Education

Since 2024 Ph.D. with Prof. Tao Shen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2021-2024 Master with Prof. Youliang Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University 

2017-2021 Bachelor, China Agricultural University

Publications

1. Kai-Xuan Yang, Shu-Fan He, Qinhui Wan, Tianyi Xu, Daixi Li*, Kexin Liu, Wenying Ai*, Tao Shen*. Electro-oxidative amination of benzylic C(sp³)–C(sp³) bonds in aromatic hydrocarbons. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 6115.

2. Shu-Fan He, Tianyi Xu, Qinhui Wan, Kai Tang, Xiangyang Chen*, Daixi Li*, Yong Jiang, Cai Zhai, Chen Zhu*, Tao Shen*. Divergent Upcycling of Polystyrene into Phenol and Hydroquinone Derivatives by Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202508166.

3. Tianyi Xu,† Shupeng Liu,† Wang Youliang.* Exploring Gold(I)-Catalyzed Tandem Asymmetric Cyclization of Unactivated Alkenylamines and Alkynes. (manuscript in preparation)

4. Shupeng Liu,† Tianyi Xu,† Yuting Liu, Youliang Wang.* Dearomative Intramolecular meta-Thermocycloadditions of Benzene Rings via Wheland Intermediates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202407841.

5. Xiao-Qian Zhang, Tianyi Xu, Congdi Zhang, Chao Wang, Youliang Wang.* Gold-catalyzed formal (3 + 2) and (4 + 2) cycloadditions of alkynes to highly functionalized dihydropyrroles and tetrahydropyridines. Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 10, 680-685.

Award

中国农业大学学习优秀二等奖、西安交通大学二等学业奖学金（2021-2023）