2026.02–至今    重庆大学药学院•创新药物研究中心，教授（硕士/博士生导师）

2021.07–2026.01   哥廷根大学，博士后，合作导师：Prof. Lutz Ackermann

2020.07–2021.06   厦门大学，科研助理

2015.09–2020.07   厦门大学，理学博士，导师：龚磊 教授

2011.09–2015.06   湖北大学，学士

仿生与绿色合成，过渡金属催化，药物化学

新重庆引才优秀青年专项（主持）

重庆大学弘深青年学者启动经费（主持）

1. Li, Y.; Lei, M. and Gong, L., Photocatalytic Regio- and Stereoselective C(sp³)–H Functionalization of Benzylic and Allylic Hydrocarbons as Well as Unactivated Alkanes. Nat. Catal., 2019, 2, 1016.

2. Li, Y.; Zhou, K. X.; Wen, Z. R.; Cao, S.; Shen, X.; Lei, M. and Gong, L., Copper(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Photoredox Reactions: Enantioselective Alkylation of Imines Driven by Visible Light. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 15850.

3. Li, Y.; Liou, Y.-C.; Oliveira, J. C. A. and Ackermann, L., Ruthenium(II)/Imidazolidine Carboxylic Acid Catalyzed C−H Alkylation for Central and Axial Double Enantio-Induction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202212595.

4. Li, Y.; Ye, Z. Q.; Lin, Y.-M.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, Y. M. and Gong, L., Organophotocatalytic Selective Deuterodehalogenation of Aryl or Alkyl Chlorides. Nat. Commun., 2021, 12, 2894.

5. Li, Y.^† Liu, S.^† and Ackermann, L., Construction of Remote Dual Stereocenters by Electrochemical Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization. Nat. Commun., 2026, 17, 743. (^†equal contribution)

6. Li, Y.; Simon, H.; Homölle, S. L. and Ackermann, L., Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Azole C–H Bicyclopentylation. CCS Chem., 2026, DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.025.202506929.

7. Li, Y.^†; Xu, J. W.^†; Oliveira, J. C. A.; Scheremetjew, A. and Ackermann, L., Electrochemical Enantioselective C–H Annulation by Achiral Rhodium(III)/Chiral Brønsted Base Domino Catalysis. ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 8160. (^†equal contribution)

8. Li, Y.^†; Liou, Y.-C.^†; Chen, X. R.^† and Ackermann, L., Thioether-Enabled Palladium-Catalyzed Atroposelective C–H Olefination for N−C and C−C Axial Chirality. Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 4088. (^†equal contribution)

9. Li, Y.; Zhu, J. B.; Liu, J. D. and Ackermann, L., Recent Progress in Electrochemical Late-Stage C(sp²)–H Functionalization. Synthesis 2026; 58, 251.

10. Li, Y.; Lei, M.; Yuan, W.; Meggers, E. and Gong, L., An N-Heterocyclic Carbene Iridium Catalyst with Metal-Centered Chirality for Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 8089.

11. Li, Y.; Ye, Z. Q.; Cai, J. X. and Gong, L., Visible-Light-Promoted Asymmetric Catalysis by Chiral Complexes of First-Row Transition Metals. Synthesis, 2021, 53, 1570.

12. Li, Y.; Suman, D. and Ackermann, L., Recent Advances in Organic Electrochemical Functionalizations for Specialty Chemicals. Curr. Opin. Electrochem., 2023, 40, 101312.