c.a. 12 former group members were awarded the Excellent Youth Scholar Fund by NSFC (海外优青/青年科学基金项目B类) ; c.a. 6 former group members were awarded the Outstanding Youth Scholar Fund (青年科学基金项目A类); c.a. 2 former group members were awarded the Chang Jiang Scholar Distinguished Professor (长江特聘教授) by the Ministry of Education of China.