Dr. Xin Zhang

PostDoc
E-Mail: go59vac@mytum.de
Tel. Nr.: +49(0)89-289-13853
Room Nr.: 62401 (Si-Institut)
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| CV | |
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| 02/2026 – present | PostDoc TU München |
| 05/2023 – 12/2025 | PostDoc Shangdong University, Shangdong, China (Prof. Lingbing Kong and Prof. Liu Leo Liu) |
| 04/2023 – 10/2020 | PostDoc Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China (Prof. Liu Leo Liu) |
| 09/2015 – 09/2020 | Ph.D. Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Shanghai, China (Prof. Zheng Huang) |
| 09/2011 – 06/2015 | B.Sc. Lanzhou University (Prof. Wei Wang) |
| Awards | |
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| 2026 | Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers |
| 2016 | Merit Student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 2014 | National Encouragement Scholarship for Undergraduate |
| 2013 | National Encouragement Scholarship for Undergraduate |
| 2012 | National Encouragement Scholarship for Undergraduate |
| Publications |
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Aluminum Redox Catalysis Enables Cyclotrimerization of Alkynes X. Zhang, L. L. Liu Nature 2026, 650, 353–360. |
Aluminadichalcogeniranes and Aluminatrichalcogenetanes: Heavier Analogs of Dioxiranes and Trioxetanes X. Zhang, L. Kong, L. L. Liu Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202422335. |
Crystalline Neutral Aluminum Selenide/Telluride: Isoelectronic Aluminum Analogues of Carbonyls X. Zhang, L. L. Liu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 15729-15734. |
Transfer of an Aluminum Atom: An Avenue to Aluminum Heterocycles X. Zhang, H. Wang, X. Lan, Y. Mei, D. A. Ruiz, L. L. Liu CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 2059-2068. |
Modulating the Frontier Orbitals of an Aluminylene for Facile Dearomatization of Inert Arenes X. Zhang, L. L. Liu Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202116658. |
A Free Aluminylene with Diverse σ-Donating and Doubly σ/π-Accepting Ligand Features for Transition Metals X. Zhang, L. L. Liu Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 27062-27069. |