Positions

7.2007-
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute

3.2004-6.2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Brandeis University

10.2003-2.2004
Royal Society Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK

Contact information

Professor Jin-Quan Yu
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road
BCC372
La Jolla, CA, 92037

Tel: 858-784-7942
Fax: 858-784-7949
Email: yu200@scripps.edu

Education

2.2001-5.2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University. Supervisor: Professor E. J. Corey

10.1999-10.2003                
Junior Research Fellow (JRF) of St John's College, University of Cambridge

10.1994-9.1999
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Christ's College, Ph.D. in Chemistry.

10.1990-9.1994          
Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Teaching and Research Assistant in Organic Chemistry

9.1988- 7.1990           
Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, MSc research

9.1987-7.1988            
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, MSc course

9.1982-7.1987            
Undergraduate study, Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (BSc). National exams for postgraduate admission to Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, top 5% among candidates from all universities

Awards

1. Eli Lilly Award
2. Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
3. Amgen Young Investigator’s Award
4. Journal Award for Synlett & Synthesis 2006
5. Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award 2004
6. Royal Society University Research Fellowship 2003
7. Fellowship of St John's College, University of Cambridge (JRF) 1998
8. Sino-British Scholarship by British Council and Education Ministry of China 1994
9 President Award for Outstanding Students of Chinese Academy of Sciences 1990

Funding

NIH grant

U.S. NSF grants, CHE-0615716, 2006-2009, Elucidation and exploitation of directed C-H activation reactions

Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 2004, Elucidation and exploitation of C-H activation pathways