Research areas	Organometallic Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Keywords	transition metal complex, catalyst, green chemistry, hydrogen storage, molecular activation
Themes
Major publications	"Reversible Interconversion between 2,5-Dimethylpyrazine and 2,5-Dimethylpiperazine by Iridium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation for Efficient Hydrogen Storage" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10886. "Hydrogen Production from a Methanol-Water Solution Catalyzed by an Anionic Iridium Complex Bearing a Functional Bipyridonate Ligand under Weakly Basic Conditions" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9057. "Homogeneous Perdehydrogenation and Perhydrogenation of Fused Bicyclic N-Heterocycles Catalyzed by Iridium Complexes Bearing a Functional Bipyridonate Ligand" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 4829. "Dehydrogenative oxidation of alcohols in aqueous media using water-soluble and reusable Cp*Ir catalysts bearing a functional bipyridine ligand" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 3643. "Multialkylation of aqueous ammonia with alcohols catalyzed by water-soluble Cp*Ir-ammine complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15108.
Professional societies/Research and synergic activities
Teaching Areas	Undergraduate courses Graduate courses (Master's program) Graduate courses (Doctor's program) Undergraduate courses open to all departments
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