Biography
Yuanjing Xiao was born in
Hubei Province, China, in 1974. He received his Bachelor degree from Hubei
University in China in 1997 and his Ph.D. from Wuhan University under the
supervision of Professor Yongbing He and Professor Chengtai Wu in 2002. From
2002 to 2006, he worked in the laboratory of Professor Liping Yang at East
China Normal University as a lecturer. From 2007 to 2010, he worked with
Professor Junliang Zhang in East China Normal University as a postdoctoral
fellow and then he was appointed as an associated professor. From October 2011
to October 2012, he visited the laboratory of Prof. Liming Zhang at the
University of California, Santa Barbara as a Visiting Scholar.
Research Interest
His research interest focuses on diversity oriented organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, and developing novel fluorinated building blocks and their transformation.