EDUCATION   

2010-2015, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China. Received Ph.D. degree in June, 2015 (with Prof. Shengming Ma).

2003-2007, Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, China University of Mining and Technology. Received B.Sc. degree in July, 2007 (with Prof. Xianyong Wei)

ACADEMIC CAREER

2020-, Professor (tenure-track), State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

2019-2020, Visiting Researcher, RIKEN, Wako, Japan (With Prof. Zhaomin Hou, JSPS Fellowship).

2017-2019, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany (with Prof. Lutz Ackermann).

2015-2017, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Sweden (with Prof. Jan-Erling Bäckvall).

2007-2009, R&D Engineer, J&K Chemical (Suzhou), China.

RESEARCH AREAS

(1)Green Organic Chemistry: Organic Electrosynthesis

(2)Small-Molecule Activation and Radical Chemistry

(3)Electrocatalyst and Electrode Material

HONORS & AWARDS 

2023    Asian Core Program Lectureship Awards

2023    Thieme Chemistry Journals Award（2023）

2021    Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

2020    Nankai University Hundred Young Academic Leaders Program

2019    JSPS Fellowship

2015    Outstanding Graduate of Zhejiang University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Our research interests are organic electrosynthesis and small-molecule activation. During past 5 years, more than 40 papers were published as corresponding authors. Selected publications of independent work were listed as followed.

1. P. Li, Z. Zhu, C. Guo, G. Kou, S. Wang, P. Xie, D. Ma, T. Feng, Y. Wang, Y. Qiu*, Nickel-electrocatalysed C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl halides, Nat. Catal., 2024, 7, 412.

2. P. Li, Y. Wang, H. Zhao, Y. Qiu*, Electroreductive cross-coupling reactions: carboxylation, deuteration, and alkylation, Acc. Chem. Res. 2025,  58, 113.

3. W. Zeng, C. Peng, Y. Qiu*, Electrochemical Benzylic C–H Carboxylation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 13461.

4. M. Liu, Y. Wang, C. Gao, J. Jia, Z. Zhu, Y. Qiu*, Electrochemical cyclopropanation of unactivated alkenes with methylene compounds, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202425634.

5. A. Shi, P. Xie, Y. Wang, Y. Qiu*, Photoelectrocatalytic Cl-mediated C(sp3)–H aminomethylation of hydrocarbons by BiVO₄ photoanodes, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 2322.

6. Y. Liu, Y. Sun, Y. Deng, Y. Qiu*, Electrochemical Amination of Aryl Halides with NH₃, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202504459.

7. W. Zeng, Y. Wang, C. Peng, Y. Qiu*, Organo-mediator enabled electrochemical transformations, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2025, 54, 4468.

8. H. Wu, Q. Pan, J. Grill, M. J. Johansson, Y. Qiu*, and J.-E. Bäckvall*, Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Allene–Allene Cross-Coupling, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 4338.

9. Z. Zhao, R. Zhang, Y. Liu, Z. Zhu, Q. Wang*, Y. Qiu*, Electrochemical C−H deuteration of pyridine derivatives with D₂O, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 3832.

10. Y. Wang, Q. Wang, L. Wu, K. Jia, M. Wang*, Y. Qiu*, Electroreduction of unactivated alkenes using water as hydrogen source, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 2780.

11. X. Fang, Y. Zeng, Y. Huang, Z. Zhu, S. Lin, W. Xu, C. Zheng, X. Hu*, Y. Qiu*, Z. Ruan*, Electrochemical synthesis of peptide aldehydes via C‒N bond cleavage of cyclic amines, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 5181.

12. K. Yang, T. Feng, Y. Qiu*, Organo-Mediator Enabled Electrochemical Deuteration of Styrenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312803.

13. P. Li, G. Kou, T. Feng, M. Wang*, Y. Qiu*, Electrochemical NiH-Catalyzed C(sp3)−C(sp3) Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Alkyl Alkenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202311941.

14. Y. Liu, P. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Qiu*, Electroreductive Cross-Electrophile Coupling (eXEC) Reactions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306679.

15. M. Liu, T. Feng, Y. Wang, G. Kou, Q. Wang*, Q. Wang, Y Qiu*, Metal-Free Electrochemical Dihydroxylation of Unactivated Alkenes, Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 6467.

16. Z. Zhao, Y. Liu, S. Wang, S. Tang, D. Ma, Z. Zhu, C. Guo, Y Qiu*, Site-Selective Electrochemical C−H Carboxylation of Arenes with CO₂, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202214710.

17. Y. Wang, Z. Zhao, D. Pan, S. Wang, K. Jia, D. Ma, G. Yang, X. Xue*, Y Qiu*, Metal-Free Electrochemical Carboxylation of Organic Halides in the Presence of Catalytic Amounts of an Organomediator, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202210201.

18. Y. Wang, S. Tang, G. Yang, S. Wang, D. Ma, Y. Qiu*, Electrocarboxylation of Aryl Epoxides with CO₂ for the Facile and Selective Synthesis of β-Hydroxy Acids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207746.

19. P. Li, C. Guo, S. Wang, D. Ma, T. Feng, Y. Wang, Y. Qiu*, Facile and general electrochemical deuteration of unactivated alkyl halides, Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3774.

20. T. Feng, S. Wang, Y. Liu, S. Liu, Y. Qiu*, Electrochemical Desaturative β-Acylation of Cyclic N-Aryl Amines, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202115178.