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Hongbin Zhai
College of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
Peking University
Guangdong
Language: English, Chinese
Natural Products
Total Synthesis
Organic Chemistry
Methodology
Medicinal Chemistry
Drug Discovery
Asymmetric Synthesis
Chemical Biology
Bioorganic Chemistry
Pharmacology
Areas of Focus
- Total Synthesis of Natural Products
- Organic Synthesis Methodology
- Medicinal Chemistry
Work Experience
- 2015-present - Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School - Professor
- 2010-2015 - Lanzhou University - Professor and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Molecules
- 2000-2010 - Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Professor
- 1998-2000 - University of California, Berkeley - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 1996-1997 - Ohio State University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1989-1995 PhD in Organic Chemistry: Ohio State University
- 1985-1988 Master's in Pharmacognosy/Analytical Chemistry: Peking Union Medical College
- 1981-1985 Bachelor's in Radiochemistry/Applied Chemistry: Peking University
Publications
- Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Alstonlarsine A, Jun-Jun Yao, Rui Ding, Xiaoming Chen, Hongbin Zhai, 2022
- Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Cephalotane-Type Diterpenoids Cephanolides A–D, Zhineng Qing, Peng Mao, Tie Wang, Hongbin Zhai, 2022
- Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Mannolide C, Qiaoqiao Ao, Hai-Jun Zhang, Jinbin Zheng, Xiaoming Chen, Hongbin Zhai, 2021
- Total Syntheses of (–)-Conidiogenone B, (–)-Conidiogenone and (–)-Conidiogenol, Bo Xu, Wen Xun, Shaobin Su, Hongbin Zhai, 2020
- Divergent Total Syntheses of (–)-Daphnilongeranin B and (–)-Daphenylline, Xiaoming Chen, Hai-Jun Zhang, Xinkan Yang, Houqiang Lv, Xiaoru Shao, Cheng Tao, Huifei Wang, Bin Cheng, Yun Li, Jingjing Guo, Jing Zhang, Hongbin Zhai, 2018
Awards
- Shenzhen High-Level Talent Team Project (2020)
- National Leading Talent in the Third Batch of Ten Thousand Talents Program (2017)
- Nanshan District A-Class Leading Talent in Shenzhen (2017)
- Ministry of Science and Technology Innovation Talent Promotion Plan Key Field Innovation Team (2016)
- Lectureship Awards of the Asian Core Program (2013, 2012, 2011, 2008, 2006)
- National Candidate for the New Century Talents Project (2009)
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2006)
- Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Science Star Tracking Plan (2005)
- Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Science Star Plan (2002)
- Hundred Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999)
