Academic Staff

Professor (PI)

Liangbing Fu, Professor (PI)

Tel:020-81182197

E-mail: lbfu2020scutgic@scut.edu.cn


Education and Work Experience:

2021-Present  South China University of Technology, Associate Professor、Professor

2017.02-2020.12  Georgia Institute of Technology, Postdoctoral fellow

2017.01-2017.02  Emory University,Postdoctoral fellow

2011-2016 Emory University, PhD

2008-2011 Guangzhou Institute ofBiomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, M.S.

2004-2008 Huazhong University of Scienceand Technology, B.S.

Research Directors:

(1) The development of new polymericmaterials for biomedical applications

(2) The development of novel methods forthe synthesis of polymers

(3) The desig, synthesis and evaluation ofbioactive probes and molecules


Research Achievement:

The Fu lab @ SCUT is devoted to thedevelopment of novel polymeric materials for biomedical applications throughmultidisciplinary efforts betwwen chemistry, biology, and materials science. Aparticular focus lies on the the development of new methods polymer synthesisand the desig, synthesis and evaluation of bioactive probes. Prof. Fu’sresearch has been published in world-renowned academic journals such as JACS、Angew. Chem.Int. Ed.、Chem、Journal of Medical Virology and Orgic Letters. Prof. Fu was awardedthe Osborne R. Quayle Senior/Advanced Student Award at Emory University, and hisresearch was supported by several national- and provincial-level grants. 

Selected Publications

(1) Huimin Cheng#, Liangbing Fu#*,Xia Yang, Yujian Yang, Zhening Zhang, Yuan Tao, Junting Wan, Zhengchao Tu,Jianxin Chen*, Yingjun Li*; Screening and identificationof 3‐aryl‐quinolin-2-onederivativesas antiviral agents against influenza A. J Med Virol., 2022, DOI:10.1002/jmv.28327.

(2) Liangbing Fu;Will R. Gutekunst*; Mixing Physical Organic Chemistry with Monomer Design GivesNew Recyclable Materials. Chem, 2020, 6(7): 1510-1512.

(3)Liangbing Fu; Tianqi Zhang; Guanyao Fu;Will R. Gutekunst*; Relay Conjugation of Living Metathesis Polymers. Journal ofthe American Chemical Society, 2018, 140(38): 12181-12188.

(4) Liangbing Fu;Xuelin Sui; Alex E. Crolais; Will R. Gutekunst*; Modular Approach to DegradableAcetal Polymers Using Cascade Enyne Metathesis Polymerization. AngewandteChemie International Edition, 2019, 58(44): 15726-15730.

(5) Liangbing Fu#;Mizhi Xu#; Jiyao Yu; Will R. Gutekunst*; Halide-Rebound Polymerization ofTwisted Amides. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141(7):2906-2910. (6) Liangbing Fu;David M. Guptill; Huw M. L. Davies*; Rhodium (II)-catalyzed C–Hfunctionalization of electron-deficient methyl groups. Journal of the AmericanChemical Society, 2016, 138(18): 5761-5764.

(7) Liangbing Fu;Huw M. L. Davies* ; Scope of the Reactions of Indolyl- and Pyrrolyl-TetheredN-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles: Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Indole- andPyrrole-Fused Polycyclic Compounds. Organic Letters, 2017, 19(7): 1504-1507.

(8) Liangbing Fu;Kevin Hoang; Cecilia Tortoreto; Wenbin Liu; Huw M. L. Davies*; Formation ofTertiary Alcohols from the Rhodium-Catalyzed Reactions of Donor/AcceptorCarbenes with Esters. Organic Letters, 2018, 20(8): 2399-2402.

(9) Liangbing Fu; Hengbin Wang; Huw M.L. Davies*; Role of Ortho-Substituents on Rhodium-Catalyzed AsymmetricSynthesis of β-Lactones by Intramolecular C–H Insertions of Aryldiazoacetates.Organic Letters, 2014, 16(11): 3036-3039.