Ass. Res. Kang Tengfei          Tel: +86-29-         E-mail: tfkang@snnu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experiences：

PhD., Sichuan University, (2019)

Newton International Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher, (UK), (2020-2024)

Research Interests：

Electro/photocatalytic organic synthesis;

Asymmetric Catalysis

Awards and Honors：

Newton International Fellow, 2020

High-level Talent of Shaanxi Province, 2025

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province –Youth Project (Grant No. 2025JC-YBQN-144): Photo-promoted Earth-Abundant Metal-Catalyzed C(sp²)–C(sp³) Cross-Coupling Reactions, January 2025 – December 2026.

2. Xianyang City Major Project for Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements (Grant No. L2025-ZDKJ-ZDCGZH-016): Key Technological Breakthroughs and Industrial Application of the Preparation of Camptothecin and Its Derivatives, October 2025 – September 2027.

Representative Publications:

1. Tengfei Kang*, Alister S. Goodfellow, Kevin Kasten, David B. Cordes, Aidan P. McKay, Michael Bühl*, and Andrew D. Smith*, Catalytic Enantioselective Dearomatizing [2,3]-Wittig Rearrangements Allow Divergent [2,3]-, [1,2]-, and Sommelet–Hauser-Type Products, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 22990.

2. Yajun Sun, Tengfei Kang*, Yingdi Feng, Huaming Sun, Geyang Song, Dong Xue*, Semi-heterogeneous dual iron/photocatalytic decarboxylative C(sp³)–C(sp³) cross-coupling via radical sorting, Green Chem, 2026, 28, 3270.

3. Tengfei Kang, Justin O'Yang, Kevin Kasten, Samuel S. Allsop, Toby Lewis-Atwell, Elliot H. E. Farrar, Martin Juhl, David B. Cordes, Aidan P. McKay, Matthew N. Grayson*, Andrew D. Smith*, The catalytic enantioselective [1,2]-Wittig rearrangement cascade of allylic ethers, Nat. Chem. 2026, 18, 800.

4. Yan⁺, Weikang Xiong⁺, Shasha Li, Zhenhua Wang, Tengfei Kang*, Gang Li, Geyang Song, Jianyang Dong, Dong Xue*, Nickel-Catalyzed O-Alkylisourea-Enabled Electrochemical Radical C(sp³)−C(sp²) Cross-Coupling, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202516173.

5. Yafei Wan, Tengfei Kang*, Zhehui Xu, Weikang Xiong, Gang Li, Jianyang Dong, Dong Xue*, Enabling Efficient Synthesis of Dihydrostilbenoid via Palladium-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral Deacylative Arylation, ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 9776.

6. Yajun Sun, Geyang Song, Yonggang Yan, Tengfei Kang*, Jianyang Dong, Gang Li, Dong Xue*, Red-light-driven enantioselective Minisci-type addition to heteroarenes via recyclable semi-heterogeneous catalysis, Green Chem. 2025, 27, 5315.

7. Jingsheng Li, Tengfei Kang*, Yi Xiao, Zhenyu Li, Yulin Xiao, Yonggang Yan, Geyang Song, Gang Li, Jianyang Dong, Chao Wang, Dong Xue*, The Multiple Roles of Bipyridine-Nickel(II) Complex in Versatile Photoredox C(sp²)–C(sp³) Cross-Coupling, ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 3338.

8. Weikang Xiong, Tengfei Kang*, Fei Li, Huijuan Liao, Yonggang Yan, Jianyang Dong, Gang Li, Dong Xue*, Ni-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Cross-Coupling of Alcohols with Aryl Chlorides via an Organic Photoredox Process, ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 14089.