1. Education Background
l 2001-2005: B.S. degree from Lanzhou University (Advisor: Prof. Yong-Qiang Tu)
l 2005-2010: Ph.D degree from Lanzhou University (Advisor: Prof. Yong-Qiang Tu)
2. Professional Experience
l 2010-2011: Lecter, Lanzhou University
l 2011-2012: Postdoc, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Advisor: Prof. Jianwei Sun)
l 2012-2014: Postdoc, The University of California at Berkeley (Advisor: Thomas J. Maimone)
l 2015-2018: Associate Professor, Shaanxi Normal University
l 2019-now: Professor, Shaanxi Normal University
3. Research Interests
Natural Product Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry
4. Representative Publications
1) Jin-Bao Qiao, Jia-Yi Pei, Yuxiang Zhang, Qing-Wei Zhang, and Yu-Ming Zhao*; Divergent Total Synthesis of Pleurotinoid Natural Products; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, ASAP.
2) Ya-Kui Sun, Xiao-Feng Guo, Yu Bu, Jin-Bao Qiao, and Yu-Ming Zhao*; Unified Chemical Synthesis of Corynanthe-Sarpagine-Ajmaline Type Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids: A Biomimetic Approach; JACS Au 2025, 5, ASAP.
3) Jin-Bao Qiao, Long Meng, Jia-Yi Pei, Hui Shao, and Yu-Ming Zhao*; Total Synthesis of Ryanodane Diterpenoids Garajonone and 3-epi-Garajonone; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202417647.
4) Hui Shao, Zhi-Hua Ma, Yang-Yang Cheng, Xiao-Feng Guo, Ya-Kui Sun, Wen-Jie Liu, and Yu-Ming Zhao*; Bio-inspired Total Synthesis of Cephalotaxus Diterpenoids and Their Structural Analogues; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, e202402931.
5) Ya-Kui Sun, Jin-Bao Qiao, Yu-Meng Xin, Qin Zhou, Zhi-Hua Ma, Hui Shao, and Yu-Ming Zhao*; Total Synthesis of Metaphanine and Oxoepistephamiersine; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, e202310917.
6) Hui Shao, Xiaonan Gao, Zhong-Tian Wang, Ziwei Gao, and Yu-Ming Zhao*; Divergent Biomimetic Total Syntheses of Ganocins A-C, Ganocochlearins C-D and Cochlearol T; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 7419-7424.
7) Hui Shao, Yu-Ming Zhao*; “Total Synthesis of (±)-Cephanolides B and C Enabled by Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization and Late-Stage sp3 C-H Bond Oxidation” in Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis, Vol 14, Harmata, M. Ed.; Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc: San Diego, United States, 2019, 159-185.
8) Lun Xu, Chao Wang, Ziwei Gao, Yu-Ming Zhao*; Total Synthesis of (±)-Cephanolides B and C via a Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization and Late-stage sp3 C–H Bond Oxidation; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 5653-5658.
5. Awards and Honors
l First Prize of Outstanding Scientific and Technological Research Achievements of Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions (2025)
l ACP Lectureship Award (Thailand, 2022)
l ACP Lectureship Award (Hong Kong, 2022)
l Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2021)
l The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (2020)
l ACP Lectureship Award (Singapore, 2019)
l Hundred Talents Program of Shaanxi Province (2017)
