Hu Gao (gaohu@njfu.edu.cn)

Education Background:

2019.09-2023.06    PhD in Chemistry (Prof. Zhen Shen), Nanjing University, China

2016.09-2019.06    MS in Chemical Engineering (Prof. Zhen Shen), Nanjing University,

China

2012.09-2016.06    BS in Chemical Engineering and Technology (Prof. Zhongping Ou),

Jiangsu University, China

Work Experience:

2023.10-Now        Associate Prof., College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, China

Research interests:

Design and optical property modulation of NIR-absorbing metalloporphyrins for bioimaging and photothermal therapy.

Represent Publications:

(1) Hu Gao, Fan Wu*, Yue Zhao, Xu Zhi, Yufen Sun and Zhen Shen*. Highly Stable Neutral Corrole Radical: Amphoteric Aromatic-Antiaromatic Switching and Efficient Photothermal Conversion. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 3458-3467.

(2) Hu Gao^†, Xu Zhi^†, Fan Wu*, Yue Zhao, Fangjian Cai, Pengfei Li and Zhen Shen*. Molecular Engineering of Corrole Radicals by Polycyclic Aromatic Fusion: Towards Open-Shell Near-Infrared Materials for Efficient Photothermal Therapy. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202309208.

(3) Hu Gao, Fan Wu*, Yue Zhao, Xianli Yang and Zhen Shen*. Redox-switchable Bistable Nickel Corrole. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 3037-3046.

(4) Hu Gao, Fan Wu*, Kai Wang and Zhen Shen*. Recent Developments in Corrole Radicals. J. Porphyr. Phthalocyanines, 2023, 27, 946-957.

(5) Xiaojuan Lv^†, Hu Gao^†, Fan Wu*, Ningchao Liu, So Ueno, Xiaoliang Yang, Tao Zhang, Naoki Aratani, Hiroko Yamada, Fengxian Qiu*, Zhen Shen* and Songlin Xue*. Highly Robust and Antiaromatic Rhenium(I) Rosarin. Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 4747-4751.

(6) Hu Gao, Chenhong Li and Zhen Shen*. meso-(2-Benzimidazolyl)-substituted BODIPYs: Synthesis, Structures and Spectroscopic Properties. J. Porphyr. Phthalocyanines, 2020, 24, 230-237.

(7) Hu Gao, Hui Liu, Liang Jiang, Lizhi Gai and Zhen Shen*. A Near-infrared Benzoquinone Coupled BODIPY: Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Properties. J. Porphyr. Phthalocyanines, 2019, 23, 76-83.