Sep, 2002 - Jun, 2006      Nanjing University    Undergraduate Student

Sep, 2006 - Jun, 2011      Nanjing University    Graduate Student

  Oct, 2008 - Aug, 2010      The Scripps Research Institute (USA)    Visiting Student

Jul, 2011 - Jul, 2015    Nanjing University      Researcher

Aug, 2015 - Jan, 2020    Nanjing University        Associate Professor

   Mar, 2018 - Mar, 2019      Scripps Research (USA)       Visiting Scholar

Jan, 2020 -            Nanjing University        Professor

1. Methodology on C-H functionalization in drug discovery

2. Hybride membranes for organic transformations of small molecules

1. Xu, H.-J.; Kang, Y.-S.; Shi, H.; Zhang, P.; Chen, Y.-K.; Zhang, B.; Liu, Z.-Q.; Zhao, J.; Sun, W.-Y.; Yu, J.-Q.; Lu, Y., Rh(III)-Catalyzed meta-C–H Alkenylation with Alkynes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (1), 76.

2. Kang, Y.-S.; Zhang, P.; Li, M.-Y.; Chen, Y.-K.; Xu, H.-J.; Zhao, J.; Sun, W.-Y.; Yu, J.-Q.; Lu, Y., Ligand-Promoted RhIII-Catalyzed Thiolation of Benzamides with a Broad Disulfide Scope. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (27), 9099.

3. Kang, Y.-S.; Lu, Y.; Chen, K.; Zhao, Y.; Wang, P.; Sun, W.-Y., Metal–organic frameworks with catalytic centers: From synthesis to catalytic application. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2019, 378, 262.

4. Yan, D.; Wang, G.; Xiong, F.; Sun, W.-Y.; Shi, Z.; Lu, Y.; Li, S.; Zhao, J., A selenium-catalysed para-amination of phenols. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9 (1), 4293.

5. Xu, H. J.; Lu, Y.; Farmer, M. E.; Wang, H. W.; Zhao, D.; Kang, Y. S.; Sun, W. Y.; Yu, J. Q., Rh(III)-Catalyzed meta-C-H Olefination Directed by a Nitrile Template. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (6), 2200.

6. Wang, H. W.; Lu, Y.; Zhang, B.; He, J.; Xu, H. J.; Kang, Y. S.; Sun, W. Y.; Yu, J. Q., Ligand-Promoted Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed ortho-C-H Amination with Free Amines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (26), 7449.

7. Lu, Y.; Wang, H. W.; Spangler, J. E.; Chen, K.; Cui, P. P.; Zhao, Y.; Sun, W. Y.; Yu, J. Q., Rh(III)-catalyzed C-H olefination of N-pentafluoroaryl benzamides using air as the sole oxidant. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6 (3), 1923.

8. Chen, K.; Kang, Y. S.; Zhao, Y.; Yang, J. M.; Lu, Y.; Sun, W. Y., Cucurbit[6]uril-based supramolecular assemblies: possible application in radioactive cesium cation capture. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (48), 16744.