Academic Experience

2005–2009       Hubei University, B.S. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology

2009–2014       Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Advisor: Prof. Sanzhong Luo and Jin-Pei Cheng)

2014–2016       Assistant Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2016–2019       Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Cornell University, USA (with Prof. Song Lin)

2019–               Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Honors and Awards

Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists Finalist in Chemistry，The New York Academy of Sciences (2018)

Reaxys PhD Prize Finalist (2012)

National scholarship for graduate students, China (2012)

Pace-Setter of the Three goods student, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2012)

“Zhu Li Yuehua” outstanding doctoral student award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2012)

Youth Science Awards, ICCAS (2013)

First Rank Director’s Scholarship, ICCAS (2011)

Research Interests

1. Electrocatalysis and Electroorganic Synthesis

2. Asymmetric Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules

Selected Work

1. Electrochemical Mn-Catalyzed Diazidation of Alkenes

2. Electrochemical Mn-Catalyzed Dichlorination of Alkenes

3. Electrochemical Mn-Catalyzed Heterodifunctionalization of Alkenes

4. Asymmetric Copper Electrocatalysis

Selected Publications

1. Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Saha, A.; Loo, A.; Lin, S*. “Metal-catalyzed Electrochemical Diazidation of Alkenes” Science 2017, 357, 575.

2. Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Lin, S*. “Electrocatalytic Radical Dichlorination of Alkenes with Nucleophilic Chlorine Sources” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15548.

3. Fu, N.^#; Sauer, G. S.^#; Lin, S*. “A general, electrocatalytic approach to the synthesis of vicinal diamines” Nat. Protoc. 2018, 13, 1725.

4. Fu, N.; Shen, Y.; Allen, A.R.; Song, L.; Ozaki, A.; Lin, S*. “Mn-catalyzed Electrochemical Chloroalkylation of Alkenes” ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 746.

5. Fu, N.^#; Song, L.^#; Liu, J.; Shen, Y.; Siu, J. C.; Lin, S*. “New Bisoxazoline Ligands Enable Enantioselective Electrocatalytic Difunctionalization of Vinylarenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14480.

6. Fu, N.^#; Li, L.^#; Yang, Q.; Luo, S*. “Catalytic Asymmetric Electrochemical Oxidative Coupling of Tertiary Amines with Simple Ketones” Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 2212.

7. Fu, N.; Zhang, L.; Luo, S*. “Chiral Primary Amine Catalyzed Asymmetric Michael Addition of Malononitrile to α-Substituted Vinyl Ketone” Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 576.

8. Fu, N.; Zhang, L.; Luo, S*.; Cheng, J.-P. “Asymmetric Sulfa-Michael Addition to α-Substituted Vinyl Ketones Catalyzed by Chiral Primary Amine” Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 4626.

9. Fu, N.^#; Zhang, L.^#; Luo, S*.; Cheng, J.-P. “Chiral Primary-Amine-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition to α-Substituted Vinyl Ketones/Aldehydes: Divergent Stereocontrol Modes on Enamine Protonation” Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 15669.

10. Fu, N.^#; Zhang, L.^#; Li, J.; Luo, S*.; Cheng, J.-P. “Chiral Primary Amine Catalyzed Enantioselective Protonation via an Enamine Intermediate” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11451.