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Wenxin Lu

Chemistry · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2012Rising activity
Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsAsymmetric Synthesis and CatalysisTopic ModelingStatistical Methods and InferenceSemantic Web and Ontologies

Publications

13

Citations

63

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
AI-generated

This record appears to blend work from multiple research areas, including transition-metal catalysis for organic synthesis (e.g., cobalt- and nickel-catalyzed reactions to build complex carbon frameworks), computational tools for predicting chemical reactions, and unrelated topics such as urban planning and control systems. The core chemistry theme centers on developing catalytic methods to construct valuable organic molecules and using AI/machine learning to help plan chemical synthesis routes. Because the publication list spans very different fields, it may reflect shared author names or a very recent, still-forming research direction rather than one coherent focus.

Transition-metal catalysis (cobalt, nickel) for organic synthesisAsymmetric and enantioselective chemical reactionsAI and generative models for predicting chemical synthesis routesRetrosynthetic planning and computational chemistry toolsUnrelated topics in urban studies and control systems (likely distinct research threads)

Publication output was minimal or absent for most of the past decade but has grown noticeably since 2023, reaching a peak in 2025.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
172018: 1 publication18192021222023: 1 publication232024: 3 publications242025: 5 publications5252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • ChemRxiv×2
  • Ecological Indicators×1
  • Nature Communications×1
  • Habitat International×1
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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