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Positions:
The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla, CA, USA
• Professor of Chemistry
August 2010 to Present
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
July 2007 to August 2010
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
Tel:
858-784-7942
Fax: 858-784-7949
Email: yu200@scripps.edu
U.S. NIH grant, GM084019-03, Development of Carboxyl- and Amide-directed C-H Activation/C-C Coupling Reactions
U.S. NSF grants, CHE-1011898, 2010–2013, Development of Synthetically Versatile C-H Activation Reactions
Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 2004, Elucidation and exploitation of C–H activation pathways
