B.S. Nankai University
Advisor: Shou-Fei Zhu

Tianzhang was born in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province in China. He finished his high school in Tianjin and went to Nankai University to study chemistry. At Nankai University, he worked on iron-catalyzed hydrosilylation reactions in Prof. Shou-Fei Zhu’s group. During his undergraduate time, he had a short internship in Prof. Keary Engle’s lab at Scripps Research and a one-year internship in Prof. Yi Tang’s lab at UCLA. He started his Ph.D. study at Cornell University in 2021. During 2021-2023, he worked on photoenzymatic reactions of nitroalkanes using ene-reductases in Prof. Todd Hyster’s group. In 2023, Tianzhang came to Song Lin’s lab to explore more exciting chemistry. Outside the chemistry, he likes video games and tennis.

Publications (# – equal contribution):
1. Fu, H.;# Qiao, T.;# Carceller, J. M.; MacMillan, S. N.; Hyster, T. K.* Asymmetric C-Alkylation of Nitroalkanes via Enzymatic Photoredox Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 787.
2. Fu, H.; Cao, J.; Qiao, T.; Qi, Y.; Charnock, S. J.; Garfinkle, S.; Hyster, T. K.* An asymmetric sp3–sp3 cross-electrophile coupling using ‘ene’-reductases. Nature 2022, 610, 302.
3. Nicholls, B. T.; Qiao, T.; Hyster, T. K.* A Photoenzyme for Challenging Lactam Radical Cyclizations. Synlett 2022, 33, 1204.
4. Zhang, Z.; Tamura, Y.; Tang, M., Qiao, T.; Sato, M.; Otsu, Y.; Sasamura, S.; Taniguchi, M.; Watanabe, K.;* Tang, Y.* Biosynthesis of the Immunosuppressant (−)-FR901483. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 132.
5. Hu, M.-Y.; He, P.; Qiao, T.; Sun, W.; Li, W.-T.; Lian, J.; Li, J. H.; Zhu, S.-F.* Iron-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Alkyne Hydrosilylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 16894.
6. Zhang, Z.; Qiao, T.; Watanabe, K.;* Tang, Y.* Concise Biosynthesis of Phenylfuropyridones from Fungi. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 19889.
7. Gao, D.-W.; Gao, Y.; Shao, H.-L.; Qiao, T.; Wang, X.; Sanchez, B.; Chen, J. S.; Liu, P.;* Engle, K. M.* Cascade CuH-Catalyzed Conversion of Alkynes to Enantioenriched 1,1-Disubstituted Products. Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 23.
8. Hu, M.-Y.; Lian, J.; Sun, W.; Qiao, T.; Zhu, S.-F.* Iron-Catalyzed Dihydrosilylation of Alkynes: Efficient Access to Geminal Bis(silanes). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4579.

Contact:
Tianzhang Qiao