Professional Career:

2004- now   Professor, Team Leader, Henan University

2002-2004  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas (Austin, U.S.A.)

1999-2002  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, U.S.A.)

1997-1999  Postdoctoral Researcher, Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel)

1996-1997  Associate Professor, Henan University

1993-1996  Lecturer, Henan University

1990-1993  Teaching Assistant, Henan University

Education:

1992-1995: Ph.D., Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences  

1987-1990: M.S., University of Science and Technology of China

1983-1987: B.S., Xuzhou Normal University

Research Interests:

●  Organic Functional Materials

●  Synthetic Organic Chemsitry and Photochemistry

Selected Publications:

[1]     Liu X, Sun H, Xu W, Wan S, Shi J, Li C, Wang H. Syntheses and structures of helicene and double helicene based on dithieno[2,3-b:2',3'-d]thiophene. Org. Chem. Front., 2018, 5(8): 1257-1261.

[2]     Li L, Zhao S, Li B, Xu L, Li C, Shi J, Wang H. From Saddle-Shaped to Planar Cyclic Oligothienoacenes: Stepped-Cyclization and Their Applications in OFETs. Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 2181-2185.

[3]     Xu W, Wu L, Fang M, Ma Z, Shan Z, Li C, Wang H. Diseleno[2,3-b:3′,2′-d]selenophene and Diseleno[2,3-b:3′,2′-d] thiophene: Building Blocks for the Construction of [7]Helicenes. J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82(20): 11192-11197.

[4]     Li L, Li B, Li C, Ma Z, Xu L, Wang H. Selective deprotonation of tetra[3,4]thienylene in the presence of n-BuLi. Org. Chem. Front., 2017, 4: 1019-1023.

[5]     Zhang S, Liu X, Li C, Li L, Song J, Shi J, Morton M, Rajca S, Rajca A, Wang H. Thiophene-Based Double Helices: Syntheses, X-ray Structures, and Chiroptical Properties. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138(31): 10002-10010. (Highlighted by SYNFACTS 12(10), 1036, 2016.)

[6]     Liu Q, Gao X, Zhong H, Song J, Wang H. Planar Heptathienoacenes Based on Unsymmetric Dithieno[3,2-b:3′,4′-d]thiophene: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81(18): 8612-8616. (Highlighted by SYNFACTS 12(11), 1149, 2016.)

[7]     Zhao X, Zhang L, Song J, Kan Y, Wang H. Naphthotetrathiophene-Based Helicene-Like Molecules: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 81(11): 4856-4860.

[8]     Li L, Zhao C, Wang H. Recent Progress in Synthesis and Application of Thiophene Oligomers Based on Bithiophene Dicarbanions. Chemical Record (Review), 2016, 16(2): 797-809.