1988 - 1990    Postdoctoral associate, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, CHINA (with professor Zheng-Hua Zhu).

1990 - 1992    Postdoctoral associate, Max-Planck Institute of Polymer Science, Mainz, GERMANY (with professor Klaus Müllen).

1992 - 1994    Postdoctoral associate, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Basel University, Basel, SWITZERLAND (with professor Andreas Pfaltz).

1994 - 1996    Postdoctoral associate, Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, Texas, U.S.A. (with professor Michael P. Doyle).

1996 - 1997    Associate professor, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, CHINA.

1997 - 1999    Professor, Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, CHINA.

1999 - presentProfessor, Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.

Synthetic methodology, organometallics, asymmetric catalysis, and synthesis of biologically active compounds and chiral drugs.

(1)  Research papers on international peer reviewed journals: 270.

(2)  Chapters on the scientific books: 17.

(3)  Patents: 30.

1997 Award for Outstanding Young Scientists (National Natural Science Foundation of China)

2005 Prize for Creation in Organic Synthesis (Chinese Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry)

2006 Yao-Zeng Huang Prize of Organometallics (Chinese Chemical Society)

2007 JSPS Fellowship Award (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

2007 The First Prize of Natural Science Awazd of Tianjin

2008 PKU-Lilly Lectureship

2009 Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2012    Molecular Science Forum Lecture Professorship (Institute of Chemistry, CAS)

2012    Lu Jiaxi Lectureship at Xiamen University

2012    Prize of Chiral Chemistry (Chinese Chemical Society)

2013    Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry

2014    The First Prize of Natural Science Awazd of Tianjin

2014    Novartis Lecturer at the Scripps Research Institute

2014    Tianjin Outstanding Scientist (Tianjin Association for Science and Technology)

2014     National Outstanding Scientist (China Association for Science and Technology)

2017     Boehringer-Ingelheim Lecturer at California Institute of Technology

2017     Distinguished Lu Jiaxi Lecture, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2018     Chemistry Contribution Prize (Chinese Chemical Society and Sinopec)

2018     Future Science Prize---The Physical Science Prize

2019     The First Prize of the National Natural Science Awazd

1999 - East China University of Science and Technology

2005 - Shanghai Jiaotong University

2001 - 2010  Member, the Academic Committee of Catalysis by Metal-Complexes, Chinese Chemical Society.

2002 - 2005  Member, the Committee of Science and Technology (Chemistry Division), the Ministry of Education of China.

2004 -          Member, the Academic Committee of State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry.

2005 -           Member, the Academic Committee of Organic Synthesis, Chinese Chemical Society.

2006 -           Member, the Academic Committee of State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry.

2006 -              Member, Advisory Committee of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Chemistry Division).

2008 -           Member, the Academic Committee of Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, the Ministry of Education of China.

2010 - 2017     President, Chemcal Society of Tianjin.

2010 - 2018     Vice President, Chinese Chemical Society.

2011 -              Vice Chair, the Academic Committee of the Partner State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

2012 -              Vice Chair, Academic Committee of Nankai University.

2012 -              Member, Standing Committee of Chemistry Division, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2012 -              Member, the Academic Committee of State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs.

2013 -              Member, the Academic Committee of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2013 -              Member, the Academic Committee of State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology.

2013 - 2018     Member, Academic Committee of Collaborative Innovation Center (Tianjin).

2013 -              Vice Chairman, Tianjin Science and Technology Association .

2014 -              Vice Chair, the AcademicCommittee of State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry.

2015 -              Member, the Academic Committee of State Key Laboratory of Organomeatallics.

2015 -              Member, the Academic Committee of State Key Laboratory of Syn...

2003 - 2012    Member, Editorial Board of Science in China B, Chemistry.

2005 - 2013    Member, Editorial Board of Frontiers of Chemistry in China －Selected Publications from Chinese Universities.

2007 -             Member, Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry.

2007 -          Member, Editorial Board of Chemical Journal of Chinese University.

2008 -            Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical.

2009 - 2017    Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Accounts of Chemical Research.

2009 -          Member, Board of Series Editors of Topics in Organometallic Chemistry.

2010 -          Memebr, Advisory Editorial Board of Chemical Science.

2011 - 2013    Member, Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Catalysis.

2011 -          Member, Editorial Board of Advanced Synthesis undefinedamp and Catalysis.

2011 - 2017    Member, Editoral Board of Organic undefinedamp and Biomolecular Chemistry.

2012 -             Editor-in-chief of Acta Chimica Sinica.

2012 -             Member, Advisory Editorial Board of Asian J. Org. Chem.

2014 -             Member, Advisory Editorial Board of J. Org. Chem.

2014 -             Member, Advisory Board of Tetrahedron.

2014 -             Member, Advisory Board of Tetrahedron Letters.

2014 - 2017     Member, Advisory Board of Tetrahedron: Asymmetry.

2014 -             Member, Advisory Editorial Board of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed..

2016 -             Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Helvetica Chimica Acta.

2016 -             Member, Editorial Board of National Science Review.

2018 -             Associate editor, CCS Chemistry