Qilei Zhu

Qilei was born and raised in Zhejiang, China. In 2014, Qilei obtained B.S. in chemistry from Peking University, where he performed research of transition metal-catalyzed C–H and C–C bond activation. After graduation, Qilei then joined the Chemistry Department of Princeton University, and conducted Ph.D. research of Organic Chemistry with Prof. Robert Knowles. Qilei’s doctoral research focused on carbocation generation and photo-catalytic strong bond activation using proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). In 2019, Qilei became a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Prof. Daniel Nocera at Harvard, where Qilei explored using titania in organic synthesis. Qilei also conducted mechanistic studies of several radical transformations using spectroscopic and electroanalytical techniques. Since 2022, Qilei started his independent research in the University of Utah.

Email: q.zhu@utah.edu

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