Educations and Work Experiences：

PhD., Lanzhou University, (2005.09-2010.06)

Lecturer, Lanzhou University, (2010.07-2011.05)

Postdoc, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, (2011.05-2012.08)

Postdoc, University of California at Berkeley (USA), (2012.11-2014.12)

Principal Investigator (PI), Shaanxi Normal University (From 2015 to now)

Research interests:

Total synthesis of natural product

Design and synthesis of complex functional molecules

Awards and Honors:

First Prize for Excellent Scientific and Technological Research Achievements in Institutions of Higher Education of Shaanxi Province, 2025

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Japan), 2025

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Hong Kong), 2022

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, 2021

Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Singapore), 2018

Young Scholar of Shaanxi Provincial "Hundred Talents Program", 2017

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1、General Program, NSFC (No. 22371176), Total Synthesis of Daphnane- and Tigliane-Type Diterpenoid Natural Products, 2024–2027, 500,000 RMB

2、Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Overseas), NSFC (No. 22022106), Synthesis of Natural Products, 2021–2023, 1,200,000 RMB

3、General Program, NSFC (No. 21971157), Divergent Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Troponoid-Type Nor-diterpenoid Natural Products from Cephalotaxus, 2020–2023, 650,000 RMB

4、General Program, NSFC (No. 21672134), Total Synthesis of Complex Diterpenoid Ryanodol, 2017–2020, 650,000 RMB

Representative Publications

[1] Y. Nie, J. Sun, G.-J. Fan, W.-J. He, H. Shao, Y.-M. Zhao*; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e7232106.

[2] J.-B. Qiao, J.-Y. Pei, Y. Zhang, Q.-W. Zhang, Y.-M. Zhao*; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 40093.

[3] Y.-K. Sun, X.-F. Guo, Y. Bu, J.-B. Qiao, Y.-M. Zhao*; JACS Au 2025, 5, 4956.

[4] J.-B. Qiao, L. Meng, J.-Y. Pei, H. Shao, Y.-M. Zhao*; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202417647.

[5] H. Shao, Z.-H. Ma, Y.-Y. Cheng, X.-F. Guo, Y.-K. Sun, W.-J. Liu, Y.-M. Zhao*; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202402931.

[6] Y.-K. Sun, J.-B. Qiao, Y.-M. Xin, Q. Zhou, Z.-H. Ma, H. Shao, Y.-M. Zhao*; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310917.

[7] H. Shao, X. Gao, Z.-T. Wang, Z. Gao, Y.-M. Zhao*; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 7419.

[8] H. Shao, Y.-M. Zhao*; Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis, Vol 14, Harmata, M. Ed.; Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc: San Diego, United States, 2019, 159.

[9] L. Xu, C. Wang, Z. Gao, Y.-M. Zhao*; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 5653.