Chen Zhu

Chen Zhu earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Xiamen University in 2003 and completed his Ph.D. at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry in 2008 under the guidance of Professor Guo-Qiang Lin. Following his doctoral studies, he conducted postdoctoral research with Professor Takahiko Akiyama at Gakushuin University and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Professors John R. Falck and Chuo Chen at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In 2013, he was appointed as a full professor at Soochow University, where he also served as head of the Organic Chemistry Department. He relocated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a full professor in 2022. To date, he has authored more than 160 scientific publications and achieved an H-index exceeding 60. His current research focuses on radical-mediated functional-group migration reactions and their applications in the synthesis of functional small molecules and polymers.