About Peiqiang Huang’s work
Based at Xiamen University, Peiqiang Huang held a Croucher Visitorship at Hong Kong Baptist University from April to August 1998.
Biography
Huang Peiqiang graduated from Xiamen University with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 1982。 Upon graduation he went to France to pursue a doctorate, and received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Paris Sud in 1987. After returning to China, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since 1990, he has been teaching in the Department of Chemistry of Xiamen University and has served as the Dean of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Huang has carried out innovative research on the direct transformation of nitrogen-containing substances, and is the main leader in the direction of amide reduction functionalization internationally. The new synthesis method developed has been applied by many internationally renowned research groups to solve the problem of total synthesis of natural products because of its uniqueness. He was awarded the Organic Synthesis Contribution Award of the Organic Discipline Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society.