Zhu Lizhao
Zhu Lizhao

Ph.D., Associate Professor

Zhang Wangqing, Doctor degree, Researcher, Institute of Polymer Science, graduated from Nankai University.

Special Talent:
Address: Institute of Polymer Chemistry 
Telephone: 23509794
Email: wqzhang@nankai.edu.cn
Website: http://zhangwangqing.polymer.cn
Research Interest:
Radical polymerization under heterogeneous conditions;
Block copolymer nano-colloidals;
Smart polymers

History

20112015, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Master

20152020, Nankai University, Ph.D.

20212024, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Postdoc

2024-Present, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Associate Professor and Ph.D. Advisor

Honors and Awards

National High-Level Overseas Young Talent Program (2024)

Nankai University's Hundred Young Academic Leaders Training Program (2024)

Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications

The research group mainly engages in the study of elemento-organic chemistry, with a specific focus on unsaturated boron and silicon chemistry. Relevant research findings have been published in academic journals such as J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and Chem. Soc. Rev.. Representative papers are listed as follows:

1. Lizhao Zhu, Zhongtao Feng, Rei Kinjo*, Crystalline Radical Anion of a Diboratriazole and Its Conversion to a Neutral Radical Driven by a Carbene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 20945.

2. Lizhao Zhu, Rei Kinjo*, Crystalline 2π Aromatic Azadiboriridinylium: A BN Analogue of Cyclopropenylium Cation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312949.

3. Lizhao Zhu, Rei Kinjo*, Single-Nitrogen Atom Incorporation into B=B Bond via the N=N Bond Splitting of Diazo Compound and Diazirine. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306519.  

4. Lizhao Zhu, Rei Kinjo*, Reactions of Main Group Compounds with Azides Forming Organic Nitrogen-Containing Species. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2023, 52, 5563.

5. Lizhao Zhu, Rei Kinjo*, Insertion of Carbon Monoxide into an Unsymmetrical Diborene to Form an Oxaborirane. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 10436.

6. Lizhao Zhu, Rei Kinjo*, An Inorganic Huisgen Reaction between a 1,2-Diboraallene and an Azide to Access a Diboratriazole. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202207631.

7. Lizhao Zhu, Jianying Zhang, Hao Yang, Chunming Cui*, Synthesis of Silaketenimine Anion and Its Coupling with Isocyanide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 19600.

8. Lizhao Zhu, Jianying Zhang, Chunming Cui*, Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Alkali-Metal-Substituted Silylene with the Aryl Substituent of an N-Heterocyclic Framework. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 12007.

Professional Cultivation

The research group recruits doctoral students, master's students, and postdoctoral fellows annually. Applications from undergraduates, master's students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral fellows majoring in chemistry and related disciplines are warmly welcome.