1984年毕业于山东大学化学系；
1989年于中国科学院上海有机化学研究所获博士学位；
1990-1994年在美国匹兹堡大学化学系和Mayo Clinic神经化学和神经生物学研究部进行博士后研究；
现任中国科学院上海有机化学研究所研究员、课题组长。
具有重要生理活性的复杂天然产物的全合成及结构-活性关系研究；
针对特殊靶点如G-蛋白偶连受体，蛋白激酶，蛋白水解酶和细胞凋亡过程的小分子调节剂的发现；
有机合成方法学的发展和其在合成生物活性分子中的应用。
求是科技基金会杰出青年学者奖（1998）；
中国青年科技奖 （1998）；
上海市十大杰出青年（2001）；
上海市科学进步一等奖（2005）；
国家自然科学二等奖 （2007）；
第七届上海市自然科学牡丹奖 （2009）
上海市科技精英（2009）
N. C. Yang Lecturer Award （2016）
美国化学会Arthur C. Cope 学者奖(2018)
未来科学大奖物质科学奖（2018）
1. Pingluan Wang, Yang Gao, Dawei Ma* Divergent Entry to Gelsedine-Type Alkaloids: Total Syntheses of (?)-Gelsedilam, (?)-Gelsenicine, (?)-Gelsedine, and (?)-Gelsemoxonine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 11608?11612.
2. Dongshun Ni, Yi Wei, Dawei Ma*, Thiourea‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Michael Addition of Carbazolones to 2‐Chloroacrylonitrile: Total Synthesis of 5,22‐Dioxokopsane, Kopsinidine C, and Demethoxycarbonylkopsin, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 10207 –10211.
3. Jie Liu, Dawei Ma* A Unified Approach for the Assembly of Atisine- and Hetidine-type Diterpenoid Alkaloids: Total Syntheses of Azitine and the Proposed Structure of Navirine C Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6676 –6680.
4. Yang Gao, Mengyang Fan, Qixiang Geng, Dawei Ma* Total Synthesis of Lapidilectine B Enabled by Manganese(III)‐Mediated Oxidative Cyclization of Indoles. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 6547–6550.
5. Jinlong Zhao, Songtao Niu, Xi Jiang, Yongwen Jiang, Xiaojing Zhang, Tiemin Sun, Dawei Ma* A Class of Amide Ligands Enable Cu-Catalyzed Coupling of (Hetero)aryl Halides with Sulfinic Acid Salts under Mild Conditions J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 6589?6598.
6. S. Vijay Kumar, Dawei Ma* Synthesis of N?(Hetero)aryl Carbamates via CuI/MNAO Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of (Hetero)aryl Halides with Potassium Cyanate in Alcohols J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 2706?2713
7. Subhajit Bhunia, Govind Goroba Pawar, S. Vijay Kumar, Yongwen Jiang and Dawei Ma* Selected Copper-Based Reactions for C-N, C-O, C-S and C-C Bond Formation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 16136–16179
8. Xiangbo Zhao, Wu Li, Junjie Wang, Dawei Ma* Convergent Route to ent-Kaurane Diterpenoids: Total Synthesis of Lungshengenin D and 1α,6α-Diacetoxy-ent-kaura-9(11),16-dien-12,15-dione. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 2932-2935
9. Yuntong Zhai, Xiaofei Chen, Wei Zhou, Mengyang Fan, Yisheng Lai, and Dawei Ma*, Copper-Catalyzed Diaryl Ether Formation from (Hetero)aryl Halides at Low Catalytic Loadings. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 4964.
10.Jie Gao, Subhajit Bhunia, Kailiang Wang, Lu Gan, Shanghua Xia, and Dawei Ma*, Discovery of N-(Naphthalen-1-yl)-N’-alkyl Oxalamide Ligands Enables Cu-Catalyzed Aryl Amination with High Turnovers, Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 2809.
11.Shanghua Xia, Lu Gan, Kailiang Wang, Zheng Li, Dawei Ma*, Copper-Catalyzed Hydroxylation of (Hetero)aryl Halides under Mild Conditions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13492.
12.Mengyang Fan, Wei Zhou, Yongwen Jiang, Dawei Ma*, Diaryl Ether Formation through CuI/Oxalic Diamide Catalyzed Coupling of (Hetero)aryl Chlorides and Phenols, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6211.
13.Mengyang Fan, Wei Zhou, Yongwen Jiang, Dawei Ma*, Assembly of Primary (Hetero)Arylamines via CuI/Oxalic Diamide-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Chlorides and Ammonia, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5934.
14.Wei Zhou, Mengyang Fan, Junli Yin, Yongwen Jiang, Dawei Ma*, CuI/Oxalic Diamides Catalyzed Coupling Reaction of (Hetero)Aryl Chlorides and Amines, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11942.
15.Weiwei Zi, Zhiwei Zuo, Dawei Ma*, Intramolecular dearomative oxidative coupling of indoles: A unified strategy for the total synthesis of indoline alkaloid, Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 702.
16.Junshan Tian, Jiankang Zhong, Yunsheng Li, Dawei Ma*, Organocatalytic and Scalable Synthesis of Anti-flu Drugs Zanamivir, Laninamivir and CS-8958, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13885.
17.Shaolin Zhu, Shouyun Yu, You Wang and Dawei Ma*, Organocatalytic Michael addition of aldehydes to protected 2-amino-1-nitroethenes: Application in a practical synthesis of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and γ-substituted 3-aminopyrrolidine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4656.
18.Dawei Ma*, Cai Qian, Copper/amino acid catalyzed cross-couplings of aryl and vinyl halides with nucleophiles, Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, 41, 1450.
