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Liu Leo Liu (LLL) received his B.Sc. degree in chemistry (2011) at Xiamen University and Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry (2016) from a joint program under the supervision of Prof. Yufen Zhao at Xiamen University (2011-2013, 2015-2016) and Prof. Guy Bertrand at the University of California, San Diego (2013-2015). He also worked on computational chemistry with Prof. Jun Zhu. He was awarded the National Scholarship for outstanding Ph.D. students (2014). He was a post-doctoral fellow in Prof. Douglas W. Stephan's group at the University of Toronto (2016-2019). After a short post-doctoral study in the groups of Profs. F. Dean Toste, Kenneth N. Raymond and Robert G. Bergman in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & the University of California, Berkeley (2019-2020), he has been an assistant professor (PI, tenure-track) at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) since September 2020. He serves as a Member of Next Generation Advisory Board of Chem (from Feb 2020).
Education and Employment:
Sept 2020 - Present: Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech),
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)
Oct 2019 - July 2020: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory &
University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Post-doctoral Scholar
Advisors: Profs. F. Dean Toste, Kenneth N. Raymond and Robert G. Bergman
Oct 2016 - Sept 2019: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Post-doctoral Fellow
Advisor: Prof. Douglas W. Stephan
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016: Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (5th year)
Advisor: Prof. Yufen Zhao
Oct 2013 - Oct 2015: University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Joint Ph.D. study in Inorganic Chemistry (3rd-4th years)
Advisor: Prof. Guy Bertrand
Sept 2011 - Oct 2013: Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Ph.D. study in Organic Chemistry (1st-2nd years)
Advisor: Prof. Yufen Zhao
Sept 2007 - Jul 2011: Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
B.Sc. in Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Yufen Zhao
Conference or Academic Communication after SUSTech:
3. Phosphorus: The Carbon Copy, Shandong University (Host: Prof. Lingbing Kong), China (invited lecture) (Dec. 11, 2020).
2. A Journey with Phosphorus, Zhengzhou University (Host: Prof. Zheng Duan), China (invited lecture) (Nov. 23, 2020).
1. A Journey with Phosphorus, Ningbo University (Host: Profs. Yufen Zhao and Yile Wu), China (invited lecture) (Nov. 11, 2020).
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Main Group Chemistry
Oct 2013 - Oct 2015
University of California, San Diego
Supervisor: Prof. Guy Bertrand
Sept 2010 - Sept 2013; Oct 2015 - Sept 2016
Xiamen Univerisity
Supervisor: Prof. Yufen Zhao
Oct 2016 - Sept 2019
University of Toronto
Supervisor: Prof. Douglas W. Stephan
Sept 2020 - Present
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
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Oct 2019 - July 2020
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & University of California, Berkeley
Supervisors: Profs. F. Dean Toste, Kenneth N. Raymond, and Robert G. Bergman