谢作伟教授，中国科学院院士，香港科学院院士, 中国化学会及英国皇家化学会会士, 南方科技大学讲席教授。加入南方科技大学之前，曾任香港中文大学卓敏化学讲座教授。
谢作伟，杭州大学学士，中国科学院上海有机化学研究所硕士, 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所和柏林工业大学联合培养博士。主要从事金属有机和主族元素化学的研究，核心工作包括碳硼烷、超级碳硼烷、金属碳硼烷和低价硼化学、均相催化、小分子活化等领域的研究。开创性地提出了碳硼烷惰性硼氢键选择性活化的通用策略和超级碳硼烷的合成方法，对碳硼烷化学的发展做出重要贡献。在国际主流期刊已发表330余篇论文，其工作多次在美国化学会周刊C&EN上作为亮点介绍。以第一完成人获2008年国家自然科学奖二等奖、2020年香港研究资助局首届高级研究学者奖、2010年中国化学会黄耀曾金属有机化学奖、及2003年香港裘槎基金会杰出研究奖。
1. Zuowei Xie. Cyclopentadienyl-Carboranyl Hybrid Compounds: A New Class of Versatile Ligands for Organometallic Chemistry. Acc. Chem. Res. 2003, 36, 1-9.
2. Zaozao Qiu, Shikuo Ren, and Zuowei Xie. Transition Metal-Carboryne Complexes: Synthesis, Bonding, and Reactivity. Acc. Chem. Res. 2011, 44, 299-309.
3. Jian Zhang and Zuowei Xie. Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of 13- and 14-Vertex Carboranes. Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 1623-1633.
4. Zaozao Qiu and Zuowei Xie. A Strategy for Selective Catalytic B–H Functionalization of o-Carboranes. Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 4065-4079.
5. Fangrui Zheng, Tsz Hin Yui, Jiji Zhang and Zuowei Xie. Synthesis and X-ray Characterization of 15- and 16-vertex closo-Carboranes. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 5943.
6. Hangcheng Ni, Zhenpin Lu, and Zuowei Xie. Transition-Metal-Free Cross-Coupling Reaction of Iodocarboranes with Terminal Alkynes Enabled by UV Light: Synthesis of 1-Alkynyl-o-Carboranes and Carborane-Fused Cyclics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18661-18667.
7. Ruofei Cheng, Jie Zhang, Huifang Zhang, Zaozao Qiu, and Zuowei Xie. Ir-Catalyzed Enantioselective B−H Alkenylation for Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral-at-Cage o-Carboranes. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 7146.
8. Hanqiang Wang, Jie Zhang, Jingting Yang and Zuowei Xie. Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Acid-Free Neutral Oxoborane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 19008-19012.
9. Yik Ki Au, Jie Zhang, Yangjian Quan, and Zuowei Xie. Ir-Catalyzed Selective B(3)-H Amination of o-Carboranes with NH3. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 4148–153.
10. Shimeng Li, and Zuowei Xie. Visible-Light-Promoted Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Iodocarboranes with (Hetero)Arenes via Boron-Centered Carboranyl Radicals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7960–7965.
