EDUCATION    

2000-2005  Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA, Received PhD degree in June, 2005 (with Prof. Qi-Lin Zhou)

1996-2000  Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA, Received BSc Degree in June, 2000 (with Prof. Shou-He Xiang).

ACADEMIC CAREER 

2024-present, Vice President, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA

2013-present, Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA

2012-2013, Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN (with Prof. Eiichi Nakamura)

2008-2013, Associate Professor,  College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA

2005-2008, Lecturer, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

Organic Synthetic Chemistry; Homogeneous Catalysis; Chiral Chemistry.

HONORS & AWARDS

The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2016); The National Natural Science Award (2019, the First-Rank, R3); XPLORER PRIZE (2022)

EDITORAL BOARDS

2025- Associate Editor of ACS Catalysis.

2024- Assaciate Editor of Chemical Research in Chinese Universities

SELECTED PUBLICATION

1. Jun-Jia Chen, Mu-Han Guan, Peng He, Ming-Yao Huang, Xin-Yu Zhang, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Iron-catalyzed alkenylzincation of allenes via electrophilicity reversal, Nature Catalysis 2025, 8, 178-186.

2. Wen-Tao Li, Mu-Han Guan, Peng He, Ming-Yao Huang, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Iron-catalyzed transfer hydroalumination of alkynes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 15545-15553.

3. Yan-Dong Zhang^#, Xiang-Yu Liu^#, Peng He, Qiao Zhang, Ming-Yao Huang, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Additive-controlled regiodivergent catalytic alkyne hydrosilylation reactions, CCS Chem. 2025, https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.025.202405338.

4. Ming-Yao Huang, Jia-Bao Zhao, Cheng-Da Zhang, Yuan-Jun Zhou, Zhan-Sheng Lu, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Enantioselective α-boryl carbene transformations, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 9871-9879.

5. Peng He, Mu-Han Guan, Meng-Yang Hu, Yuan-Jun Zhou, Ming-Yao Huang, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Iron-catalyzed allylic C(sp³)‒H silylation: spin-crossover-efficiency-determined chemoselectivity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202402044.

6. Qiao Zhang, Xiang-Yu Liu, Yan-Dong Zhang, Ming-Yao Huang, Xin-Yu Zhang, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Iron-catalyzed C(sp³)-C(sp³) coupling to construct quaternary carbon centers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5051-5055.

7. Peng He, Meng-Yang Hu, Jin-Hong Li, Tian-Zhang Qiao, Yi-Lin Lu, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Spin effect on redox acceleration and regioselectivity in Fe-catalyzed alkyne hydrosilylation, Nat. Sci. Rev. 2024, 11, nwad324.