Junfeng Prof. Zhao
Research experience
January 2021-, Professor, Guangzhou Medical University
May 2014-December 2020, Professor, Jiangxi Normal University
May 2013-April 2014, Research Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
October 2011-2013, Alexander Humboldt Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bonn, Life & Medical Sciences, Supervisor: Prof. Michael Famulok
September 2010-October 2011, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (Supervisor: Prof. Chuanfa Liu)
Education
August 2006-Aust 2010 PhD Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Organic Chemistry, Supervisor: Professor Teckpeng Loh
September 2002-July 2005 M.Sc. Central China Normal University, Pesticide Chemistry, Supervisor: Professor Mingwu Ding
September 1998-July 2001 B.Sc. Beijing Normal University
Awards
2020 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2019 The Distinguished Lectureship Award of The Chemical Society of Japan
2018 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2018 Chinese Overseas Chinese Contribution Award
2011 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
2011 Finalist of the 2011 Reaxys PhD Prize (http://prize.reaxys.com/)
2009 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad
Representive publications
1. Zhengning Wang, Xuewei Wang, Penghui Wang, Junfeng Zhao*, Allenone-Mediated Amide Bond Formation and its Application in Peptide Synthesis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 10374-10381.
2. Ming Yang, Xuewei Wang, Junfeng Zhao*, Ynamide-Mediated Macrolactonization, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 5230-5235.
3. Jinhua Yang, Changliu Wang, Silin Xu, Junfeng Zhao*, Ynamide-Mediated Thiopeptide Synthesis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 1382 –1386.
4. Liwen Fan, Chunyu Han, Xuerong Li, Jiasheng Yao, Zhengning Wang, Chaochao Yao, Weihao Chen, Tao Wang, Junfeng Zhao*, Enantioselective Polyene Cyclization Catalyzed by a Chiral Brønsted Acid, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 2115-2119.
5. Long Hu, Silin Xu, Zhenguang Zhao, Yang Yang, Zhiyuan Peng, Ming Yang, Changliu Wang, Junfeng Zhao*, Ynamides as Racemization-Free Coupling Reagents for Amide and Peptide Synthesis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 13135–13138.