Organic chemistry; Transtion metal catalysis; Asymmetric synthetic chemistry; Supramolecular chemistry

09/2013–07/2018   Nankai University (Tianjin, China)                                                                        

Ph.D. Student in Organic Chemistry (Advisor: Prof. Qi-Lin Zhou)

09/2009–07/2013  Shandong Normal University (Jinan, China)                                                         

Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry

07/2023– present:  Associate Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.  

06/2021–04/2023:  Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, USA), Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor: Prof. Jin-Quan Yu)                                                                                         

09/2018–05/2021:  Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, USA), Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor: Prof. Julius Rebek Jr.)                                                                       

1. Ji-Min Yang#,Yu-Kun Lin#, Tao Sheng, Liang Hu, Xin-Pei Cai, Jin-Quan Yu*, Regio-Controllable [2+2] Benzannulation with Two C(sp3)–H Bonds. Science 2023, 380, 639-644. (#These authors contributed equally)

2. Hau Sun Sam Chan#, Ji-Min Yang#, Jin-Quan Yu*, Catalyst-Controlled Site-Selective Methylene C–H Lactonization of Dicarboxylic Acids. Science 2022, 376, 1481–1487. (#These authors contributed equally)

3. Ji-Min Yang, Yong-Qing Chen, Yang Yu*, Pablo Ballester, Julius Rebek Jr.*, Rigidified Cavitand Hosts in Water: Bent Guests, Shape Selectivity and Encapsulation，J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 19517–19524.

4. Ji-Min Yang, Yang Yu, Julius Rebek Jr.*, Selective Macrocycle Formation in Cavitands, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2190–2193.

5. Ji-Min Yang#, Feng-Kai Guo#, Yu-Tao Zhao, Qiao Zhang, Ming-Yao Huang, Mao-Lin Li, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Qi-Lin Zhou*, Insertion of Alkylidene Carbenes into B–H Bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20924–20929. (#These authors contributed equally)

6. Ji-Min Yang, Zi-Qi Li, Mao-Lin Li, Qiao He, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Qi-Lin Zhou*, Catalytic B−H Bond Insertion Reactions Using Alkynes as Carbene Precursors. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3784–3789.

7. Ji-Min Yang, Yu-Tao Zhao, Zi-Qi Li, Xue-Song Gu, Shou-Fei Zhu* and Qi-Lin Zhou*, Gold (I)-Catalyzed Terminal Alkynes Oxidation/ B–H Bond Insertion. ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 7351–7355.

8. Ming-Yao Huang#, Ji-Min Yang#, Shou-Fei Zhu*, Highly Enantioselective Rh-catalyzed Si–H Bond Insertion Reactions Using Alkynes as Carbene Precursors. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 5353–5357. (#These authors contributed equally)