2011.09-2015.06 华中科技大学 本科（导师：顾彦龙教授）
2015.09-2020.07 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所 博士（导师：唐勇研究员）
2020.09-2021.09 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所 研究助理（合作导师：唐勇研究员）
2021.09-2022.09 美国科罗拉多州立大学 研究学者（合作导师：Prof. Eugene X.-Y. Chen）
2022.09-2025.11 美国科罗拉多州立大学 博士后 （合作导师：Prof. Eugene X.-Y. Chen）
2025.11-至今 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所 研究员
高分子合成；环境友好聚合物合成；可控聚合方法研究
1) Zhou, L.＃; Zhang, Z.＃; Shi, C.; Scoti, M.; Barange, D. K.; Gowda, R. R.; Chen, E. Y.-X. “Chemically circular, mechanically tough, and melt-processable polyhydroxyalkanoates” Science 2023, 380, 64-69. (＃co-first author)
2) Zhou, L.; Reilly, L. T.; Shi, C.; Quinn, E. C.; Chen, E. Y.-X. “Proton-triggered topological transformation in superbase-mediated selective polymerization enables access to ultrahigh-molar-mass cyclic polymers” Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 1357-1365.
3) Tian, J.-J.＃; Li. R.＃; Quinn, E. C.; Nam, J.; Chokkapu, E. R.; Zhang, Z.; Zhou, L.; Gowda, R. R.; Chen, E. Y.-X. “Stereodivergent Transformation of a Natural Polyesters to Enantiopure PHAs” Nature 2025, 643, 967-974. (＃co-first author)
4) Zhang, Z.＃; Quinn, E. C.＃; Kenny, J. K.; Grigoropoulos, A.; DesVeaux, J. S.; Chen, T.; Zhou, L.; Xu, T.; Beckham, G. T.; Chen, E. Y.-X. “Stereomicrostructure-regulated biodegradable adhesives” Science 2025, 387, 297-303. (＃co-first author)
5) Zhou, L.; Zhang, Z.; Shi, C.; Sangroniz, A.; Gowda, R. R.; Scoti, M.; Barange, D. K.; Lincoln, C. L.; Beckham, G. T.; Chen. E. Y.-X. “Chain-end controlled depolymerization: Selectivity of PHAs with dual closed-loops and record-high melting temperature” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 29895-29904.
6) Zhou, L.＃; Li, L.＃; Zhang, S.; Kuang, X.-K.; Zhou, Y.-Y.; Tang, Y. “SaBOX/Ni(II) catalyzed regio- and enantioselective remote hydrocarboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO2” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 18823-18830. (＃co-first author)
7) Zhou, L.＃; Yan, W.-G.＃; Sun, X.-L.; Wang, L.; Tang. Y. “A versatile enantioselective catalytic cyclopropanation-rearrangement approach to the divergent construction of chiral spiroaminals and fused bicyclic acetals” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 18964-18969. (＃co-first author)
8) Zhou, L.; Yu, S.-Y.; Tang, Y.; Wang, L. “Facile stereoselective approach to diverse spiroheterocyclic tetrahydropyrans: concise synthesis of (+)-broussonetine G and H” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 15016-15020.
9) Scoti, M.; Zhou, L.; Chen, E. Y.-X.; Rosa, C. D. “Crystal structure of atactic and isotactic poly(3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylbutyrate): a novel chemically recyclable poly(hydroxyalkanoate) with tacticity independent crystallinity” Macromolecules. 2024, 57, 4357-4373.
10) Kuang, X.-K.＃; Zhu, J.＃; Zhou, L.; Wang, L.; Wang, S. R.; Tang, Y. “Synergetic tandem enantiomeric enrichment in catalytic asymmetric multi-component reactions (AMCRs): highly enantioselective construction of tetracyclic indolines with four continuous stereocenters” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 4991-4995. (＃co-first author)
11) Hu, J.-L.; Zhou, L.; Wang, L.; Xie, Z.; Tang, Y. “Copper catalyzed asymmetric [4＋2] annulations of D‐A cyclobutanes with aldehydes” Chin. J. Chem. 2018, 36, 47-50.
