Faculty

Educational background:
2016.10–2020.11 Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg PhD., Inorganic Chemistry
2011.09–2014.07 Xiamen University M.S., Organic Chemistry
2006.09–2010.06 Qiqihar University B.S., Pharmaceutical Engineering
Work experience:
2025.04–Now SUSTech Research Assistant Professor
2022.04–2025.03 Shenzhen University PostDoc
2021.06–2022.02 SUSTech Research Scholar
2014.12–2016.10 SUSTech Research Assistant
Honors and awards:
2020 “Peacock Program-the Recruitment Program of Global Experts”(C)
Research Area:
·Developing Borbon-containing small molecular drugs
·The synthesis, optical and electronic properties of (hetero)arene-fused boroles, especially electron deficient heteroarene-fused boroles
·Optical and electronic properties of donor-π-acceptor (D-π-A) compounds, especially compounds exhibit TADF properties.
·Main group elements doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
·Electron deficient organic cations
Publications:
(1) J. He, S. M. Wang, X. F. Song, X. Y. Chang, C. Zou, W. Lu, K. Li, Tetradentate carbene-anilido boron complexes: highly fluorescent dyes with larger stokes shifts than BODIPY dyes. Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 11524‒11527.
(2) J. He, X. Y. Chang, C. Zou, Y. Q. Yu, S. Han, C. F. Wu, S. Ou, W. Lu, K. Li, Tunable Yellow to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Boron-Amino-Chelating Complexes with Stokes Shifts >100 nm. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 14836‒14841.
(3) J. He, F. Rauch, A. Friedrich, J. Krebs, I. Krummenacher, R. Bertermann, J. Nitsch, H. Braunschweig, M. Finze, T. B. Marder, Phenylpyridyl-fused Boroles: A Unique Coordination Mode and Weak B–N Coordination-Induced Dual Emission, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 4833–4840. (Designated as a Hot Paper)
(4) J. He, F. Rauch, M. Finze, T. B. Marder, (Hetero)Arene-fused boroles: a broad spectrum of applications, Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 128–147.
(5) J. He, F. Rauch, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig, M. Finze, T. B. Marder, Two Derivatives of Phenylpyridyl-fused Boroles with Contrasting Electronic Properties: Decreasing and Enhancing the Electron Accepting Ability, Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 355–361.
(6) J. He, F. Rauch, A. Friedrich, D. Sieh, T. Ribbeck, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig, M. Finze, T. B. Marder, N-Heterocyclic Olefins as Electron Donors in Combination with Triarylborane Acceptors: Synthesis, Optical and Electronic Properties of D-π-A Compounds, Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 13777–13784.
(7) X. Zheng, J. He, H.-H. Li, A. Wang, X.-J. Dai, A.-E Wang, P.-Q. Huang, Umpolung of Amide-based Mannich-Type Reaction: Titanocene(III)-catalyzed Three-Component Reaction of Secondary Amides, Aldehydes and Electrophilic Alkenes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 13739–13742. (Supervisor is the first author)