Professional Profile
Liu Leo Liu is an Associate Professor currently serving as a tenure-track faculty member at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He is leading a dedicated team of researchers focused on the development of multi-active ambiphilic main group centers. He serves on the Early Career Advisory Board of prestigious journals, including Chem (2020-), European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2022-), and Chinese Chemical Letters (2022-). He was named one of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) Young Chemist Award Winners (2022) and also received the CCS Jingqing Award for Rising Star (2022).
Education and Employment:
June 2022 - present: Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech),
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Associate Professor (Tenure-track)
Sept 2020 - May 2022: Department of Chemistry, SUSTech,
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)
Oct 2019 - Aug 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:
22) Ambiphilic Main Group Compounds, Peking University, Beijing, China (Dec 8, 2023) (invited OPSS lecture) (Host, Prof. Yan Xu)
21) Enhancing Stability of Monometal-Substituted Carbene, Carbyne Anion Complex, and Free Stannyne with Phosphino Substituents, 24th International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry, Ningbo, China (Nov 14, 2023) (invited lecture)
20) Multi-Active Ambiphilic Main Group Elements, 2023年合成化学青年学者学术交流研讨会, Guangzhou, China (Nov 6, 2023) (invited lecture)
19) Multi-Active Ambiphilic Main Group Elements, 南开大学元素有机国家重点实验室2023年学术年会, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (Oct 21, 2023) (invited lecture)
18) Stabilization of Ambiphilic Phosphorus-Boron Multiple Bonds, 中国化学会第四届硼化学会议, Fuzhou, China (Sept 23, 2023) (invited lecture)
17. Multi-Active Ambiphilic Main Group Elements, 河南省硼化学与先进能源材料实验室成立五周年学术研讨会, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China (Aug 2, 2023) (Host: Profs Xuenian Chen and Qianyi Zhao) (invited lecture)
16. Tri-Active Ambiphilic Carbon Centers, The 33rd Chinese Chemical Society Congress, Qingdao, China (June 18, 2023). (invited lecture)
15. Multi-Active Ambiphilic Main Group Elements, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China (May 12, 2023) (Host: Profs Zhifang Li and Liliang Wang) (invited lecture)
14. Multi-Active Ambiphilic Main Group Elements, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China (April 17, 2023) (Host: Prof. Kuanguan Liu) (invited lecture)
13. Tri-Active Ambiphilic Carbon Centers, 中国化学会第六届菁青论坛, Lanzhou, China (April 16, 2023) (invited lecture for awardee)
12. Tri-Active Ambiphilic Carbon Centers, 中国化学会第八届全国结构化学学术会议, Fuzhou, China (April 3, 2023) (invited lecture)
11. Multi-Active Ambiphilic Main Group Elements, 第二届活性反应中间体化学研讨会, Hefei, China (April 1, 2023) (Host: Profs Zhenhua Gu and Hanmin Huang) (invited lecture)
10. Tri-Active Ambiphilic Carbon Centers, The 17th National Synthetic Organic Chemistry Symposium, Jinan, China (Nov 12, 2022) (invited lecture)
9. Tri-Active Ambiphilic Aluminium Centers, The 12th National Organic Chemistry Conference, Hefei, China (Sept 27, 2022) (invited lecture)
8. Tri-Active Ambiphilic Carbon Centers, The 9th Chinese Coordination Chemistry Conference, Zhengzhou, China (Aug 24, 2022) (invited lecture)
7. Ambiphilicity at Main Group Element Centers, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Host: Prof. Jiaxiang Chu), China (invited lecture) (Dec. 09, 2021)
6. The Dynamic Nature of Organophosphorus Compounds, Suzhou Research Institute of Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (Host: Prof. Lipeng Wu), China (invited lecture) (July 17, 2021)
5. The Dynamic Nature of Organophosphorus Compounds, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (Host: Prof. Chao Zheng), China (invited lecture) (July 16, 2021)
4. Phosphirene-Phosphinidene Rearrangement, The 32nd Chinese Chemical Society Congress, Zhuhai, China (April 19, 2021).
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).