Educational and Professional Background:
2009.10-present, Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.
2009.02-2009.10 Teacher in Organic Chemistry, Central China Normal University.
2006.11-2008.12 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, RWTH-Aachen University, the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation Fellowship, Germany.
2006.02-2006.10 Temporary Research Assistant in Organic Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS. 2002.09-2006.01 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS. 1999.09-2002.07 M.S. in Organic Chemistry, Central China Normal University.
1995.09-1999.07 B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Central China Normal University.
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14. Meng-Meng Wang, Sheng-Mei Lu (co-first), Kumaraswamy Paridala, and Can Li.* Water-initiated Hydrocarboxylation of Terminal Alkynes with CO2 and Hydrosilane. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 1230-1233.. |
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13. Sheng-Mei Lu, Zhijun Wang, Jijie Wang, Jun Li, and Can Li.* Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid Decomposition on a Highly Efficient Iridium Catalyst Bearing a Diaminoglyoxime Ligand. Green Chem. 2018, 20, 1835-1840. |

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12. Kumaraswamy Paridala, Sheng-Mei Lu (co-first), Meng-Meng Wang, and Can Li.* Tandem One-pot CO2 Reduction by PMHS and Silyloxycarbonylation of Aryl/vinyl Halides to Access Carboxylic Acids. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 11574-11577. |

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11. Sheng-Mei Lu, Zhijun Wang(co-first), Jun Li, Jianliang Xiao, and Can Li.* Base-free Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic Acid in Water with an Iridium Complex Bearing a N,N’-Diimine ligand. Green Chem. 2016, 18, 4553-4558. |

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10.Zhijun Wang, Sheng-Mei Lu (co-first), Jun Li, Jijie Wang, and Can Li.* Unprecedentedly High Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Activity on an Iridium Complex with an N,N’-Diimine Ligand in Water. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 12592-12595. |

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9. Sheng-Mei Lu,* Qiang Gao, Jun Li, Yan Liu, and Can Li. A Robust Ru-PNNP Catalyst System for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 7013-7016. |

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8. Sheng-Mei Lu, and Carsten Bolm.* Synthesis of Sulfoximine-derived P,N Ligands and Their Applications in Asymmetric Quinoline Hydrogenations. Adv. Synth. & Catal. 2008, 350, 1101-1105. |
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7. Sheng-Mei Lu, and Carsten Bolm.* Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Optically Active Ketones by Iridium-catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8920-8923. |
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6. Sheng-Mei Lu, and Carsten Bolm.* Highly Chemo- and Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Linear α,β-unsaturated ketones. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 7513-7516. |
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5. Sheng-Mei Lu, Xiu-Wen Han, and Yong-Gui Zhou.* An Efficient Catalytic System for the Hydrogenation of Quinolines. J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 3065-3069. |

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4. Sheng-Mei Lu, You-Qing Wang, Xiu-Wen Han, and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinoline and Isoquinolines Acitivated by Chloroformates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 2260-2263. <Highlighted by Synfacts 2006, 582.> <Highlighted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9616.> |

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3. Sheng-Mei Lu, Xiu-Wen Han, and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Recent Advances in Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Compounds. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 25, 634-640. |

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2. Sheng-Mei Lu, You-Qing Wang, Xiu-Wen Han, and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Homogeneous Iridium-catalyzed Dehydro-aromatization of 2-Substituted-1,2-dihydro-Quinolines. Chin. J. Catal. 2005, 26, 287-290. |

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1. Sheng-Mei Lu, Xiu-Wen Han, and Yong-Gui Zhou.* Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinolines Catalyzed by Iridium with Chiral Ferrocenyloxazoline Derived N,P Ligands. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2004, 346, 909-912. |

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