Tieqiang [email protected] | Los Angeles, CA 90095

EXPERIENCE

⚫ 2019 - present Visiting Scholar University of California, Los Angeles

⚫ 2011 - present Engineer/Senior Engineer Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology EDUCATION

⚫ 2006 - 2011 Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology East University of Science and Technology

⚫ 2008 - 2010 Joint Ph.D. Program Organic/Green Chemistry McGill University

⚫ 2002 - 2006 B.S. Pharmaceutical Engineering East China University of Science and Technology RESEARCH

⚫ Computational modeling on heterogeneous catalysis

⚫ Catalysis on selective dehydrogenation

⚫ Organic synthesis: Catalytic asymmetric reactions/ C-C bond formations via catalytic C-H activation Awards

⚫ 2017 Outstanding young scientists, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology

⚫ 2013 Nomination Award for National (China) Excellent Doctoral Dissertation

⚫ 2012 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Shanghai

⚫ 2011 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of East China University of Science and Technology Publications 1. T. Zeng, C. Miao, W. , Z. Fan, D. Jiang, Dehydrogenation of iso-butane to iso-butene over highly dispersed VOx-species. Chemical World, 2014, 9, 524-529. 2. Y. , L. Sun, T. Zeng, J. , Y. and G. * Direct olefination of benzaldehydes into 1,3-diarylpropenes via a copper-catalyzed heterodomino Knoevenagel-decarboxylation-Csp3-H activation sequence. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12(21), 3493-3498. 3. L. X. Sun, D. Jiang, T. Zeng and C.-J. * Development of a copper (II)-catalyzed three-component tandem synthesis of isoindolinone derivatives. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2012, 90(1): 92-99. 4. L. , T. Zeng, Q. Shuai, X. and C.-J. Li* Phosphine ligand triggered oxidative decarbonylative homocoupling of aromatic aldehydes: selectively generating biaryls and diarylketones. Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 2161-2163.

5. T. Zeng, L. Yang, R. Hudson, G. Song*, A. R. Moores, and C.-J. Li* Fe3O4 nanoparticle-supported copper (I) pybox catalyst: magnetically recoverable catalyst for enantioselective direct-addition of terminal alkynes to imines. Organic Letters, 2011, 13(3), 442-445. Highlighted by Synfacts, 2011(5), 0571-0571. 6. T. Zeng, G. Song*, A. R. Moores, and C.-J. Li* Magnetically recoverable iron nanoparticle catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) between two Csp3-H bonds using molecular oxygen. Synlett, 2010, 13, 2002-2008.

7. T. Zeng, W.-W. , C. M. Cirtiu, A. Moores, G. Song*, C.-J. Li* Fe3O4 nanoparticles, a robust and magnetically recoverable catalyst for three-component coupling of aldehyde, alkyne and amine. Green Chemistry, 2010, 12(4), 570-573. Selected as “one of top discoveries of 2010” (Quebec, Canada). Promoted by Highlights in Chemical Science, January 18, 2010. 8. T. Zeng, G. Song* and C.-J. Li* Separation, recovery and reuse of N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts in transesterification reactions. Chemical Communications, 2009, 41, 6249-6251.

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9. W. Wu, X. Wu, Z. Fan, C. Miao, T. Zeng, “Catalysis materials for low-carbon alkane dehydrogenation and its use method”, the 5th Chapter in olefins, Fundamentals of catalytic processes, Edited by zaiku, Sinopec press, Beijing, 2013. 10. Over 20 Patents.

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