2023-至今 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所，金属有机化学全国重点实验室游书力组，助理研究员、副研究员
2019-2022 蔚山国立科学技术研究所（UNIST），博士后（合作导师：Sang Kyu Kwak 教授）
2016-2019 北京师范大学，理论及计算光化学教育部重点实验室，博士（导师：崔刚龙 教授）
2013-2016 北京师范大学，硕士
2007-2011 中国海洋大学，学士
计算光化学、不对称催化反应机理
中国科学院高层次人才计划（2024年）
上海市青年科技启明星（A类，2024年）
上海市海外高层次人才引进计划（青年项目，2023年）
1. Li M.+; Kobelev A. D.+; Wang Z.+; Gao, Y.-J.*; Cheng, Y.-Z.*; Ananikov, V. P.*; and You S.-L.* Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclobutane-fused Heterocycles via Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Dearomative [2+2] Photocycloaddition of Indoles, Benzofurans, and Benzothiophenes with Alkenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202513342.
2. Gou, B.-B.; Shen, W.-J.; Gao, Y.-J.*; Gu, Q.; You, S.-L.* Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective Synthesis of Axially Chiral 1-Aryl Isoquinolines via De Novo Isoquinoline Formation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202502131.
3. Gou, B.-B.; Shen, W.-J.; Gao, Y.-J.*; Gu, Q.; You, S.-L.* Enantioselective synthesis of indenols via rhodium(III)-catalyzed C–H activation/annulation of ketones with alkynes. Sci. China Chem., 2025, 64, 3147-3153.
4. Gao, Y.-J.*; Chen W.-K.; Fang W.-H.; Cui G.L.* A Green Host−Guest Protocol to Improve Water Solubility of Fluorescent Dyes. J. Phys. Chem. L., 2025, 15, 9380-9387.
5. Chen W.-K.*; Kang J.-Y.; Wang Y.-J.; Gao Y.-J.*; Zeng Y.*. Theoretical studies on benzonitrile-carbazole-based pure organic molecules with room-temperature phosphorescence. Next Materials, 2025, 7, 100351. (invited paper)
6. Zhu, M.+; Gao, Y.-J.+; Huang, X.-L.+; Li, M.; Zheng, C.*; You, S.-L. Photo-induced intramolecular dearomative [5 + 4] cycloaddition of arenes for the construction of highly strained medium-sized-rings. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2462.
7. Fan, X.; Zhang, M.; Gao, Y.-J.; Zhou, Q.; Zhang, Y; Yu, J.; Xu, W.; Yan, J.; Liu, H.; Lei, Z. Ter, Y. C.; Chanmungkalakul, S.; Lum, Y.; Liu, X.; Cui, G.L.; Wu. J.* Stepwise On-Demand Functionalization of Multihydrosilanes Enabled by Eosin Y-Based Hydrogen Atom Transfer Photocatalysis Based on Eosin Y. Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 666-676.
8. Song, X.-F.; Peng, L.-Y.; Chen, W.-K.; Gao, Y.-J.*; Cui, G.L.* Theoretical studies on thermally activated delayed fluorescence of ‘‘carbene–metal–amide’’ Cu and Au complexes: geometric structures, excitation characters, and mechanisms. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023, 25, 29603-29613.
9. Peng, L.-Y.; Li, Z.-W.; Pan, G.-N.; Chen, W.-K.; Gao, Y.-J.*; Cui, G.L.* Thermally activated delayed fluorescence of a Ir(III) complex: absorption and emission properties, nonradiative rates, and mechanism. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023, 25, 6454-6460.
10. Gao Y.-J.*; Kwak S. K.* Tuning Functionalized Hexagonal Boron Nitride Quantum Dots for Full Visible-Light Fluorescence Emission. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023, 225, 3912-3919.
11. Gao, Y.-J.; Jung, G. Y.; Chen, W.-K.; Cui, G.L.; Kwak, S. K.* Theoretical Studies on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Mechanism of Au(III) Complexes in Film: Insights from QM/MM Simulations. J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 672-681.
12. Song, X.-F.; Peng, L.-Y.; Chen, W.-K.; Gao, Y.-J.*; Fang, W.-H.; Cui, G.L.* Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence of a Dinuclear Platinum (II) Compound: Mechanism and Roles of an Upper Triplet State. Chem.-Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202201782.
13. Song, X.-F.; Li, Z.-W.; Chen, W.-K.; Gao, Y.-J.*; Cui, G.L.* Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Mechanism of a Bicyclic “Carbene–Metal–Amide” Copper Compound: DFT/MRCI Studies and Roles of Excited-State Structure Relaxation. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 7673-7681. (Featured article)
14. Li, Z.-W.; Peng, L.-Y.; Song, X.-F., Chen, W.-K.; Gao, Y.-J.*; Fang, W.-H.; Cui, G.L.* Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in the Pd Complex: Mechanism and Dual Upconversion Channels. J. Phys. Chem. L. 2021, 12, 5944-5950.
15. Peng, L.-Y.; Chen, W.-K.; Li, Z.-W.; Gao, Y.-J.*; Cui, G.L.* QM/MM Studies on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence of a Dicopper Complex in the Solid State. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 27372-27380.
