Name: ZHANG Kaining

Gender: male

Job title: Initial-stage Postdoctoral Researcher

Academic Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Specialty: Organic Chemistry

Email Address: zhangkaining@ncu.edu.cn

Research direction: Organic Photochemistry, Automated Laboratory

Education and Work Experience:

2025.08~Present: Engaged in teaching and scientific research at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University

2022.03~2025.03: Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Postdoctoral Researcher

2015.09~2022.01: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences，Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry

2011.09~2015.06: China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou), Bachelor’s degree in Applied Chemistry

Research fields:

Research on photocatalytic transformation of inert carbon-carbon bonds

Intelligent laboratories

Research projects：

Awards and Honors：

Representative papers and patents：

1.Dehydroxymethylation of Alcohols Enabled by Cerium Photocatalysis；J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10556–10564，Kaining Zhang, Liang Chang, Qing An, Xin Wang, Zhiwei Zuo*

2.Bisphosphonium-catalyzed ring-opening of cycloalkenes under visible-light irradiation; Green Chem., 2025, 27, 1023-1030; Kaining Zhang, Jiazhao Wang, Wenlong Chen, Mingfeng Li, Shengfei Jin* and Zhiwei Zuo*

3.Cerium Catalyzed C–H Functionalizations of Alkanes Utilizing Alcohols as Hydrogen Atom Transfer Agents; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6216–6226; Qing An, Ziyu Wang, Yuegang Chen, Xin Wang, Kaining Zhang, Hui Pan , Weimin Liu* , Zhiwei Zuo*

4.Bench-Stable Cerium(IV) Benzoate: A Versatile LMCT Catalyst for Selective Dehydroxymethylative Functionalization；Huaishuo Liang, Linmei Lai, Kaining Zhang, Wenlong Chen, Mingfeng Li, Yi Yang*, Jian Li* and Zhiwei Zuo*