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Lecture: Rhodium- and iridium-mediated C-H activation and O-atom transfer in oxidative and Redox-neutral transformations

Lecturer: Professor LI Xingwei, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Introduction to Professor LI Xingwei:

Professor LI Xingwei received his bachelor’s degree from the Department of Chemistry at Fudan University in 1996 and doctoral degree from the Department of Chemistry at Yale University in 2005. During his study at Yale University, he received the Richard Wolfgang prize for the best doctoral thesis in chemistry. From 2005 to 2006, he did post-doctoral research at John E. Bercaw laboratory at California Institute of Technology. From 2006 to 2008 he worked at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as an assistant professor. From 2008 to 2009 he worked at the Scripps Research Institute as an assistant professor.  His major research interests include metal organic synthetic reactions and their reaction mechanisms and catalytic reactions.

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Lecture: Computational simulation and design of dye-sensitized solar cells

Lecturer: Professor DENG Weiqiao, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Introduction to Professor DENG Weiqiao:

Professor DENG Weiqiao received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree from Lanzhou University, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the CAS and the Department of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology in 1994, 1997 and 2004 respectively. From 2004 to 2006, he worked at California Institute of Technology as an associate scientific researcher. From 2006 to 2009, he worked at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, as an assistant professor. His research interests include simulation and design of conjugated porous polymer, simulation and design of dye-sensitized solar cells.

Time: 9:30AM

Date: December 14

Place: Academic hall, 3st Floor, Lihua Building

Organizer: State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation