Academic Experience:

2019.07-present Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS

2016.08-2019.07   Assistant Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.

2014.10-2016.07   Posdoc.  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.

2010.11-2013.12   Dr. rer. nat.  Technical University of Munich

2007.09-2010.07   M. Sc.  Liaoning University

2003.09-2007.07   B. Sc.   Shenyang Normal University

Publications:

1. T. Guo, Y. Lin, D. Pan, X. Zhang, W. Zhu, X.-M. Cai*, G. Huang*, H. Wang, D. Xu, F. E. Kühn, B. Zhang*, T. Zhang*, Towards bioresource-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens from lignin β-O-4 motifs as renewable resources, Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 6076.

2. Y. Ding, T. Guo, Z. Li, B. Zhang*, F. E. Kühn, C. Liu, J. Zhang, D. Xu, M. Lei*, T. Zhang, C. Li*, Transition-metal-free synthesis of functionalized quinolines by direct conversion of β-O-4 linkages, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202206284.

3. B. Zhang, T. Guo, Z. Li, F. E. Kühn, M. Lei, Z. K. Zhao, J. Xiao, J. Zhang, D. Xu, T. Zhang, C. Li*, Transition-metal-free synthesis of pyrimidines from lignin β-O-4 segments via a one-pot multi-component reaction, Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 3365.

4. X. Li, Y. Ding, X. Pan, Y. Xing, B. Zhang*, X. Liu, Y. Tan, H. Wang, C. Li*, Scission of C-O and C-C linkages in lignin over RuRe alloy catalyst, J. Energy. Chem. 2022, 67, 492.

5. B. Zhang, T. Guo, Y. Liu, F. E. Kühn, C. Wang, Z. K. Zhao, J. Xiao, C. Li*, T. Zhang, Sustainable production of benzylamines from lignin, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 20666.