Employment

Jul/2016– Professor

Center for Organic Chemistry (COC)

Frontier Institute of Science and Technology

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Sept/2014–Jul/2016 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow

Kyoto University, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Osuka & Yorimitsu)

Apr/2014–Aug/2016 Postdoctoral Fellow

Kyoto University, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Osuka & Yorimitsu)

Feb/2014–Apr/2016 Research Associate

Kyoto University, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Osuka & Yorimitsu)

Aug/2013–Jan/2014 Research Associate

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Supervisor: Prof. Yoshikai)

Education

Aug/2009–Mar/2014 PhD (Organic Chemistry),

Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry

School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Supervisor Prof. Yoshikai)

Sept.2006–Jul. 2009 M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry),

Department of Chemistry

Fudan University, China (Supervisor: Prof. Jie Wu)

Sept. 2002–Jul. 2006 B.Sc. (Chemistry),

Department of Chemistry

Fudan University, China

1. Design of Porphyrin-based supramolecular catalysis for C–H bond activation

2. Design of Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) catalysis for small molecular activation

1. α-Arylation of Aryl Sulfides with Ketimines at a low Palladium Catalyst loading. Gao, K.; Yorimitsu, H.; Osuka, A. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4573.

2. Cobalt-Catalyzed ortho C–H Alkylation of 2-Arylpyridines via Ring-Opening of Aziridines. Gao, K.; Paira, R.; Yoshikai, N. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1486.

3. Low-Valent Cobalt Catalysis: New Opportunities for C–H Functionalization. Gao, K.; Yoshikai, N. Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 1208. 4. Cobalt-Catalyzed Ortho Alkylation of Aromatic Imines with Primary and Secondary Alkyl Haldies. Gao, K.; Yoshikai, N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 9279. 5. Cobalt-Catalyzed Ortho-Arylation of Aromatic Imines with Aryl Chlorides. Gao, K.; Lee, P.-S.; Long, C.; Yoshikai, N. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4234.

6. Cobalt-Catalyzed Arylation of Aldimines via Directed C–H Bond Functionalization: Addition of 2-Arylpyridines and Self-Coupling of Aromatic Aldimines. Gao, K.; Yoshikai, N. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 4305. (Top ten most accessed article in March 2012)

7. Cobalt–Phenanthroline Catalysts for the ortho Alkylation of Aromatic Imines under Mild Reaction Conditions. Gao, K.; Yoshikai, N. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 6888.

6. Regioselectivity-Switchable Hydroarylation of Styrenes. Gao, K.; Yoshikai, N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 400.

8. Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Alkynes through Chelation-Assisted C‒H Bond Activation. Gao, K.; Lee, P.-S.; Fujita, T.; Yoshikai, N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12249. (Highlighted in Synfacts 2010, 1410)

9. Sc(OTf)3-Catalyzed or t-BuOK Promoted Tandem Reaction of 2-(2-(Alkynyl)benzylidene)malonate with Indole. Gao, K.; Wu, J. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2251.