Work Experience

• Jan 2025 – Present: Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University      (Associate Professor)

• Jul 2018 – Dec 2024: Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University      (Lecturer)

• Dec 2022 – Dec 2023: University of Bristol, UK (Visiting Scholar,      Prof. Varinder K. Aggarwal’s Research Group)

Education Background

• Sep 2012 – Jun 2018: Lanzhou University, Organic Chemistry, Ph.D.      (Doctor of Science)

• Jan 2015 – Jun 2018: Xi’an Jiaotong University, Organic Chemistry      (Joint Ph.D. Program)

• Sep 2008 – Jun 2012: Lanzhou University, Materials Chemistry, B.Sc.      (Bachelor of Science)

Research Fields

1. Photocatalytic Reaction Methodology

2. Phosphorus Chemistry

Major Scientific Achievements

In recent years, Wanfa Tian has hosted one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Fund project, three provincial-level projects of Natural Science Foundation project of Jiangxi Province, and one provincial project from Department of Education. Additionally, he has participated as a key member in one NSFC project. To date, he has published over ten papers as the first author or corresponding author. He was awarded the 2024 Wiley China Open Science Outstanding Contribution Author Award.

Representative Academic Publications

ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-1873-5366

1、Zhou, Y.; He, Y. Q.; Wang, X. Y.; Lu, L.; Zhou, Z. Z.; Song, X. R.; Tian, W. F.; Xiao, Q. Photoredox‐Enabled Manganese‐Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkynes. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2024, 366, 1545.

2、Zhou, Y.; He, Y. Q.; Nie, X.; Lu, L.; Song, X. R.; Zhou, Z. Z.; Tian, W. F.; Xiao, Q. Ir/Co dual catalyzed hydroacylation of electron-deficient alkenes overcoming redox potential limitations. Org. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 4269.

3、Wang, X.-Y.; He, Y.-Q.; Zhou, Y.; Lu, L.; Song, X.-R.; Zhou, Z.-Z.; Tian, W.-F.; Xiao, Q. Photoalkylation/-arylation of ortho-Diketones with Unactivated Organic Halides. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 3847.

4、Zhu, Y.; Huang, H.-Y.; He, Y.-Q.; Wang, M.; Wang, X.-Y.; Song, X.-R.; Mao, Z.-J.; Tian, W.-F.; Xiao, Q. Visible-light enabled photochemical reduction of 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds by Hünig's base. Org. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 1924.

5、Wang, X.-Y.; He, Y.-Q.; Wang, M.; Zhou, Y.; Li, N.; Song, X.-R.; Zhou, Z.-Z.; Tian, W.-F.; Xiao, Q. Visible-light-driven proton reduction for semi-hydrogenation of alkynes via organophotoredox/manganese dual catalysis. RSC Advances 2022, 12, 36138.

6、Zhu, Y.; He, Y. Q.; Tian, W. F.; Wang, M.; Zhou, Z. Z.; Song, X. R.; Ding, H. X.; Xiao, Q. Dual Cobalt and Photoredox Catalysis Enabled Redox-Neutral Annulation of 2-Propynolphenols. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 3372.

7、Wang, M.; He, Y.-Q.; Zhu, Y.; Song, Z.-B.; Wang, X.-Y.; Huang, H.-Y.; Cao, B.-P.; Tian, W.-F.; Xiao, Q. The wavelength-regulated stereodivergent synthesis of (Z)- and (E)-1,4-enediones from phosphonium ylides. Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 5934.

8、Tian, W.-F.; Zhu, Y.; He, Y.-Q.; Wang, M.; Song, X.-R.; Bai, J.; Xiao, Q. Hydroxyl Assisted, Photoredox/Cobalt Co-catalyzed Semi-Hydrogenation and Tandem Cyclization of o-Alkynylphenols for Access to 2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 730.

9、Tian, W. F.; He, Y. Q.; Song, X. R.; Ding, H. X.; Ye, J.; Guo, W. J.; Xiao, Q. cis‐Selective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes by Merging Visible‐Light Catalysis with Cobalt Catalysis. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 1032.