Prof. Jun LI

Theoretical Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Tel: +86(10)62795381

E-Mail: junli@tsinghua.edu.cn

Website of research group: http://www.junlilab.org/index.html

 

Prof. Dr. Li received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1992).  He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of Siegen (Germany) and at the Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University (USA) from 1994 to 1997.  He worked as a Research Scientist at The Ohio State University from 1997 to 2001 and then became a staff member at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL, USA) in 2001, where he was appointed as a Senior Research Scientist and later promoted to a Chief Scientist. He was also an affiliated full professor at University of Idaho and Washington State University. He is now a Cheung Kong Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University. He is an elected AAAS Fellow (USA) and Chinese Chemical Society Fellow. His research involves computational chemistry, theoretical inorganic chemistry, heavy-element chemistry, and computational catalysis science.  He has published six book chapters and more than 400 peer-reviewed papers with 30000+ citations.

Research Interests:

Quantum Inorganic Chemistry, Theoretical Actinide Chemistry, Computational Catalysis, Cluster Science, Computational Chemistry

 

Experience:

  2005-present    ChangJiang Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University (China)

  2010-2013       Adjunct Full Professor of Chemistry, Washington State University (USA)

  2007-2010       Affiliate Full Professor of Chemistry, University of Idaho (USA)

  2005-2009       Chief Scientist, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, PNNL

  2004-2005       Senior Research Scientist II, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, PNNL

  2001-2003       Senior Research Scientist I, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, PNNL

  1997-2001       Research Scientist, The Ohio State University

  1995-1997       Postdoctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University

  1994-1995       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Siegen (Germany)

  1993-1994       Associate Professor, Fujian Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  1992-1993       Assistant Professor, Fujian Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences


Education:

Ph.D (1992): Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences

M.Sc. (1988): Hebei Normal University

Bachelor (1982): Shaanxi University of Technology

 

Selected Publications:  

1.     Y.-L. Wang, H.-S. Hu, W.-L. Li, F. Wei, J. Li, Relativistic Effects Break Periodicity in Group-6 Diatomic Molecules, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138(4), 1126-1129.

2.     P. Cui, H.-S. Hu, B. Zhao, J. T. Miller, P. Cheng, J. Li, A Multicentre-Bonded [ZnI]8 Cluster with Cubic Aromaticity, Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 6331.

3.     H.-J. Zhai, Y.-F. Zhao, W.-L. Li, Q. Chen, H. Bai, H.-S. Hu, Z. A. Piazza, W.-J. Tian, H.-G. Lu, Y.-B. Wu, Y.-W. Mu, G.-F. Wei, Z.-P. Liu, J. Li, S.-D. Li, L.-S. Wang, Observation of an All-Boron Fullerene, Nature Chem. 2014, 6(8), 727-731.

4.     W.-L. Li, Y.-F. Zhao, H.-S. Hu, J. Li, L.-S. Wang, [B30]–: A Quasiplanar Chiral Boron Cluster, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53(22), 5540-5545.

5.     G.-J. Wang, M.-F. Zhou, J. T. Goettel, G. J. Schrobilgen, J. Su, J. Li, T. Schloeder, S. Riedel, Identification of An Iridium-Containing Compound with a Formal Oxidation State of IX, Nature 2014, 514(7523), 475-477.

6.     H.-S. Hu, Y.-H. Qiu, X.-G. Xiong, W.H.E. Schwarz, J. Li, On the Maximum Bond Multiplicity of Carbon: Unusual C≡U Quadruple Bonding in Molecular CUO, Chem. Sci. 2012, 3(9), 2786-2796.

7.     B.-T. Qiao, A.-Q. Wang, X.-F. Yang, L. F. Allard, Z. Jiang, Y.-T. Cui, J.-Y. Liu, J. Li, T. Zhang, Single-Atom Catalysis of CO Oxidation Using Pt1/FeOx, Nature Chem. 2011, 3(8), 634-641.

8.     G.-J. Wang, J. Su, Y. Gong, M.-F. Zhou, J. Li, Chemistry on Single Atoms: Spontaneous Hydrogen Production from Reactions of Transition-Metal Atoms with Methanol at Cryogenic Temperatures, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49(7), 1302-1305.

9.     X.-B. Wang, Y.-L. Wang, J. Yang, X.-P. Xing, J. Li, L.-S. Wang, Evidence of Significant Covalent Bonding in Au(CN)2- , J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131(45), 16368-16370.

10.   J. Li, H.-S. Hu, J. T. Lyon, L. Andrews, Chirality, Agostic Interactions, and Pyramidality in Actinide Methylidene Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46(47), 9045-9049.

11.   J. T. Lyon, H.-S. Hu, L. Andrews, J. Li, Formation of Unprecedented Actinide≡Carbon Triple Bonds in Uranium Methylidene Complexes, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2007, 104(48), 18919-18924.

12.   J. Li, B. E. Bursten, L. Andrews, C. J. Marsden, On the Electronic Structure of Molecular UO2 in the Presence of Ar Atoms: Evidence for Direct U-Ar Bonding, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126(11), 3424-3425.

13.   J. Li, X. Li, H.-J. Zhai, L.-S. Wang, Au20: A Tetrahedral Cluster, Science 2003, 299(5608), 864-867.

14.   H.-J. Zhai, B.-K., J. Li, L.-S. Wang, Hydrocarbon Analogues of Boron Clusters: Planarity, Aromaticity, and Antiaromaticity, Nature Mater. 2003, 2(12), 827-833.

15.   J. Li, B. E. Bursten, B.-Y. Liang, L. Andrews, Noble Gas-Actinide Compounds: Complexation of the CUO Molecule by Ar, Kr, and Xe Atoms in Noble Gas Matrices, Science 2002, 295(5563), 2242-2245.