Research Directions
Our research interests is to harness the power of transition-metal catalysts to address the challenges in the arena of chemoselectivity and multi-step synthesis. Our research philosophy is guided by three questions:
1) What would be the most efficient way to introduce functional groups into (small or large) organic molecules?
2) What would be the most efficient method to synthesize various molecular skeletons (bridged or fused rings) with high complexity?
3) What would be the most efficient strategy to access mutiple structurally complicated and biologically important natural products and their analogues in a rapid fashion?
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NEWS
Congratulations Prof. Jun Zhu!
Our former phenomenal postdoc Dr. Jun Zhu recently started his independent work at Wuhan University in China as a professor! We can’t wait to see the awesome science that comes out of the Zhu Group!
Congratulations to Hairong for her Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship!
Congratulations to our phenomenal postdoc Dr. Hairong Lyu on winning Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship! Way to go!