* B.S. in Chemistry, Wuhan University, Hubei, The People’s Republic of China, 1982 * M.S. in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Chinese Science Academy, Fuzhou, the People’s Republic of China, 1985 * M.S. in Organometallic Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA, 1987 * Ph. D. in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1992 * Postdoctoral and Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1992-1994
* Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1994-1999 * Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1999-2003 * Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2003-2006 * Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 2007 研究方向: Synthetic organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry, transition metal catalyzed asymmetric reactions for the synthesis of biologically active compounds, biomimetic chemistry, molecular recognition and material chemistry. 成果及获奖情况: * Franklin Veatch Graduate Fellowship, 1991, Stanford University * The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award, 1994 * DuPont Young Faculty Award, 1996 * Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 1996 * The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award, 1998 * The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 2000 * The Outstanding Oversea Chinese Young Scientist B, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2000 * The Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal, 2001 * The Young Innovation Award of ChiTec (Chinese High Tech) in Chemistry, 2001 * The American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 2002 * The SDCA (San Diego Chinese Association) Achievement Award, 2002 近期发表论文: - 2006 - (83) " Chiral bisphospholane ligands (Me-ketalphos): synthesis of their Rh(I) complexes and applications in asymmetric hydrogenation" Dai, Q.; Wang, C.-J.; Zhang, X. Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 868-871.
(85) " Six-membered bis(azaphosphorinane), readily available ligand for highly enantioselective asymmetric hydrogenations" Yan, Y.; Zhang, X. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 1567-1569.
(86) " Highly enantioselective Ru-catalyzed hydrogenation of b-keto esters using electron-donating bis(trialkylphosphine) ligand-TangPhos" Wang, C.-J.; Tao, H.; Zhang, X. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 1901-1903.
(87) " Triazole-Based Monophosphine Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryl Chlorides" Dai, Q.; Gao, W.; Liu, D.; Kapes, L. M.; Zhang, X. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 3928-3934.
(88) " (h5-Triphenylindenyl)Ru(CO)2Cl: A New Ruthenium Catalyst for the Highly Efficient Racemization of Chiral 1-Phenylethanol at Room Temperature" Xi, Q.; Zhang, W.; Zhang, X. Synlett 2006, 945-947.