Xuemeng Chen

Xuemeng Chen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, specializing in organic chemistry and catalysis. Their current work focuses on enantioselective functionalization of C(sp3)-H bonds using photoinduced transition-metal-catalyzed methods.

• Research Interests: Enantioselective synthesis, photocatalysis, transition metal catalysis, C-H bond functionalization, chemical synthesis.

Recent publications highlight advancements in enantioselective amination, carboxylation of olefins, and dual copper-photocatalysis for benzylic C-H bonds. Their work emphasizes step economy and reactivity of radical species.

Chen completed their PhD in 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Stephen Kramer at DTU Chemistry, with a dissertation titled Photoinduced Enantioselective Functionalization of C(sp3)-H Bonds.