De novo protein design and metalloenzyme engineering.

Favorite Molecule: Norborene

Conducting protein design, and developing new/non-native reaction in enzyme.

Research focused on catalytic asymmetric synthesis with CO2.

Research focused on nickel-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization of dienes

Research focused on the development of asymmetric diversity transformations of propargylic alcohol derivatives, facilitating the construction of various chiral compounds and the efficient synthesis of a range of chiral bioactive molecules. 

Research focused on the development of cobalt-catalyzed stereoselective C-C bond forming reactions with unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Research focused on heterocyclic ncAA synthesis and de novo protein design.

Research focused on fluorocarbon chain elongation.

Research focused on the synthesis of chiral cyclic acetal and aminal scaffolds by asymmetric organocatalysis.

Exploring new-to-nature reactions of Enzymes

Devoted to develop novel biocatalytic strategies to solve the challenging problems in synthetic organic chemistry.

Research focused on carbohydrates chemistry and developed new photoredox methods for glycosylation and carbohydrate functionalization.

Qi's graduate research mainly focused on the development of Cu-catalyzed asymmetric allylation reactions.

Research focused on the development of [2+2+2] cascade cyclization reactions involving indole derivatives

Research focused on carbohydrate chemistry and the development of new methods for stereoselective glycosylation based on glycals.