The You Group --- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Prof. Shu-Li You

Prof. Shu-Li You (游书力) was born in 1975 in Luohe, Henan province, China, and received his BSc in chemistry from Nankai University in 1996. He obtained his PhD from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) in 2001 under the supervision of Prof. Li-Xin Dai before doing postdoctoral studies with Prof. Jeffery W. Kelly at The Scripps Research Institute. From 2004, he worked at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation as a Principal Investigator before returning to SIOC in 2006 as a Full Professor. During Jan. 2017 to Mar. 2023, he served as the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry. Since 2019, he has been appointed as the Deputy Director of SIOC. His current research interests include asymmetric catalysis, synthetic methodology, natural product synthesis, as well as medicinal chemistry. Prof. Shu-Li You has published over 360 peer-reviewed papers and edited two books, and applied over 30 Chinese patents as a co-inventor. Dr. You’s papers have received total citations over 26000 and his h-index is 90 (until August 2023). He is the recipient of AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award (2011), RSC Merck Award (2015), Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation (2016), China Youth Science and Technology Award (2016), Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2017/2018), National Natural Science Award (2nd class) (2017), Xplorer Prize (2019), and New Cornerstone Investigator Program (2023).

Education and Research Experience:

Nov. 2019-present: Deputy Director, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China

Jan. 2017-Mar. 2023: Director, State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China

Apr. 2006-Present: Professor, State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China

Feb. 2004-Apr. 2006: Principal Investigator, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, CA USA

Sept. 2001-Feb. 2004: Postdoctoral fellow, (advisor: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly), Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA

Sept. 1996-July 2001: Graduate student (advisor: Professor Li-Xin Dai), Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Professional service:

Associate Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021.1-

Associate Editor, Chemical Science, 2020.7-2020.12

Associate Editor, Science Bulletin, 2018.1-2022.12

Associate Editor, Organometallics, 2014.12-2019.12

Associate Editor, Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017.1-

Associate Editor, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013.1-2014.12

Regional Editor, Current Organic Catalysis, 2014.6-

Editorial Board, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2020.10-

Editorial Board, Science of Synthesis, 2017.10-

Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012.7-2016.10

Advisory Board, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016.10-

Advisory Board, Chemical Society Reviews, 2011.1-

Advisory Board, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011.1-

Advisory Board, Chemical Communications, 2012.9-

Advisory Board, Chem, 2016.7.1-

Advisory Board, Chem Catalysis, 2020.9.1-

Advisory Board, ACS Catalysis, 2013.11-2018.12

Advisory Board, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2014.1-

Advisory Board, Trends in Chemistry, 2018.7.7-

Advisory Board, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS), 2020.8.1-

Advisory Board, Royal Society Open Science, 2020.4-

International Advisory Board, The Chemical Record, 2022.5-

Advisory Board, Synlett, 2023.1-

Scientific Advisory Board, ChemRxiv, 2023.1-

Advisory Board, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2015.10-

Advisory Board, Acta Chimica Sinica, 2015.7-

Series Editor, Topics in Current Chemistry, 2015.4-

Deputy Director, The Chinese Youth Chemical Society, 2014.1-2018.10

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014.3-

International Advisory Board (IAB), International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis, 2016.3-

Awards :

New Cornerstone Investigator Program (2023)

Chambroad Technology Award (2022)

Lu Jiaxi Excellence in Teaching Award (2019)

Xplorer Prize (2019)

Zhuang Changgong’s special reward fund of Shanghai Society of Chemistry and Chemical Industry (2019)

The 16th Shanghai Science and Technology Elite Award (2019)

Shanghai Young Scientists Outstanding Contribution Award (2019)

Second-Class National Natural Science Award (2017)

The 9th CCS-BASF Youth Innovation Award (2017-2018)

The 12th Shanghai Natural Science Peony Award (2017)

CASE Award (2017)

AbbVie Lectureship (UIUC) (2017/2018)

Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2017/2018)

Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation (2016)

China Youth Science and Technology Award (2016)

SABIC-CAS Scholarship (2016)

RSC Merck Award (2015)

Roche Chinese Young Investigator Award (2014)

WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Award (2014)

Shanghai Leading Talent (2014)

The 7th Shanghai Science and Technology Youth Elite Award (2014)

Chinese Academy of Sciences Young Scientist Award (2014)

Second-Class National Natural Science Award (2013)

Selected as “Asian Rising Stars” in 15th Asian Chemical Congress (2013)

CAS Teaching Excellence Award (2012 & 2013 & 2014 & 2015 & 2016 & 2017 & 2018 & 2020 & 2021 & 2022)

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Japan, Singapore, 2012)

AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award (2011)

Chu Yuet Wah Award for Outstanding Teachers of CAS (2011)

The Third Chinese Chemical Society-Royal Society of Chemistry Young Chemist Award (2011)

The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2010)

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2010)

The Distinguished Lectureship Award from The Chemical Society of Japan Asian International Symposium (2009)

The Chinese Chemical Society Young Chemist Award (2008)

CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award from Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (2008)

The CCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award (2007)

The Hundred-Talented Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007)

The Top 100 Best Ph. D. Theses in 2003

The Excellent Achievement Award of Shanghai Graduate Students (Theses) in 2003

The Special Prize of the President Scholarship for Postgraduate Student in 2001