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June 2024 - Present | Tenured Professor / Doctoral Supervisor, College of Smart Energy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

January 2016 - May 2024 | Research Fellow, State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

February 2015 - December 2015 | Junior Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis Rostock (LIKAT), Germany

October 2014 - December 2014 | Postdoctoral Researcher, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

February 2011 - February 2015 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis Rostock (LIKAT), Germany

July 2010 - February 2011 | Assistant Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU)

Energy Catalysis

Energy Materials and Systems Based on Reaction Innovation

1. Cu-phen coordination enabled selective electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methane. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 22025–22034.

2. Molybdenum disulfide promoted co-catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation. J. Catal. 2024, 430, 115349.

3. Palladium-catalyzed thiocarbonylation of alkenes toward branched thioesters using CO2. Org. Chem. Front. 2024, 11(5), 1322-1331.

4. Li, Y., Dong Y., Li, Y.* Efficient synthesis of nitrile compounds through amide conversion via n-boroamide intermediates. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 44, 638-643.

5. Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation for general synthesis of aurones using CO2. ChemSusChem 2023, 16, 202202365.

6. Catalytic cyanation of C-N bond with CO2/NH3. JACS Au 2022, 2, 2522−2528.

8. Reductive cyanation of organic chlorides using CO2 and NH3 via triphos-Ni(I) species. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 4096.

9. Catalytic cyanation using CO2 and NH3. Chem., 2018, 4, 2883-2893.

10. Selective catalytic two-step process for ethylene glycol from carbon monoxide. Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 12075.

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), General Program (22072167), "Construction of Highly Selective Hydroformylation Catalytic Systems via Regulating the Reactivity of Hydride Species by Tetracoordinate Borate Anions", Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2024, RMB 630,000, Principal Investigator

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Sino-German Cooperative Scientific Fund (M-0360), "C1 Catalysis Research for Biomass Utilization", Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2023, RMB 741,500, Principal Investigator

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Excellent Young Scientists Fund Project (22022204), "Homogeneous Catalysis and Carbonyl Chemistry", Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2023, RMB 1,200,000, Principal Investigator

Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation, Excellent Young Scientists Fund Project (BK20200055), "C1 Catalysis Research Based on the 'Carbonyl-Containing Metal Guidance' Strategy", Jul. 2020 - Jun. 2023, RMB 500,000, Principal Investigator

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Major Research Plan Cultivation Project (91745104), "Efficient Construction and Transformation of Metal Acyl Intermediates Based on the Peripheral Functionalization Strategy of Fluorine-Containing Carriers", Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2020, RMB 750,000, Principal Investigator

Carbon Capture and Utilization Project (Phase I): EPC Contract for Ultra-Low Temperature SCR Denitration Project of Lime Kiln No.1 and No.2, Jun. 2022 - Apr. 2024, RMB 8,700,000, Client: Shengchang, Project Leader

R&D Project of Benzyl Bromide Carbonylation Catalyst, Apr. 2023 - Apr. 2024, RMB 300,000, Client: Ruicheng, Project Leader

Comparative Study on Different Carbonylation Routes and Exploratory Research on 1,3-Propanediol Synthesis, Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2022, RMB 560,000, Client: Jingbo, Project Leader

1. Yan, F., Bai, J.-F., Li, Y. Catalytic asymmetric transformation of CO2. in The Chemical Transformations of C1 Compounds (pp.1265-1303); Editor(s): Ding, K., Wu, X.-F., Han, B., Liu, Z. Wiley-VCH GmbH, 2022.

2021 | Recipient of the Excellent Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

2018 | Top 10 Finalist, Carbon XPRIZE Global Competition

2016 | Recipient of the "Young Talents Program" (National-Level Talent Program)

2014 | A. T. Kearney Scholarship