Jin-Quan Yu
Bristol Myers Squibb Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Frank and Bertha Hupp Professor of Chemistry, Scripps Research, San Diego
Jin-Quan Yu is the Bristol Myers Squibb Endowed Chair in Chemistry, and Frank and Bertha Hupp Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research in San Diego. Prof. Jin-Quan Yu’s research focus involves rational-design and unexpected discovery of new reactions through C-H activation.
Prof. Yu received a B.S. in Chemistry from East China Normal University in1987; M.S. in Organic Chemistry from Guangzhou Institute in 1990; and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 1999. Jin-Quan Yu was awarded a Royal Society Research Fellowship in 2003 to pursue independent research towards the development of asymmetric C–H activation reactions.
In 2004, Prof. Jin-Quan Yu was appointed assistant professor at Brandeis University. Prof. Yu joined Scripps Research in 2007 and became full professor in 2010. He was appointed the Frank and Bertha Hupp Professor of Chemistry in 2012. In 2021, he was awarded the Bristol Myers Squibb Endowed Chair in Chemistry.
Prof. Yu has several awards and honors to his name. These include the MacArthur Fellowship (2016) and the Pedler Award from the Royal Society if Chemistry (2017). In 2019, Jin-Quan Yu was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.