Education Experiences:

09/2002-03/2006, Ph.D in Organic Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese of Academy of Sciences, P. R. China 

09/1999-06/2002, MS in Organic Chemistry, Central China Normal University; P. R. China 

09/1995-06/1999, BS in Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University; P. R. China

Work Experiences:

10/2009-present, Associate Prof. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; P. R. China. 

02/2009-09/2009, Teacher, Central China Normal University; P. R. China 

11/2006-12/2008, Postdoctoral Research fellow, RWTH-Aachen University, Germany, (cooperator: Carsten Bolm ) 

04/2006-10/2006, Temporary Research Assistant, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese of Academy of Sciences; P. R. China

Research Interests:

·Transformation of CO2 into high-value-added chemicals using chemical catalysis, photo(electronic) catalysis and biocatalysis 

·Hydrogenation of carboxylic acids and its derivatives (esters, lactones, carbonates, carboxamides) 

·Deploymerization of polymers (ployethene, polycarbonates, polyethylene terephthalate )

Awards and Honor:

Excellent Prize of President Scholarship Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006) 

Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation Fellowship (2007-2008)

Representative Publications:

1. Sheng-Mei Lu, Zhijun Wang, Jijie Wang, Jun Li, Can Li* Hydrogen generation from formic aciddecomposition on a highly efficient iridiumcatalyst bearing a diaminoglyoxime ligand. Green Chem., 2018, 20, 1835-1840. 

2. Kumaraswamy Paridala, Sheng-Mei Lu (co-first author), Meng-Meng Wang; Can Li* Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 11574-11577. 

3. Sheng-Mei Lu, Zhijun Wang (co-first author), Jun Li, Jianliang Xiao, Can Li* Green Chem., 2016, 18, 4553-4558. 

4. Zhijun Wang, Sheng-Mei Lu, (co-first author), Jun Li, Jijie Wang, Can Li* Unprecedentedly High Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Activity on an Iridium Complex with an N,N’-Diimine Ligand in Water. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 12592-12595.