Libing Yu

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: (732) 491-1756
libingthu@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Ph.D.

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

(Expected summer 2015)

Thesis: Allene Osmylation Reactions and Macrolide Synthesis

Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Laboratory Safety Manager, Williams research group
B.S.

Tsinghua University, Fundamental Science Program (Chemistry and Biology)

(2010)

Thesis: Structural Modification of Natural Products

AWARDS AND HONORS

Thomas Duff Travel Award, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
Bioorganic Chemistry, Gordon Research Conference, Proctor Academy, NH
Structure-based Design and Divergent Total Synthesis of Erythromycin Analogs

(June 2014)

ACS Pharmaceutical Roundtable Green Chemistry Symposium, Rutgers University, NJ

Divergent Synthesis of Erythromycin Analogs via Allene Oxidation

(October 2013)

Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

(2008-2009)
(2007-2008)

PUBLICATIONS
5. Concise total synthesis of (9S)-dihydro-4,10-didesmethylerythronolide A
Yu, L.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Williams, L. J. in preparation.
4. Catalytic allene osmylation: stereoselective formation of osmium enolates and capture with halogen electrophiles
Liu, K.; Xu, D.; Yu, L.; Kim, H.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Williams, L. J. in preparation.
3. Synthesis of fan-shaped C3 molecule with three glycyrrhetinic acid units and self-assembly properties
Hu, J.; Yu, L.; Zhang, M.; Ju, Y. Chin. J. Chem. 2011, 29, 1139-1142.
2. Synthesis and binding ability of 1,2,3-triazole-based triterpenoid receptors for recognition of Hg2+ ion
Hu, J.; Zhang, M.; Yu, L.; Ju, Y. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2010, 20, 4342-4345.
1. 1, 2, 5 - Oxadiazolo[3, 4-b]Glycyrrhetinic Acid Hu, J.; Yu, L.; Wang, R.; Ju, Y. Acta. Cryst. 2009, E65, o1547.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society (member)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (member)

REFERENCES
Prof. Lawrence Williams

Prof. Ralf Warmuth

Prof. Daniel Seidel

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: (732) 4457916
lwilliams@chem.rutgers.edu

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: (732) 445-8432
warmuth@rutgers.edu

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: (732) 445-6921
seidel@rutchem.rutgers.edu