Prof. Jianbin Li is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, a Presidential Young Scholar, and a doctoral supervisor. He received his undergraduate training from the joint programme between Sun Yat-sen University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (under the supervision of Prof. Wing-Yiu Yu), and obtained his Ph.D. from McGill University in 2022 (supervised by Prof. C.-J. Li). He subsequently carried out postdoctoral research at Indiana University (with Prof. Jared Lewis). Since establishing his independent research group in 2024, his work has focused on frontier topics in green chemistry and synthetic methodology.
Prof. Li has published over 30 papers as corresponding or (co-)first author in leading journals, including Nat. Catal., Chem, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Acc. Chem. Res., ACS Catal., The Innovation, and Chem. Sci.. His honours include the ChemComm Emerging Investigator (2026), the IUPAC–Zhejiang NHU International Award for Advancements in Green Chemistry (2025), and the IUPAC–Solvay International Award for Young Chemists (2022). Since 2024, he has published multiple works as first corresponding author in Nat. Catal., Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and ACS Catal..
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