2017 Asian International Symposium Distinguished Lectureship Award, Chemical Society of Japan
2017 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award for Organic Synthesis
2016 CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award
2016 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship
2015 The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
2015 WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Award
2015 Roche Chinese Young Investigators Award
2013 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award
2013 Chinese Chemical Society Wei-Shan Award for Synthetic Chemistry
2013 China Pharmaceutical Association–Servier Youth Medicinal Chemist Award
2013 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2012 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award
2009 Eli Lilly Graduate Fellowship
2007 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Graduate Students Abroad
2007 Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship in Organic Synthesis

1. Zhang, M. Ding, J. Li, Z. Guo, M. Lu, Y. Chen, L. Liu, Y.-H. Shen, A. Li,* Total synthesis of hybridaphniphylline B, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b01681.
2. Y. Chen, W. Zhang, L. Ren, J. Li, A. Li,* Total syntheses of daphenylline, daphnipaxianine A, and himalenine D, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 952–956.
3. J. Li, W. Zhang, F. Zhang, Y. Chen, A. Li,* Total synthesis of longeracinphyllin A, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 14893?14896.
4. Z. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Li, F. Yang, G. Liu, W. Tang, W. He, J.-J. Fu, Y.-H. Shen,* A. Li,* W.-D. Zhang,* Total synthesis and stereochemical assignment of delavatine A: Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of indene-type tetrasubstituted olefins and kinetic resolution through Pd-catalyzed triflamide-directed C?H olefination, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5558–5567.
5. W. Zhang, A. Li,* A radical step forward, Nature Chemistry 2017, 9, 198–199.
6. H. Li, Q. Chen, Z. Lu, A. Li,* Total syntheses of aflavazole and 14-hydroxyaflavinine, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15555–15558.
7. P. Yang, M. Yao, J. Li, Y. Li, A. Li,* Total synthesis of rubriflordilactone B, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6964–6968.
8. Y. Li, S. Zhu, J. Li, A. Li,* Asymmetric total syntheses of aspidodasycarpine, lonicerine, and the proposed structure of lanciferine, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 3982–3985.
9. M. Yang, X. Yang, H. Sun, A. Li,* Total synthesis of ileabethoxazole, pseudopteroxazole, and seco-pseudopteroxazole, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 2851–2855.
10. Z. Lu, H. Li, M. Bian, A. Li,* Total synthesis of epoxyeujindole A, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 13764–13767.
11. S. Zhou, H. Chen, Y. Luo, W. Zhang, A. Li,* Asymmetric total synthesis of mycoleptodiscin A, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6878–6882.
12. M. Yang, J. Li, A. Li,* Total synthesis of clostrubin, Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6445.
13. Z. Meng, H. Yu, L. Li, W. Tao, H. Chen, M. Wan, D. J. Edmonds, J. Zhong, A. Li,* Total synthesis and antiviral activity of indolosesquiterpenoids from the xiamycin and oridamycin families, Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6096.
14. J. Li, P. Yang, M. Yao, J. Deng, A. Li,* Total synthesis of rubriflordilactone A, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16477–16480.
15. Z. Lu, M. Yang, P. Chen, X. Xiong, A. Li,* Total synthesis of hapalindole-type natural products, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 13840–13844.
16. Y. Sun, P. Chen, D. Zhang, M. Baunach, C. Hertweck, A. Li,* Bioinspired total synthesis of sespenine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9012–9016.
17. J. Deng, S. Zhou, W. Zhang, J. Li, R. Li, A. Li,* Total synthesis of taiwaniadducts B, C, and D, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 8185–8188.
18. Y. Sun, R. Li, W. Zhang, A. Li,* Total synthesis of indotertine A and drimentines A, F, and G, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9201–9204.
19. Z. Lu, Y. Li, J. Deng, A. Li,* Total synthesis of the Daphniphyllum alkaloid daphenylline, Nature Chemistry 2013, 5, 679–684.
20. M. Bian, Z. Wang, X. Xiong, Y. Sun, C. Matera, K. C. Nicolaou,* A. Li,* Total syntheses of anominine and tubingensin A, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8078–8081.
21. J. Deng, B. Zhu, Z. Lu, H. Yu, A. Li,* Total synthesis of (–)-fusarisetin A and reassignment of the absolute configuration of its natural counterpart, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 920–923.