ChaoJun Li is Professor (E.B. Eddy Chair) Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Green/Organic  Chemistry.

      Director of NSERC CREATE in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals Co-Director,  FQRNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis Fellow of the Royal Society of  Canada (Academy of Science)
      Fellow of the American Association for the  Advancement of Sciences (AAAS)
      Fellow of the American Chemical Society  (ACS)
      Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
      Fellow of the Chemical  Institute of Canada (CIC)

Education experience

     B. Sc. (Zhengzhou University, 1983)
     M.S. (Chinese Academy of Sciences,  1988)
     Ph. D. (McGill University, 1992)
     NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow (Stanford  University, 1992-94)
     Visiting Faculty, UC Berkeley (2002)
     Professor  (Assistant, Associate, Full) (Tulane University, 1994-2003)
     (US) NSF CAREER  Award, 1998-2002
     Outstanding Young Oversea Scientist Award (NSFC),  2001
     (US) Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (Academic),  2001
     Japan Society for Promotion of Science (Senior) Fellow, 2002
     Honorary  Research Professor (Chemistry Institute, Chinese Academy of Science)
     Canadian  Green Chemistry and Engineering Award (individual), 2010
     Award of Merit,  Federation of the Chinese Canadian Professionals (ont), 2011
     R. U. Lemieux  Award  (CSC), 2015

Research Description

    1. Green Chemistry:
     Explore new catalytic reactions that have high  atom-efficiency in water and other cleaner media (CO2 and Ionic Liquids), and to  transform these reactions into general synthetic tools for synthesizing  biologically important compounds and organic materials in a cost-effective and  environmentally friendly manner.

     * C-C bond formations via catalytic C-H and C-X activation
     * Catalytic  cyclization reactions
     * Catalytic asymmetric reactions
     * Catalytic  functionalization of renewable materials.

    2. Synthesis of biologically active compounds:
     Developing new methods for  synthesizing natural products and other biologically important compounds. One  special interest is to develop synthesis and study of Chemical Sensitizers for  targeted cancer therapy.