Name Zhao Dongbing Gender Male Academic Background Doctor degree Graduate School Sichuan University Professional Title researcher Administrative Post Department/Institute Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry Special Talent Address Telephone Email dongbing.chem@nankai.edu.cn Research Group Website Research Interest Organic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Organic Electronics History 10/2016-present Professor (tenure-track), State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China 09/2015-09/2016 Postdoctoral associate, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington (Seattle), United States 01/2015-09/2015 Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University, United States 09/2012-12/2014 Postdoctoral associate, Organic Chemistry Institute, Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t Münster, Germany 09/2007-08/2012 Ph.D. (Major: Organic Chemistry), College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, China 09/2003-07/2007 B.Sc. (Major: Chemistry), College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, China Honors and Awards Alexander von Humboldt-Fellowship, Germany Excellent PhD Dissertation Award, Sichuan province Excellent Graduate Awards, Sichuan province The First Prize in Natural Sciences Award of Ministry of Education (No. 10) Scholarship Award for Excellent Doctoral Student granted by Ministry of Education The Tang Aoqing Chemistry Scholarship Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications 1) D. Zhao, L. Candish, D. Paul, and F. Glorius*, “N?Heterocyclic Carbenes in Asymmetric Hydrogenation”, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 5978. 2) D. Zhao,? Z. Zhu,? M.-Y. Kuo, C.-C. Chueh, and A. K.-Y. Jen*, “Hexaazatrinaphthylene Derivatives: Efficient Electron-Transporting Materials with Tunable Energy Levels for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8999. (? These authors contributed equally; Hot Paper) 3) D. Zhao,*? J. H. Kim,? L. Stegemann, C. A. Strassert and F. Glorius*, “Co(III)-Catalyzed Directed C?H Coupling with Diazo Compounds: Straightforward Access toward Novel Extended π-Systems”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4508. (* Co-corresponding authors; ? These authors contributed equally; Highly Cited Papers) 4) D. Zhao,? S. Vásquez-Céspedes,? and F. Glorius, “Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Cyclative Capture Approach to Diverse 1-Aminoindoline Derivatives at Room Temperature”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1657. (? These authors contributed equally; Highly Cited Papers) 5) D. Zhao, F. Lied, and F. Glorius*, “Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization/Aromatization Cascade with 1,3-Dienes: A Redox-Neutral and Regioselective Access to Isoquinolines”. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2869. (Highly Cited Papers) 6) D. Zhao, G. Li, D. Wu, X. Qin, P. Neuhaus, Y. Cheng, S. Yang, Z. Lu, X. Pu, C. Long, and J. You*, “Regiospecific N-Heteroarylation of Amidines for Full-Color-Tunable Boron Difluoride Dyes with Mechanochromic Luminescence”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13676. 7) D. Zhao,? Z. Shi,? and F. Glorius*, “Indole Synthesis by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Hydrazine-Directed C-H Activation: Redox-Neutral and Traceless by N-N Bond Cleavage”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 12426. (? These authors contributed equally; Highly Cited Papers) 8) D. Zhao and F. Glorius*, “Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Isoquinolines”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9616. 9) D. Zhao, B. Beiring, and F. Glorius*, “Ruthenium-NHC-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Flavones and Chromones: General Access to Enantiomerically Enriched Flavanones, Flavanols, Chromanones, and Chromanols”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8454; Synfacts, 2013, 9, 1184. 10) D. Zhao, N. Wu, S. Zhang, P. Xi, X. Su, J. Lan, and J. You*, “Synthesis of Phenol, Aromatic Ether, and Benzofuran Derivatives by Copper-Catalyzed Hydroxylation of Aryl Halides”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8729. 11) D. Zhao, W. Wang, F. Yang, J. Lan, L. Yang, G. Gao, and J. You*, “Copper- Catalyzed Direct C-Arylation of Heterocycles with Aryl Bromides: Discovery of Fluorescent Core Frameworks”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3296. (Highly Cited Papers) Professional Cultivation