Email：maolin@nankai.edu.cn

Research Group Website：https://www.x-mol.com/groups/maolin?lang=en

1)Synthetic Biology

2) Biocatalysis

3) Computation

4) Automation

5) Machine Learning

History：

2010–2014: Nankai University, School of Chemistry, B.S. in Materials Chemistry

2011–2014: Nankai University, School of Economics, B.S. in Finance

2014–2019: Nankai University, School of Chemistry, Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (Advisor: Prof. Qilin Zhou)

2020–2021: Nankai University, School of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Researcher (Advisor: Prof. Qilin Zhou)

2021–2024: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Postdoctoral Researcher (Advisor: Prof. Huimin Zhao)

2025–present: Nankai University, School of Chemistry, Principal Investigator (tenure-track)

Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications

1. Zhang, Z.†; Li, M.-L.†; Harrison, W.; Lu, J.; Zhao, Z.; Yuan, Y.; Zhao, H.* Photoenzymatic 

Stereoablative Enantioconvergence of γ-Chiral Oximes via Hydrogen Atom Transfer.   

Nat. Catal.2025, Accepted. (†Contribute Equally)

2.  Li, M.-L.; Yuan, Y.; Harrison, W.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, H.* Asymmetric Photoenzymatic Incorporation of 

Fluorinated Motifs into Olefins. Science 2024, 385, 416-421.

3.  Li, M.-L.; Harrison, W.; Zhang, Z.; Yuan, Y.; Zhao, H.* Remote Stereocontrol with Azaarenes via 

Enzymatic Hydrogen Atom Transfer. Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 277-284.

4.  Li, M.-L.†; Pan, J.-B.†; Zhou, Q.-L.* Enantioselective Synthesis of Amino Acids from Ammonia. 

Nat. Catal. 2022, 5, 571–577. (†Contribute Equally)

5.  Li, M.-L.; Yu, J.-H.; Li, Y.-H.; Zhu, S.-F.*; Zhou, Q.-L.* Highly Enantioselective Carbene Insertion 

into N–H Bonds of Aliphatic Amines. Science 2019, 366, 990–994.