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Yonggui Robin Chi (池永贵)
Full Professor, Email:robinchi@ntu.edu.sg

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE:

May 2007    PhD.
                Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
                (Under the guidance of Prof. Samuel H. Gellman)  

May 2002    BSc   1st Honor (highest cumulative GPA award)
                Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
                (Transferred student from Tsinghua University under scholarship)

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RESEARCH and EDUCATION INTERESTS:

• Develop state-of-art original activation and reaction modes enabled by N-heterocyclic carbene as key catalyst, design new synthetic strategies for rapid access to functional molecules; advance fundamental knowledge on catalysis and chemical synthesis. (science-driven research)
• Create bioactive molecules for medicinal and agricultural applications; develop green synthesis and advanced manufacturing processes. (user-inspired research)