Introduction

Prof. Jinbo Hu

Director, Professor

上海有机化学研究所

胡金波课题组


Email: jinbohu@mail.sioc.ac.cn
Address: 345 Lingling Road, Xuhui District Shanghai 200032, China
Postal Code: 200032

Research Field

  • 1) Organofluorine chemistry, particularly the development of new fluorinating reagents and methods
  • 2) Unveiling the unique fluorine effect in organic chemistry
  • 3) Understanding the unique structure-property relationships in fluorinated systems
  • 4) Synthesis of fluorinated functional materials

Education

September 1990 – July 1994:

B.Sc. in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry Specialization Program)

Department of Chemistry, Hangzhou University (now Zhejiang University), Hangzhou, China

September 1994 – July 1997: 

M.Sc. in Chemistry (admitted through the Graduate Recommendation Program without entrance examination)

Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy (now Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Advisor: Professor Peng Ruiwu

August 1997 – May 2002: 
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Advisors: Professor G.K. Surya Prakash (distinguished organic fluorine chemist) and Professor George A. Olah (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry)

Working Experience

  • 1997 – 2001
    Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant
    Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
  • June 2002 – January 2005
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
    (Joint research group of Professor George A. Olah and Professor G.K. Surya Prakash)
  • January 2005 – Present
    Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Principal Investigator (Group Leader)
    Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
    Administrative and Leadership Roles (in chronological order):
    • Deputy Director, Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Director, Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Assistant to the Director, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Deputy Secretary (Presiding) of the Institute Party Committee, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Secretary of the Institute Party Committee, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Secretary of the Institute Party Committee and Deputy Director, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • President, Shanghai Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Director and Secretary of the Institute Party Committee, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Honors and Awards

  • 2022 Shanghai Science and Technology Elite Award
  • 2022 ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry (first Chinese recipient)
  • 2021 The 14th "Tan Jiazhen" Life Science and Engineering Technology Progress Award
  • 2019 International Organic Chemistry Foundation (IOCF) Lectureship Award
  • 2019 Shanghai Natural Science First Prize (2018) – First Completer
  • 2016 Special Government Allowance of the State Council
  • 2016 Huang Weiyuan Fluorine Chemistry Award, Chinese Chemical Society
  • 2015 Invited Lecturer at the 50th Bürgenstock Conference
  • 2015 Novartis Chemistry Lectureship Award (2015/2016)
  • 2014 Young Science and Technology Leader, Ministry of Science and Technology of China
  • 2014 Shanghai Outstanding Young Science and Technology Contribution Award
  • 2013 "Asian Rising Stars" Invited Speaker, 15th Asian Chemical Congress
  • 2012 Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award (Chemical Sciences)
  • 2012 CAS Young Scientist Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 "Outstanding Young Scientific and Technological Innovation Talent" (3rd Session), Shanghai Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 Zhu Liyuehua Outstanding Teacher Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 Fluorine Chemistry Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry