Associate Professor, Master Supervisor in School of Materials and Chemistry
Academic careers
2007.09–2013.06：Ph.D., Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China
2003.09–2007.06：B.E., Nanjing Tech University (NJTech), Nanjing, China
Employments
2018.12–Present Associate Professor, Shanghai University for Science and Technology
2018.05–2018.11 Assistant Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2015.10–2018.04 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at National University of Singapore
2013.10–2015.09 Postdoctoral Researcher at Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, Germany
Research interests
Organometallic chemistry；Organic synthesis；Asymmetric catalysis
Important research and development projects
National Natural Science Foundation of China (21901163), 2020–2022
Important papers and publications
Wanfang Li*, Yan Zheng, Erdong Qu, Jin Bai, Qinyue Deng*, β-Keto Amides: A Jack-of-All-Trades Building Block in Organic Chemistry, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2021, 2021, 5151–5192.
Wanfang Li*; Shun Yu; Jincan Li; Yu Zhao*, Nickel-Catalyzed Allylmethylation of Alkynes Using Allylic Alcohols and AlMe3: A Facile Access to Skipped Dienes and Trienes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 14404–14408.
Jincan Li; Yan Zheng; Mingxian Huang; Wanfang Li*, Ni-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Cross-Coupling of Benzotriazinones and Cyclopropanols: An Easy Access to Functionalized β-Aryl Ketones, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 5020–5024.
Wanfang Li; Bin Lu; Xiaomin Xie; Zhaoguo Zhang*, Ru-Catalyzed Chemo- and Enantioselective Hydrogenation of β-Diketones Assisted by the Neighboring Heteroatoms, Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 5509–5513.
Wanfang Li; Jie Kang Boon; Yu Zhao*, Nickel-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of Allyl Moieties Using Organoboronic Acids and Halides with Divergent Regioselectivities, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 600–607.
Honors and awards
2016 Singapore National Institute of Chemistry Poster Award [14th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemists]
2014 Leibniz Postdoctoral Fellowship
2013 Elected to attend the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (25 outstanding Chinese PhD candidates)
