2008─2012: B.S., College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, China (Supervisor: Professor Xumu Zhang)
2012─2017: Ph.D., College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, China (Supervisor: Professor Xumu Zhang)
2017─2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, USA (Supervisor: Professor Gregory C. Fu and Jonas C. Peters)
2022─ : Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University
2017 Top Ten Academic Stars of Wuhan University
2017 Invited to attend the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting, Germany
2021 Invited to attend the 4th World Laureates Forum, China
2022 “Outstanding Youth Program (Overseas)”, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
2022 “Advanced Oversea Talents Introduction Program”, Hubei province, China
2023 “Wuhan Talents Excellent Youth”, China.
2024 “Chief Scientist”, Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China
1. Caiyou Chen, Gregory C. Fu*. Copper-catalyzed enantioconvergent alkylation of oxygen nucleophiles. Nature, 2023, 618, 301–307.
2. Caiyou Chen, Jonas C. Peters, Gregory C. Fu*. Photoinduced Cu-catalysed asymmetric amidation via ligand cooperativity. Nature, 2021, 596, 250–256.
3. Caiyou Chen, Zhefan Zhang, Shicheng Jin, Xiangru Fan, Mingyu Geng, Songwei Wen, Yan Zhou, Xinrui Wang, Lung Wa Chung*, Xiu-Qin Dong*, Xumu Zhang*. Enzyme inspired chiral SPO ligand with dual noncovalent interactions for asymmetric hydrogenation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 6808–6812.
4. Caiyou Chen, Shicheng Jin, Zhefan Zhang, Biao Wei, Heng Wang, Kai Zhang, Hui Lv*, Xiu-Qin Dong*, Xumu Zhang*. Rhodium/Yanphos-Catalyzed Asymmetric Interrupted Intramolecular Hydroaminomethylation of Trans-1, 2-disubstituted Alkenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 9017–9020.
5. Caiyou Chen, Heng Wang, Zhefan Zhang, Shicheng Jin, Songwei Wen, Jianjian Ji, Lung Wa Chung, Xiu-Qin Dong*, Xumu Zhang*. Ferrocenyl chiral bisphosphorus ligands for highly enantioselective asymmetric hydrogenation via the noncovalent ion pair interaction. Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 6669–6673.
