WEN-BO ‘Boger’ LIU（刘文博）, PhD.
Professor of Chemistry
[教授，博士生导师，‘国家高层次人才（青年组）’入选者]
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
299 Bayi Rd, Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430072
wenboliu at whu.edu.cn, bogerliu at gmail.com
Wenbo was born and raised in Yan’an––the RED Capital of China [the center of the Chinese Communist revolution from 1936 to 1948, and the birthplace of the revolution, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan%27an], Shaanxi Province. During the period in the Yixing Middle School, Jiangsu Province (江苏省宜兴中学), he had strong scientific interests in physics, a large factor of that came from the amazing classes in general physics delivered by Mr. Xiaozi Jin (金小滋先生). Then, (un)fortunately, he was admitted to Nankai University in Chemistry and completed his B.S. in 2006 under the direction of Professor Hong Li ( 李弘教授). Wenbo then went to Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he did his Ph. D. studies under the supervision of Professor Li-Xin Dai ( 戴立信院士) and Professor Shu-Li You (游书力研究员). Wenbo investigated the asymmetric iridium-catalyzed allylic substitutions and led to the development of a new class of iridium catalysts derived from the N-aryl phosphoramidites (i.e., THQ Phos). Upon completion of his graduate studies in 2011 and a short stay as a research associate in SIOC, Wenbo moved to the Unites States as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the laboratory of Professor Brian Stoltz at Caltech, being involved in asymmetric catalysis and quaternary carbon formation chemistry. Together with the Grubbs group, he also worked on the potassium base catalysis and mechanism studies. In February of 2016, Wenbo Returned to Wuhan University as a Professor of Chemistry.
EDUCATION and RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
February 2016 – present
Professor of Chemistry
College of Chemistry and Molecule Sciences, Wuhan University
January 2012 – February 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, with Prof. Brian M. Stoltz
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, the United States
July 2011 – December 2011
Research Associate
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences
September 2006 – July 2011
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, with Prof. Li-Xin Dai and Prof. Shu-Li You
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences
September 2002 – July 2006
B.S. in Chemistry, with Prof. Hong Li
Nankai University
HONORS and AWARDS
2017, Thieme Chemistry Journal Awards
2015, National Thousand Talents Award
2011, SIOC Postdoctoral Fellowship
2011, Excellent Graduate Students of Shanghai
2009, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) Graduate Student Scholarship
2009 CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Excellent Graduate Student Scholarship
2002-2006 Excellent Undergraduate Students Scholarship of Nankai University