Research Interests

• Asymmetric hydroformylation

• Asymmetric hydrogenation for synthesizing chiral drugs

• Novel chiral phosphines ligands

Biography

• 2004.9-2008.6, B.S. in Applied Chemistry, China University of Petroleum

• 2008.9-2014.1, Successive postgraduate and doctoral programs of study in Physical chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry,  Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,

• 2014.1-2017.1, Post-doctor in Laboratory of Catalysts and New Materials for Aerospace, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 2017.1-2018.1, Post-doctor in Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of the Solid (UCCS), UMR CNRS 8181, France,

• 2018.7-now, Young associate professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University

Key Publications

1. G. Liang, A. Wang, L. Li, G. Xu, N. Yan, T. Zhang. Production of renewable primary amines via reductive amination of biomass-derived aldehydes/ketones. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 3050 (2017).

2. G. Liang, Y. Zhou, J. Zhao, A. Y. Khodakov, V.V. Ordomsky. Structure-Sensitive and Insensitive Reactions in Alcohol Amination over Nonsupported Ru Nanoparticles. ACS Catal. 8, 11226 (2018). (Co-first author)

3. G. Liang, L. He, H. Cheng, W. Li, X. Li, Y. Yu, F. Zhao. Effect of hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of supported Ni catalysts for the hydrolytic hydrogenation of cellulose. J. Catal. 309, 468 (2014).

4. G. Liang, L. He, H. Cheng, W. Li, X. Li, Y. Yu, F. Zhao. ZSM-5-supported multiply-twinned nickel particles: Formation, surface properties, and high catalytic performance in hydrolytic hydrogenation of cellulose. J. Catal. 325, 79 (2015).

5. G. Liang, A. Wang, X. Zhao, N. Lei, T. Zhang. Selective aldol condensation of biomass-derived levulinic acid and furfural in aqueous-phase over MgO and ZnO. Green Chem. 18, 3430 (2016).

6. G. Liang, C. Wu, L. He, J. Ming, H. Cheng, L. Zhuo, F. Zhao. Selective conversion of concentrated microcrystalline cellulose to isosorbide over Ru/C catalyst. Green Chem. 13, 839 (2011).

7. G. Liang, H. Cheng, W. Li, L. He, Y. Yu, F. Zhao. Selective conversion of microcrystalline cellulose into hexitols on nickel particles encapsulated within ZSM-5 zeolite. Green Chem. 14, 2146 (2012).

8. G. Liang, H. Cheng, Y. Yu, F. Zhao. Surface decoration of Ni nanoparticles on ZSM-5 with PtNi alloy: The excellent catalytic performance in hydrolytic hydrogenation of cellulose. ChemSusChem. 7, 1415 (2014).