Principal Investigator, Professor (Tenured) Department of Chemistry, Grubbs Institute
Dr. Wei SHU is a Principal Investigator in the department of chemistry and a joint professor of Shenzhen Grubbs Institute at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Dr. Wei SHU received his bachelor degrees at Nankai University in chemistry and economics in 2005. He continued his graduate studies at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC, CAS), and obtained his Ph. D. degree in 2010 under the guidance of Profs. Shengming Ma and Guochen Jia. After several postdoctoral stints at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Stephen L. Buchwald), Princeton University (David W. C. Macmillan), and University of Zurich (Cristina Nevado), he started his independent research at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in 2018 and was promoted to tenured associate professor in 2023. His research interests span over methodology development, asymmetric synthesis, medicinal chemistry, flow chemistry and material sciences, with an emphasis on first-row transition metal catalysis, photochemistry, and single electron catalysis. Dr. Shu is the recipient of “1000” Talents Recruitment Program for Young Scholars, The Pearl River Talent Recruitment Program, and the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award in 2021.
Personal Profile
Research
1. First-row transition-metal catalyzed C-C and C-X bond forming reactions
2. Asymmetric catalysis
3. Merging catalysis of visible light and transition metals
4. Microflow chemistry
5. Medicinal chemistry
6. Organic material sciences
Teaching
Organic Chemistry I (CH203，Basic course for chemistry）
Organic Chemistry II (CH206，Basic course for chemistry)
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Representative most-recent publications:
44. Yi-Ming Du, Jia-Ni Lin, Qiong Yu, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c03451.
43. Xingfu Wei, Shan Wang, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 10.1038/s41467-025-57967-4.
42. Quan-Xing Zi, Lin Min, Hai-Wu Du, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202507313.
41. Yu-Feng Ren, Jin-Kui Chen, and Wei Shu*, Science China Chemistry, 2025, 68, doi: 10.1007/s11426-025-0249-x.
40. Jian-Yu Zou, Quan-Xing Zi, Hai-Wu Du, Meiwan Chen*, and Wei Shu*, Science Advances, 2025, 11, doi: .
39. Yi-Ming Du, Xiao-Yi Chen, Yulong Li, Ming Joo Koh,* and Wei Shu*, Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 4163.
38. Xiao-Yi Chen, Qiong Yu, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202423426 (VIP).
37. Li-Xu You, Lan Tian, Chun-Ling Guo, Shun-Xi Li, Yu-Cheng Liu, Yu-Long Li*, and Wei Shu*, Science China Chemistry, 2025, 68, doi: 10.1007/s11426-024-2438-x.
36. Quan-Xing Zi and Wei Shu*, Advanced Science, 2024, 11, 202409592.
35. Peng-Fei Yang, Han-Tong Zhao, Xiao-Yi Chen, and Wei Shu*, Nature Synthesis, 2024, 3, 1360-1368.
34. Xian-Wang Zeng, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202403073.
33. Yu-Feng Ren, Bi-Hong Chen, Xiao-Yi Chen, Hai-Wu Du, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Science Advances, 2024, 10, eadn1272.
32. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du, Huan Meng, Ying Xie, and Wei Shu*, Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 529.
31. Hai-Wu Du, Yi-Dan Du, Xian-Wang Zeng, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202308732.
30. Yi-Dan Du, Shan Wang, Hai-Wu Du, Xiao-Yong Chang, Xiao-Yi Chen, Yu-Long Li, and Wei Shu*, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 5339.
29. Wen-Tao Zhao and Wei Shu*, Science Advances, 2023, 9, eadg9898.
28. Wen-Tao Zhao, Jian-Xin Zhang, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 2938.
27. Sifan Li, Hai-Wu Du, Paul W. Davies*, and Wei Shu*, CCS Chemistry, 2024, 6, 1060-1070.
26. Shan Wang, Lou Shi, Xiao-Yi Chen, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202303795.
25. Wen-Tao Zhao, Huan Meng, Jia-Ni Lin, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202215779.
24. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, JACS Au, 2023, 3, 1321–1327.
23. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202209929 (Hot Paper).
22. Peng-Fei Yang and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202208018.
21. Bi-Hong Chen, Yi-Dan Du, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202200773.
20. Shan Wang, Jian-Xin Zhang, Tian-Yi Zhang, Huan Meng, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Nature Communications 2021, 12, 2771.
19. Yi-Dan Du, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 9875-9880 (Hot Paper).
18. Yi-Zhou Zhan, Nan Xiao, and Wei Shu*, Nature Communications 2021, 12, 928.
17. Lou Shi, Ling-Ling Xing, Wen-Bo Hu, and Wei Shu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 1599-1604.
16. Hai-Wu Du, Jun-Song Jia, Xiao-Yi Chen, Zhang-Yin Yuan, Jia-Ni Lin, Yu-Long Li*, Qiong Yu*, and Wei Shu*, Chemical Science, 2025, 16, 4442-4449.
15. Huan Meng, Jun-Song Jia, Peng-Fei Yang, Yu-Long Li*, Qiong Yu*, and Wei Shu*, Chemical Science, 2025, 16, 4442-4449.
14. Yu-Feng Ren, Xiao-Yi Chen, Hai-Wu Du, and Wei Shu*, Chem Catalysis, 2024, 4, 100873.
13. Peng-Fei Yang and Wei Shu*, Chem Catalysis, 2023, 3, 100508.
12. Yu Wang, Huan Meng, Sifan Li, and Wei Shu*, ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 2402-2408.
11. Peng-Fei Yang, Jian-Xing Liang, Han-Tong Zhao, and Wei Shu*, ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 9638−9645.
10. Peng-Fei Yang, Lei Zhu, Jian-Xing Liang, Han-Tong Zhao, Jian-Xin Zhang, Xian-Wang Zeng, Yangqin Ou,* and Wei Shu*, ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 5795-5805.
9. Jian-Xin Zhang, Peng-Fei Yang, and Wei Shu*, Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 11405-11410.
8. Huan Meng, Ming-Shang Liu, and Wei Shu*, Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 13690-13707.
7. Sifan Li, Paul W. Davies*, and Wei Shu*, Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 6636-6641.
6. Yi-Zhou Zhan, Huan Meng, and Wei Shu*, Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 4930-4935.
5. Ming-Shang Liu, Hai-Wu Du, and Wei Shu*, Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 1003-1008.
4. Ming-Shang Liu, Lin Min, Bi-Hong Chen, and Wei Shu*, ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 9715-9721.
3. Yu Wang, Jian-Xin Zhang, and Wei Shu*, ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 15065-15070.
2. Ming-Shang Liu and Wei Shu*, ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 12960-12966.
1. Wei Shu, Andrés García‑Domínguez, M. Teresa Quirós, Rahul Mondal, Diego J. Cárdenas, and Cristina Nevado*, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 13812-13821.
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Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, P. R. China 518055
Office Phone
86-755-88018384
shuw@sustech.edu.cn