PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION/POSITIONS

2018-Now:

Full Professor with tenure

Principal Investigator

Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) No.1088, Xueyuan Blvd, Shenzhen, China 518055

E-mail: ccli@sustech.edu.cn

Tel: 0755-88018333

2014-2017:

Research Professor (tenure-track)

Principal Investigator

Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

2008-2013: Associate Professor

Key Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University

2006-2008: Postdoctoral Associate

Department of Chemistry • The Scripps Research Institute, CA, USA

Research advisor: Professor Phil S. Baran

Research project: Total Synthesis of Cortistatin A, Chartelline C and Securine A

2001-2006: Ph.D. Graduate Student

College of Chemistry • Peking University • P.R. China

Research advisor: Professor Zhen Yang

Doctoral Thesis: Total Synthesis of Wedelolactone and Guanacastepene A

1997-2001: B.S. in Chemistry

College of Applied Chemistry • China Agricultural University

Research advisor (2000-2001): Professor Dao-Quan Wang

AWARDS AND HONORS

• National “Ten-thousand” Leading Talent (国家10000人领军人才，2018)

• Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2018)

• Weishan Natural Product Synthesis Award of CCS (维善天然产物合成化学奖，2017)

• National Leading Talent of MOST (2017)

• Leading Talent of Millions of People in Guangdong Province (2016)

• NSFC Outstanding Young Scholar Award (2015)

• First-Class Guangdong Natural Science Award (2014)

• First-Class Shenzhen Natural Science Award (with Prof. Yang, 2013)

• Shenzhen Overseas Talents-B, Shenzhen (2013)

• “Award for Outstanding Teacher”, Shenzhen (2011)

• The Scientific Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shenzhen (2011)

• “Award for Excellence in Teaching”, Peking University Shenzhen (2011)

• National Natural Science Funds for Young Scholar (2010)

• “Award for Excellence in Research”, Peking University Shenzhen (2010)

• High-Level Professional in Shenzhen (2010)

• The Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,MOE (2009)

• Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, Peking University (2006)

• Outstanding Graduate academic Achievement Prize, Peking University (2005)

• Excellent Student with Tri-merits, Peking University (2003)

• Excellent Graduate of Beijing, Beijing (2001)

• Developing-Agrochemical-Business Scholarship, China Agricultural University (2001)

• Dupont Scholarship Award, China Agricultural University (2000 )

• Excellent Student with Tri-merits，China Agricultural University (1999 )

• Distinguished Scholars, China Agricultural University (1998-2001 )

RESEARCH GRANTS

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 21971105)

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 21672095)

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 21522204)

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 21472081)

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, 21172009)

• National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2011CB512002)

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC: 20902007)

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC: 20852002)

• The Scientific Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shenzhen