2023.05--至今： 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所 助理研究员、副研究员

2019.11--2022.11：蔚山国立科学技术研究所  博士后

2016.09--2019.07：北京师范大学 博士

2013.09--2016.07：北京师范大学 硕士

2007.09--2011.07：中国海洋大学 学士 

2024年 中国科学院BR-B

2024年上海市启明星A类

2023年上海市海外高层次人才

(1) Bo-Bo Gou, Wen-Jie Shen, Yuan-Jun Gao*, Qing Gu, Shu-Li You*. Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective Synthesis of Axially Chiral 1-Aryl Isoquinolines via De Novo Isoquinoline Formation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202502131. 

(2) Bo-Bo Gou, Wen-Jie Shen, Yuan-Jun Gao*, Qing Gu, Shu-Li You*. Enantioselective synthesis of indenols via rhodium(III)-catalyzed C–H activation/annulation of ketones with alkynes. Science China Chemistry, 2025, DOI: 10.1007/s11426-024-2514-1. 

(3) Yuan-Jun Gao*, Wen-Kai Chen, Wei-Hai Fang, Ganglong Cui*. A Green Host−Guest Protocol to Improve Water Solubility of Fluorescent Dyes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2025, 15, 9380-9387. 

(4) Wen-Kai Chen*, Jing-Yao Kang, Yan-Jiang Wang, Yuan-Jun Gao*, Yanli Zeng*. Theoretical studies on benzonitrile-carbazole-based pure organic molecules with room-temperature phosphorescence. Next Materials, 2025, 7, 100351. (invited paper) 

(5) Min Zhu#, Yuan-Jun Gao#, Xu-Lun Huang, Muzi Li, Chao Zheng*, Shu-Li You*. Photo-induced intramolecular dearomative [5 + 4] cycloaddition of arenes for the construction of highly strained mediumsized-rings. Nature Communications. 2024, 15, 2462. 

(6) Xiu-Fang Song, Ling-Ya Peng, Wen-Kai Chen, Yuan-Jun Gao*, Ganglong Cui*. Theoretical studies on thermally activated delayed fluorescence of ‘‘carbene–metal–amide’’ Cu and Au complexes: geometric structures, excitation characters, and mechanisms. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023, 25, 29603. 

(7) Ling-Ya Peng,# Zi-Wen Li,# Guang-Ning Pan, Wen-Kai Chen, Yuan-Jun Gao*, Ganglong Cui*. Thermally activated delayed fluorescence of a Ir(III) complex: absorption and emission properties, nonradiative rates, and mechanism. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023, 25, 6454. 

(8) Yuan-Jun Gao*, Sang Kyu Kwak*. Tuning functionalized hexagonal boron nitride quantum dots for full visible-light fluorescence emission. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023, 25, 3912-3919. 

(9) Yuan-Jun Gao, Gwan Yeong Jung, Wen-Kai Chen, Ganglong Cui, Sang Kyu Kwak*. Theoretical Studies on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Mechanism of Au(III) Complexes in Films: Insights from Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127, 672-681. 

(10) Zi-Wen Li; Ling-Ya Peng; Xiu-Fang Song; Yuan-Jun Gao*, Ganglong Cui. QM/MM Study on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Mechanism of a Three-Coordinated Au(I) Complex: Key Roles of Crystal Environments. Chinese Journal Of Chemical Physics, 2023, 36, 175-185. (invited paper)