2011 - present Professor, Nankai University

2007 - 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland, USA, (with Prof. Micheal P. Doyle)

2006 - 2011 Associate Professor, Nankai University

2003 - 2005 Assistance Professor, Nankai University

The main emphasis of my research is the discovery and development of new catalytic synthetic methods with particular interest in asymmetric reactions, the asymmetric total synthesis of various biologically active natural products and structural analogues, as well as the design and synthesis of new highly efficient chiral ligands and catalysts for asymmetric reactions.

100. Zheng-Yan Huang, Pei-Yu Hu, and Jian-Hua Xie*. Design and Synthesis of Chiral Spiro Monophosphinites with a 3-Oxo-1,1′-spirobiindane Scaffold and Their Application in Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Dehydroamino Acid Esters. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 4404–4410 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c01276).

99. Fan Yang, Huai-Yu Bin, Feng-Kai Zhao, Li Cheng, Hao Wang*, and Jian-Hua Xie*. Divergent Construction of Spirocyclopentene-3,2′-indolines with Vicinal Stereocenters via Palladium-Catalyzed Aza-Wacker Cyclization. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 4244–4250 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00931).

98. Fan Yang, Liuyang Pu*, Jianhua Xie*, Qilin Zhou. Total Synthesis of Tetracyclic Homoproaporphine Alkaloids (+)-Crociflorinone and (+)-6a-epi-Crociflorinone. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 45, 969-976 (DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202409026).

97. Xiong Wu, Hai-Tao Yue, Xiao-Dong Zuo, Xiao-Hui Yang, Pu-Cha Yan*, Jian-Hua Xie*, Qi-Lin Zhou. Kinetic Resolution of Recamic 4-Substituted Chroman-2-ones through Asymmetric Lactone Hydrogenation. CCS Chem. 2024, 6, 2560–2576 (DOI:10.31635/ccschem.024.202303801).

96. Yang-Ming Zhang, Shu-Min Guo, Qing-Xian Wang, Xiao-Jie Zheng, Jian-Hua Xie,* Qi-Lin Zhou, Design and Synthesis of Spirochroman-2-on-4,1'-indan-7'-ol and Its Application for Synthesizing Chiral Monophosphinite Ligands. Chin. J. Chem. 2023, 41, 2988−2994 (DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300319).

95. Ying Xiong, Yong-Hong Chen, Tao Li, Jian-Hua Xie*, Qi-Lin Zhou. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Hamigeran F and Its Rearrangement Product. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5161−5165 (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01997).

94. Lin-Ping Li, Jia-Qi Han, Fan Yang, Xiong Wu, Jian-Hua Xie*, Qi-Lin Zhou. Total Synthesis of the Alleged Structure of (+)-Fimbricalyxoid A. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 3477−3481 (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01076).

93. Xiao-Dong Zuo, Shu-Min Guo, Rui Yang, Jian-Hua Xie*, Qi-Lin Zhou*, Bioinspired Enantioselective Synthesis of Crinine-type Alkaloids via Iridium...

2013 Award for Outstanding Young Scientists (National Natural Science Foundation of China)

2012 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award

2008 New Century Excellent Talents Project (Ministry of Education, China)

2007 Tianjin Natural Science Award (The First-Rank)