Junsong Liu was born and raised in Sichuan, China. In 2023, he obtained bachelor degree from RWTH Aachen University in Germany. For his bachelor thesis, he worked in Leonori group, investigating photoredox and nickel dual-catalysed cross-electrophile coupling. After graduation, Junsong continued his study in Aachen for master degree. During his rotational program, he returned to Leonori lab for working on the dihydroxylation of olefins using nitroarenes as photoresponsive oxidants. Then he joined NRG in Amsterdam for his second research rotation focusing on graphitic carbon nitride and nickel catalysis promoted unsymmetrical ketone synthesis. For his last research rotation, he went to Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry(SIOC), where he joined the lab of Prof. Shu-Li You, focusing on catalytic asymmetric dearomatization reaction. Now, Junsong is back to NRG for his master thesis project.
E-mail: j.liu9@uva.nl