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Resume

Jia-Rong Chen earned his Ph.D. from the Central China Normal University (CCNU) under the supervision of Professor Wen-Jing Xiao (2009). After holding a position at CCNU (2009-2010), he worked as a Humboldt postdoctoral fellow with Professor Carsten Bolm at the RWTH Aachen University (2011-2012). In 2012, he returned to CCNU and began hisindependent career as an associate professor. He has published over 50 papers, articles, reviews and monographs. He also serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of “ Targets in Heterocyclic System” annually published by theItalian Society of Chemistry (2015-present); member of the Editorial Board of Current Catalysis (Bentham Science Publishers, 2016-).

Research Fields and Interests

1. Asymmetric catalysis

2. Visible light photoredoxcatalysis

3. Radical chemistry

Selected Publications

1. Chen, J.-R.*; Hu, X.-Q.; Lu, L.-Q.; Xiao, W.-J.* Visible Light Photoredox-Controlled Reactions of N-Radicals and Radical Ions, Chem.Soc. Rev. 2016, 45, 2044-2056.

2. Hu, X.-Q.; Qi, X.; Chen, J.-R.*; Zhao, Q.-Q.; Wei, Q.; Lan, Y.; Xiao, W.-J. Catalytic N-Radical Cascade Reaction of Hydrazones by Oxidative Deprotonation Electron Transfer and TEMPO Mediation, Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 11188.

3. Chen, J.-R.*; Hu, X.-Q.; Lu, L.-Q.; Xiao, W.-J.* Formal[4+1] Annulation Reactions in the Synthesis of Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Systems, Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 5301-5365.

4. Hu, X.-Q.;Chen, J.-R.*; Wei, Q.; Liu, F.-L.; Deng, Q.-H.; Beauchemin, A. M.; Xiao, W.-J.* Photocatalytic Generation of N-Centered Hydrazonyl Radicals: A Strategy for Hydroamination of β, γ-Unsaturated Hydrazones, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 12163-12167.

5. Chen, J.-R.*; Hu, X.-Q.; Xiao, W.-J.* Metal-Containing Carbonyl Ylides: Versatile Reactants in Catalytic Enantioselective CascadeR eactions,A ngew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4038-4040.

6. Cheng, H.-G.; Lu, L.-Q.; Wang, T.; Yang, Q.-Q.; Liu, X.-P.; Li, Y.; Deng, Q.-H.; Chen, J.-R.*; Xiao, W.-J.* Highly Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Alkylation/N-Hemiacetalization Cascade Reaction with Indoles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3250-3254.

7. Chen, J.-R.; Dong, W.-R.; Candy, M.; Pan, F.-F.;Jorres, M.; Bolm, C.* Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydropyrazoles by Formal [4+1] Cycloaddition of in Situ-Derived Azoalkenes and Sulfur Ylides, J. Am.Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6924-6927.

8. Chen, J.-R.; Xiao, W.-J.*, “Addition to Carbonyl Compounds”, in “Catalytic Asymmetric Friedel-Crafts Alkylations”, Bandini, M.,Umani-Ronchi, A. Eds. Wiley-VCH, Weiheim, 2009, pp 101-119.

9. Hu, X.-Q.;Chen, J.-R.*; Xiao, W.-J.*,“Recent advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis of pyrazoline and pyrazolidinederivatives”, in “Targets in Heterocyclic Synthesis, Chemistry and Properties”, Attanasi, O., Noto, R., Spinelli, D., Eds. Italian Society of Chemistry,2015, pp 87-112.

Honors and Awards

2014.12 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, Thieme Publishers (2015)

2013.10 First Rand of 2012 Award of Natural Science of Hu bei Province (No. 2)

2012.12 The National Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Normination Award (China)

2011.12 Excellent Ph. D. Thesis Award of Hu bei Province

2010.07 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Germany