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March, 1985 |
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Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Chemistry Building, 438C Room Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China |
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Tao XU (徐涛) was born in a small village, Fuyang city, Anhui Province in 1985. During his university entrance examination, he accidentally chose a major related to chemistry---Pharmaceutical Engineering. He earned his B. S. at East China University of Science and Technology in 2007. Then, he continued his studies at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS (SIOC), and joined the laboratory of Professor Guosheng Liu. His doctoral research included the discovery of several reactions that focused on intermolecular or intramolecular transition metal-catalyzed hydroamination, fluoroamination of alkenes, alkynes, or allenes. After graduation, he worked at WuXi AppTec Company, Ltd for one year where he had learned the industrial process development. In 2013, he started his postdoctoral research working with Professor Xile Hu at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Therein, he developed two useful addition reactions with iron or copper catalyst. He also gained knowledge in bio-mimetic small molecule activation, and successfully obtained a functional model of [Fe]-Hydrogenase. Tao began his independent career at Tongji University in 2017. Recently, his research has focused on the developing new methodologies for asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formation and multi-catalyst relay systems for the transformation of carbon-oxygen double (single) bonds.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
July 2017 - present Professor Tongji University, China
July 2013 - June 2017 Postdoctor École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Advisor: Prof. Xile Hu
July 2012 - June 2013 Senior Scientist WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., China
June 2012 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS Advisor: Prof. Guosheng Liu
June 2007 B.S. in Pharmaceutical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Advisor: Prof. Chao Zhuo
AWARDS AND HONORS
2024 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2023 Xiaomi Young Talents Program
2020 ChemComm Emerging Investigator
2018 Shanghai Pujiang Talents Program, China
2018 National Thousand Youth Talents Program, China
2017 Tongji University Hundred Talents Program, China
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4228-4895