LabCompass

Gaoyuan Zhao

Chemistry · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2006

Publications

62

Citations

1,242

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
AI-generated

Gaoyuan Zhao works in synthetic organic chemistry, focusing on developing new chemical reactions (such as radical-based and photocatalytic methods) and using them to build complex natural product molecules from scratch (total synthesis). Much of the work involves carbohydrate (sugar) chemistry, catalytic C-H bond activation, and multi-step routes to construct ring systems found in alkaloids and other natural compounds. This research combines methodology development with applications to challenging synthetic targets.

Radical reaction methodologyTotal synthesis of natural productsPhotocatalysis and visible-light-driven chemistryCarbohydrate (sugar) chemistry and glycosylationTransition-metal (Ni, Pd, Rh) catalyzed C–H functionalization

Publication output has been variable but generally increasing, with a notable surge in 2025 after a slower period in 2023-2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.2/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 4 publications18192020: 5 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 2 publications242025: 11 publications11252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society×7
  • ChemRxiv×6
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×5
  • Organic Letters×3
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers×3
Similar researchers
By research-topic overlap

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

Claim or correct this profile