Institute for Advanced and Applied Chemical Synthesis
Institute for Advanced and Applied Chemical Synthesis
Research Fellow
E-mail：shenhxtan@gmail.com
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The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia at the Research School of Chemistry working under the supervision of Professor Martin Banwell
The University of Auckland, Auckland, NewZealand
Awarded First Class Honors
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
University of California,SanDiego, U.S.A.(FallQuarter, 2009)
Education Abroad Reciprocal Exchange Program
Awarded Provost Honors (GPA4.0/4.0)
Employment
Jul 2020 – Present: Research Fellow
JINAN UNIVERSITY, Guangzhou, China at the Institute for Advanced and Applied Chemical Sciences (IAACS)● Development of synthetic methods towards broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus Amaryllidaceae alkaloids
● Supervisory and mentorship role within the research group to provide support to graduate students conducting research
● Review and edit research articles
Jan 2018 – May 2020: Product and Sales Consultant
HOSPRO, Malacca, Malaysia
● Manage relations between clients and stakeholders to achieve business and public health outcomes
● Assist with accounts and delivery of services to public hospitals
● Drawing on my scientific knowledge to source hospital amenities on the international market that both achieved patient outcomes and respected international regulatory requirements
● Working independently as part of an international team of Consultants
Jan – Jun 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow – Medicinal Chemistry
SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY, Guangzhou, China at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
● Development of small molecules to target Alzheimer’s Disease
● Supervisory and mentorship role within the research group to provide support to graduate students conducting research
● Review and edit research articles
Jan – Dec 2016: Research Assistant – Organic Chemistry
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra, Australia at the Research School of Chemistry working under the supervision of Professor Martin Banwell
● Development of new methods in the synthesis of biologically active natural products
● Collation of scientific data and preparation of research articles to be published
Jan – Dec 2016: Grants Officer
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra, Australia
(within the Science Administrations Research Management Team)
● Assist with the collection and integrity of data on the research management system ARIES
● Provide support for the submission of Australian Research Council (ARC) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding applications
● Conduct compliance reviews of funding applications
Chinese Acade my of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship Overseas High- LevelAcademicTalents (China)(2017)
Student Poster Prizeat the Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry(2012)
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2011-2014)
University of California,San Diego Provost Honors(2009)
The Australian National University Summer Research Scholarship(2008)
1. Chen Qi; Lan Ping; Tan Shen (Hui-Xian)*; Banwell Martin G.*, The Palladium-Catalyzed Glycosylation of Halotropones. Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 284−288.
2. Tan Shen (Hui-Xian); Chen, Qi; Lan, Ping; Banwell, Martin G.* Troponoid compounds as therapeutic agents and as targets and templates for chemical synthesis. Synlett. 2022, 33, 1968–1990.
3. Tan Shen (Hui-Xian); Lan, Ping; Banwell, Martin G.; White, Lorenzo V.* Practical, multigram preparation of synthetically useful, enantiomerically pure building-blocks from quinic acid. SynOpen, 2022, 6, 306–311.
4. S. Tan, Y.-T. He, P. Lan, M.G. Banwell and L. V. White, A Seven Step Total Synthesis of (–)-Thebaine, Synthesis, published online 21 September 2022 (doi: 10.1055/a-1948-3335)
5. L. Yi, Y. He, S. Tan, L. V. White, P. Lan, M. G. Gardiner, Z. Pei, M. L. Coote and M. G. Banwell, Total Syntheses of the Structures Assigned to the Marine Natural Products Orthoscuticellines A-E, J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 12287.
6. S. Tan, M. Karuppasamy, P. Lan, Y. Zhang, Hu, X. Lai, B. S.-C. Lim, W. Liu, 」. chen, E.-H.Chew and M. G. Banwella, Ribisins and Certain Analogues Exert Neuroprotective EffectsThrough Activation of the Keap-Nrf2-ARE Pathway, Chem. Med. Chem. 2022, 17, e202200292.
