. Microchimica Acta. 2019,186, 327.
10.Qi Lai, Qing Liu, Ying He, Kai Zhao, Chiyu Wei, Lukasz Wojtas, Xiaodong Shi* and Zhiguang Song*. Triazole-imidazole (TA-IM) derivatives as ultrafast fluorescent probes for selective Ag+ detection. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018, 16, 7801-7805.