Yifan Li Assistant Professor, PI
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Biography |
Professional Experience:
2020-present: 2016-2020: | Assistant Professor Shanghaitech University, Shanghai, China Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Cambridge, USA. Postdoctoral studies, adviser: Prof. Timothy. M. Swager. |
Education:
2012-2016: | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). Lausanne, Switzerland. Ph. D., adviser: Prof Jerome Waser. |
2009-2011: | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1. Lyon, France. Diploma (master) work, adviser: Prof Peter Goekjian, in 2011
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2004-2008: | University of Jinan, Jinan, China Bachelor Degree in materials chemistry. |
Our group is interested in creating novel monomers for radical polymerization with the goal of affording polymers with sequence control or efficiently increasing the complexity of polymer chains.
招聘信息详见https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/YzVvexgr_JHA6Md_TbqHAw
Independent work:
Coming Soon!!
Representative Supervised Work:
(1) Autonomous Responsive Membranes for Chemical Warfare Protection
Y. Li,† C. Chen,† E. R. Meshot, S. F. Buchsbaum, M. Herbert, R. Zhu, O. Kulikov, B. McDonald, N. Bui, M. Jue, S. Park, C. Valdez, S. Hok, C. J. Donna, K. Wu, T. M. Swager, F. Fornasiero. Adv. Funct. Mater.. 2020, 20002258 († Equal contribution).
(2)Thiophene Fused Polyaromatics: synthesis, columnar liquid crystal, fluorescence and electrochemical properties
Y. Li, A. Concellon, C. Lin, N. A. Romero, S. Lin, T. M. Swager, Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 4695
(3) Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine Reagents for Atom-Transfer Reactions: Beyond Trifloromethylation
Y. Li, D. P. Hari, M. V. Vita, J. Waser, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4436.
(4) Platinum-catalyzed Domino Reaction with Benziodoxole Reagents for Accessing Benzene Alkynylated Indoles
Y. Li, J. Waser, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5438.
(5) Gold-catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of 2- and 3-Alkynyl Furans
Y. Li, J. Brand, J. Waser, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6743-6747.
(6) Zinc–gold Cooperative Catalysis for the Direct Alkynylation of Benzofurans
Y. Li, J. Waser, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1763-1767. (Invited Article)