EDUCATION  

1985-1988, The Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University. Received PhD degree in June, 1988 (with Prof. Ji-tao Wang).

1982-1985, The Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University. Received MS degree in June, 1985 (with Prof. Qing-Lan Xie)

1978-1982, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.Received BSc Degree in June, 1982.

ACADEMIC CAREER

2024- , Director, National Engineering Research Center of Pesticide, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

2001-2004, Director, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA

2001-2002, Visiting Schloar, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA (with Prof. Tak-han Chan).

1996-2004, Director, The Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA

1996-, Professor, The Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

1992-1994, Postdoctor, Department of Chemistry, Oviedo University, SPAIN (with Prof. Victor Riera).

1990-1995, Associate Professor, The Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

1988-1989,  Lecturer, The Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.                       

(1) Organic reaction methodology and asymmetric synthetic chemistry.

(2) The functional polymer synthetic chemistry.

(3) Polymeric pesticide adjuvants.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2002   Award for the second prize of Natural Science of Tianjin

2003   Award for the Seventh Tianjin Young Science and Technology

2004   Award for the "Golden Bull Award" for outstanding individuals (National Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Science and Technology)

2006   Award for the "Outstanding Educator" of Tianjin

2007   Award for the "Tianjin Young Senior Expert"

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Jing Wu, Bo-yi Wang, Jing-han Zou, Xin-man Guo, Wei-xing Chang, Ling-yan Liu,* Xiao-hui Cao,* Jing Li*, Pd-Catalyzed/Ligand-Controlled Regioselective Asymmetric Hydrosulfonylation of Alkylallenes or Arylallenes. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 1350-1355.

2. Tian-yu Lu, Wei-xing Chang, Ling-yan Liu *, Jing Li*, Tunable mono- or 1,1-double Heck-type coupling reaction of unconjugated amido-alkenes with remote benzylic C(sp3)–H of N-fluorobenzamides. Org. Chem. Front. 2025, 12, 1199-1205.

3. Feng Zhang, Yan Zhang, Wei-xing Chang, Ling-yan Liu,* Jing Li*, In Situ Cu Nanoparticle Deposition on a Graphite Felt Cathode Enabling Diverse Electrochemical Oxidative Functionalization Cyclization of Alkynes. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 14402-14413.

4. Bo-yi Wang, Tian-yu Lu, Zi-yu Wang, Wei-xing Chang, Ling-yan Liu*, Jing Li. Ultrasound-Assisted Remote Benzylic C(sp3)–H Alkylation of N-Fluoroamides with Enol Silanes. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89(22), 16473-16484.

5. Cheng-kai Zhou, Wei-xing Chang, Ling-yan Liu*, Jing Li*, Recent Progress in Circularly Polarized Luminescent Materials Based on Cyclodextrins. Polymers 2024, 16(15), 2140.

6. Tian-yu Lu, Bo-yi Wang, Wei-xing Chang, Ling-yan Liu,* Jing Li*, Remote benzylic C(sp3)-H annulation reactions of N-fluorobenzamides and maleic Anhydride: access to fluorescent aminonaphthalene anhydrides, J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88(2), 818-827.

7. Lingyan Liu*, Xiao Wang, Wei-guo Xiao, Weixing Chang, Jing Li*, Divergent copper-salt-controlled reactions of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes and N-fluorobenzene sulfonimide: Access to the 1,3-haloamines and aminoindenes, Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202202544(1 of 6).

8. Jing-yang Kong, Feng Zhang, Chen-xuan Zhang, Wei-xing Chang, Ling-yan Liu*, Jing Li*, An efficient electrochemical oxidation of C(sp3)-H bond for the synthesis of arylketones, Mol. Catal. 2022, 530, 112633.

9. Xin-hong Li, Chun-hui Jiang, Xiao Wang, Jie Ren, Tian-long Zeng, Xiu-fang Xu, Jing Li*, Ling-yan Liu*, Platinum Iodide-Catalyzed Formal Three-Component Cascade Cycloaddition Reactions between γ-Aminoalkynes and Electron-Deficient Alkynes, J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86(23), 16614-16624.

10. Tian-long Zeng, Jing-yang Kong, Hong-kai Wang, Ling-yan Liu, * Wei-xing Chang, Jing Li*, Substituent-Controlled Divergent Cascade Cycloaddition Reactions of Chalcones and Arylalkynols: Access to Spiroketals and Oxa-Bridged Fused Heterocycles, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 4024-4032.

11. Hong-kai Wang, Tian-long Zeng, Wei-xing Chang, Ling-yan Liu,* Jing Li*, Au(I)/(R)-BINOL−Ti(IV) Concerted Catalyzed Asymmetric Cascade Cycloaddition Reaction of Arylalkynols, Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 3573-3577.

12. Le Zhao, Yong-Guang Jia, Song-Meng Wang, Yi Yang, Ling-Yan Liu,* Wei-Xing Chang, Jing Li*, Controllable polymeric pseudo-crown ether fluorescent sensors: responsiveness and selective detection of metal ion, New. J. Chem. 2021, 45, 2122-2131.