Positions:

The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla, CA, USA
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
July 2007 to present

Brandeis University - Waltham, MA, USA
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
March 2004 to June 2007

University of Cambridge - Cambridge, UK
Royal Society Research Fellow
October 2003 to February 2004

Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry - Guangzhou, China
Teaching and Research Assistant in Organic Chemistry
October 1990 to September 1994

Education:

Harvard University - Cambridge, MA, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: E. J. Corey
February 2001 to May 2002

University of Cambridge - Cambridge, UK
Junior Research Fellow (JRF) of St. John's College
October 1999 to October 2003

University of Cambridge - Cambridge, UK
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Supervisor: Jonathan B. Spencer
October 1994 to September 1999

Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry - Guangzhou, China
M.Sc. in Chemistry
Supervisor: S.-D. Xiao
September 1988 to July 1990

Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry - Shanghai, China
Coursework for M.Sc. degree
September 1987 to July 1988

East China Normal University - Shanghai, China
B.Sc. in Chemistry
Top 5% on national examination for admission to SIOC
Supervisors: L.-X. Dai and B.-Q. Wu
September 1982 to July 1987

Awards:

CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award, 2009
Eli Lilly Award, 2008
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2008
Amgen Young Investigator’s Award, 2008
Journal Award for Synlett & Synthesis, 2006
Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 2004
Royal Society University Research Fellowship, 2003
Junior Research Fellowship of St John's College,
University of Cambridge, 1998
Sino-British Scholarship,
British Council and Education Ministry of China, 1994
President's Award for Outstanding Students,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1990

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

Funding:

U.S. NIH grant, GM084019-01A1

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