PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

2020-present Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis 

2017-2020 Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Western Kentucky University 

2014-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow; 

University of Maryland, College Park; University of Texas at San Antonio Advisor: Michael P. Doyle

2009-2014 Graduate Research; Miami University, OH Advisor: Hong Wang               

2007-2009 Undergraduate Research; Shandong University, Jinan, China Advisor: Jingcheng Hao

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 2014;  Miami University, OH Advisor: Hong Wang

B.S. in Chemistry, 2009; Shandong University, Jinan, China

HONORS, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry Member 2017-present

American Chemical Society Member 2011-present

Junior Faculty Award for Research, OCSE Western Kentucky University 2020

Early Investigator-First Time Award, Western Kentucky University 2019

RESEARCH AREAS 

· Organic Synthesis · Asymmetric Catalysis · Metal Carbene/Carbenoid Chemistry · Nitrene/Nitrenoid Chemistry

· Transition Metal Catalysis · Photochemistry ·Organic Electrosynthesis · Alkyne Activation ·Heterocycles Synthesis

TEACHING

IUPUI

C341, C342  – Organic Chemistry I & II

C696 Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry

Western Kentucky University

Organic Chemistry I&II Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Lab