Liu Leo Liu (LLL) received his B.Sc. degree in chemistry (2011) at Xiamen University and Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry (2016) from a joint program under the supervision of Prof. Yufen Zhao at Xiamen University (2011-2013, 2015-2016) and Prof. Guy Bertrand at the University of California, San Diego (2013-2015). He was awarded the National Scholarship for outstanding Ph.D. students (2014). He was a post-doctoral fellow in Prof. Douglas W. Stephan's group at the University of Toronto (2016-2019). After a short post-doctoral study in the groups of Profs. F. Dean Toste, Kenneth N. Raymond and Robert G. Bergman in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & the University of California, Berkeley (2019-2020), he has been a PI at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) since September 2020. His research spans synthetic and computational chemistry with the focus of unusual ambiphilic main group compounds.

Awards:

Recipient of Distinguished Lectureship Award, 2024 (Chemical Society of Japan)

Recipient of Huang Yao-Zeng Organometallic Chemistry Award for Young Chemists, 2023-2024 (Chinese Chemical Society)

Recipient of CCS Prize for Young Scientist, 2022 (Chinese Chemical Society)

Recipient of CCS Jingqing Award for Rising Star, 2022 (Chinese Chemical Society)

Recipient of Young Research Award from College of Science, 2022 (SUSTech)

Recipient of the NSFC Outstanding Young Scholar Award (oversea), 2021 (NSFC)

Selected publications:

For full publications, please see: https://www.liuleoliu.com/overview-publications

1) C. Hu; X.-F. Wang; J. Li; X.-Y. Chang; L. L. Liu,* Science 2024, 383, 81–85.

2) X.-F. Wang; C. Hu; J. Li; R. Wei; X. Zhang; L. L. Liu,* Nat. Chem. 2024, in press.

3) R. Wei; X.-F. Wang; C. Hu; L. L. Liu,* Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 357–363.

4) C. Hu; X.-F. Wang; R. Wei; C. Hu; D. A. Ruiz; X.-Y. Chang; L. L. Liu,* Chem 2022, 8, 2278–2289.

5) M. He; C. Hu; R. Wei; X.-F. Wang; L. L. Liu,* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2024, 53, 3896–3951.

6) X. Zhang; H. Wang; X. Lan; Y. Mei; D. A. Ruiz; L. L. Liu,* CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 2059–2068.

7) J. Li; X.-F. Wang; C. Hu; L. L. Liu,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, online. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04434

8) X. Zhang; L. L. Liu,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 15729–15734.

9) J. Li; Z. Lu; L. L. Liu,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23691–23697.

10) Y. Mei; Z. Yan; L. L. Liu,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1517–1522.

11) Y. Mei; X. Chen; R. Wei; X.-Y. Chang; L. Tao; L. L. Liu,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202315555.

12) R. Wei; X.-F. Wang; D. A. Ruiz; L. L. Liu,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202219211.

13) R. Wei; S. Ju; L. L. Liu,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202205618.

14) X. Zhang; L. L. Liu,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202116658.

15) X. Zhang; L. L. Liu,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 27062–27069.