Presenter: Professor Shi Feng, Jiangsu Normal University / Changzhou University

    Date: April 28, 2025, 15:30–17:00

    Location: 2nd Floor Lecture Hall, Building 6, Zhangjiang Campus

    Invited by: Professor Zhu Chen

Biography
Shi Feng is a professor at Jiangsu Normal University and Distinguished Professor at Changzhou University. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Jiangsu Normal University (1998, 2004) and a joint PhD from Soochow University and USTC (2013). He was a visiting scholar at Nanyang Technological University in 2012–2013. Recipient of Jiangsu Outstanding Youth Fund (2016), National Distinguished Youth Fund (2021), and more. Focused on chiral indole chemistry, he developed novel scaffold molecules and asymmetric reactions for efficient and selective synthesis. Published over 130 papers, holds 10+ patents, and was listed in Elsevier’s Highly Cited Researchers (2020–2024) and Clarivate’s 2024 list. He received multiple national awards and serves on editorial boards of Acta Chim. Sinica, Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, Eur. J. Org. Chem., and others.

Abstract
Chiral indoles are crucial in developing drugs, catalysts, and materials. However, this field is still developing, and selective synthesis is a key challenge. The team proposed new strategies using indole scaffold molecules—like indolemethanol, alkenylindole, and arylindole—for asymmetric transformations. These platforms exhibited unique reactivity and selectivity, revealing fundamental mechanisms and promoting the field's development. This talk presents the latest progress on designing indolemethanol scaffolds for asymmetric catalysis.