Ph.D., RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Postdoc fellow, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Research Professor and X-ray Crystallographer
Ph.D., RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Postdoc fellow, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Structure analysis by diffraction methods, crystallization, polymorphism, phase transition, solid-state reactivity, molecular cage, intermolecular interactions
Univertsity Award, 1996
OOCL Award, 1997 and 1998
“DDT polymorphism and the lethality of crystal forms”, J. Yang, C. Hu, X. Zhu, Q. Zhu, M. D. Ward, B. Kahr, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10165-10169.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201703028
“Polymeric peptide pigments with sequence-encoded properties”, A. Lampel, S. A. McPhee, H.-A. Park, G. G. Scott, S. Humagain, D. R. Hekstra, B. Yoo, P. W. J. M. Frederix, T.-D. Li, R. R. Abzalimov, S. G. Greenbaum, T. Tuttle, C. Hu, C. J. Bettinger, R. V. Ulijn, Science 2017, 356, 1064-1068.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal5005
“The third ambient aspirin polymorph”, A. G. Shtukenberg, C. Hu, Q. Zhu, M. U. Schmidt, W. Xu, M. Tan, B. Kahr, Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17, 3562-3566.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b00673
“Uncatalyzed carboboration of seven-membered-ring trans-alkenes: formation of air-stable trialkylboranes”, J. R. Sanzone, C. Hu, K. A. Woerpel, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8404-8407.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b03986
“Structure of glycine dihydrate: its implications to crystallization of glycine from solution and its structure in outer space”, W. Xu, Q. Zhu, C. Hu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 2030-2034.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201610977
“Binuclear, high-valent nickel complexes: Ni-Ni bonds in aryl-halogen bond formation”, J. B. Diccianni, C. Hu, T. Diao, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3635-3639.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201611572
“Structure and Isotope Effects of β-H Agostic (α-Diimine)Ni Cation as the Polymerization Intermediate”, H. Xu, P. B. White, C. Hu, T. Diao, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1535-1538.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201611282
“A Supramolecular ice growth inhibitor”, R. Drori, C. Li, C. Hu, P. Raiteri, A. L. Rohl, M. D. Ward, B. Kahr, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13396-13401.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b08267
“Catalytic Carbonylative Spirolactonization of Hydroxycyclopropanols”, D. C. Davis, K. L. Walker, C. Hu, R. N. Zare, R. M. Waymouth, M. Dai, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10693-10699.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b06573
“Structural and spectroscopic insight into the metal binding properties of the o-aminophenol-N,N,O-triacetic acid (APTRA) chelator: implications for design of metal indicators”, M. Brady, S. D. Piombo, C. Hu, D. Buccella, Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 12458-12464.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt01557c
“N–N bond forming reductive elimination via a mixed-valent nickel(II)–nickel(III) intermediate”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7534-7538.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201602566
“An alternative synthesis and X-ray crystallographic confirmation of (–)-stepholidine”, S. V. Gadhiya, C. Hu, W. W. Harding, Tetra. Lett. 2016, 57, 2090-2092.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.03.108
“Bimetallic C−C bond-forming reductive elimination from nickel”, H. Xu, J. B. Diccianni, J. Katigbak, C. Hu, Y. Zhang, T. Diao, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4779-4786.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b00016
“Discrete {Ni40} Coordination Cage: A Calixarene-Based Johnson-Type (J17) Hexadecahedron”, X. Hang, B. Liu, X. Zhu, S. Wang, H. Han, W. Liao, Y. Liu, C. Hu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2969-2972.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b00695
“p-SCN-Bn-HOPO: a superior bifunctional chelator for 89Zr immunoPET”, M. A. Deri, S. Ponnala, P. Kozlowski, B. P. Burton-Pye, H. T. Cicek, C. Hu, J. S. Lewis, L. C. Francesconi, Bioconjugate Chem. 2015, 26, 2579-2591.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00572
“Redox-configurable ambidextrous catalysis: structural and mechanistic insight”, S. Mortezaei, N. R. Catarineu, X. Duan, C. Hu, J. W. Canary, Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 5904-5912.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5sc02144h
“Structure modeling, synthesis and X-ray diffraction determination of an extra-large calixarene-based coordination cage and its application in drug delivery”, S. Du, T.-Q. Yu, W. Liao, C. Hu, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 14394-14402.
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt01526j
“Cyclometalated iminophosphorane gold(III) and platinum(II) complexes. A highly permeable cationic platinum(II) compound with promising anticancer properties”, M. Frik, J. Fernández-Gallardo, O. Gonzalo, V. Mangas-Sanjuán, M. González-Alvarez, A. S. del Valle, C. Hu, I. González-Alvarez, M. Bermejo, I. Marzo, M. Contel, J. Med. Chem. 2015, 58, 5825-5841.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00427
“Strong intermolecular electronic coupling of chromophores confined in hydrogen-bonded frameworks”, T. Adachi, D. M. Connors, W. Xiao, C. Hu, M. D. Ward, Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 3366-3373.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00452
“Non-topotactic phase transformations in single crystals of β-glycine”, Q. Jiang, A. G. Shtukenberg, M. D. Ward, C. Hu, Cryst. Growth Des. 2015, 15, 2568-2573.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00187
“Oxidation of carbon monoxide in basic solution catalyzed by nickel cyano carbonyls under ambient conditions and the prototype of a CO-powered alkaline fuel cell”, W. Lo, C. Hu, T. Berenson, N. Tracer, D. Shlian, M. Khaloo, A. Benhaima, J. Jiang, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9432-9435. (Highlighted on the journal cover)
https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc01872b
“Regulating the architectures of hydrogen-bonded frameworks through topological enforcement”, Y. Liu, W. Xiao, J. J. Yi, C. Hu, S.-J. Park, M. D. Ward, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3386-3392.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.5b00534
“Structure and reactivity of an isolable seven-membered-ring trans-alkene”, B. Hurlocker, C. Hu, K. A. Woerpel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4295-4298.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201410752