Professor of Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Catalysis

Phone: +86-19945031792

Email: xieyw@hust.edu.cn

Academic Areas: Organic Chemistry, Catalysis

Youwei Xie is a Professor of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include design, synthesis and application of novel small-molecule organocatalysts, asymmetric catalysis, development of improved synthetic methodologies for natural products or biologically significant organic structures.

Academic Degrees

2009-2014

PhD in Organic Chemistry, With Prof. Dr. Paul E. Floreancig, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

2006-2009

MS in Chemistry, With Prof. Dr. Tewodros Asefa, Syracuse University, New York, USA.

2002-2006

BS in Chemistry, Jilin University, Jilin, China.

Professional Experience

2018-now

Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology.

2015-2018

Postdoctoral researcher, with Prof. Dr. Benjamin List, Max-Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim, Germany.

Courses Taught

1.Organic Chemistry (for Students of Medicine and Biology, in English)

2.Synthetic Organic Chemistry (for ungraduate students, in Chinese)

3.Frontiers in Organic Chemistry (for graduate students, in English)

Awards and Honors

2016

Humboldt fellowship for Postdoctoral researcher (Humboldt foundation, Germany)

2013

Mellon Fellowship (Mellon foundation, USA)

2011

BASF Graduate Excellence Reward (BASF)

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Selected Projects Funded

1.National Science Foundation of China (21801084, 2019-2021)

2.National Science Foundation of China (22171095, 2022-2025)

Selected Publications

[1] Qin, Q.; Xie, Y.(*); Florancig P. E. (*), Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 8528-8534.

[2] Xie, Y.; List, B. (*), Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4936-4940.

[3] Xie, Y.; Cheng, G.-J.; Lee, S.; Kaib, P. S.; Thiel, W.; List, B. (*), J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14538-14541.

[4] Xie, Y.; Floreancig, P. E. (*), “Polyethers” in “From Biosynthesis to Total Synthesis”, Wiley-VCH, Chapter 4, 2016, 162-186.

[5] Xie, Y.; Floreancig, P. E. (*), Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4926-4929.

[6] Xie, Y.; Floreancig, P. E. (*), Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 625-628.

[7] Xie, Y.; Floreancig, P. E. (*), Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 2423-2427.

[8] Xie, Y.; Anan, A.; Sharma, K. K.; Wang, G.; Asefa, T. (*), J. Catal. 2009, 265, 131-140.

[9] Xie, Y.; Quinlivan, S.; Asefa, T. (*), J. Phys. Chem. C. 2008, 112, 9996-10003.