Xianrui Zhao (Ray)

Ph.D Candidate

(2002 – present)

Education: 

  Ph.D. Candidate   

Department of Chemistry, 

State University of New York at Stony Brook 

Advisor: Dr. Iwao Ojima 2002 to present

 

  M.S. in Chemistry,  

Peking University, Beijing, China, 1998 – 2001

 

  B.S. in Chemistry,  

Peking University, Beijing, China, 1994 – 1998

 

 

 

Research Experience: 

 

1. Synthesis of Zinc salt of 2-Mecapto-N-pyridine-oxide (ZPT)  

2. Synthesis of O-Phosphate Ester of Tyrosine    

3. Synthesis of Esters of Metronidazole (MTI) and Amino Acids  

4. New Route for the Synthesis of Carnosine  

 

 

 

Research Interests: 

 

   Organic Synthesis and Mechanisms of Organic Reactions.

 

Publications:

 

Zhao, X.R., Li, C.X. ACTA SCIENTIARUM NATURALIUM UNIVERSITATIS PEKINENSIS 2002, 38, 175-180