Zhihong Deng

Zhihong Deng is a Research Assistant Professor at the Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science. His work focuses on organometallic chemistry, free radical chemistry, and small molecule activation (O₂, NO_x).

• B.S., Hunan University of Science and Technology (2012)
• M.S., Hunan University of Science and Technology (2015)
• Joint Master’s Program, Xiamen University (2016)
• Ph.D., Xiamen University (2020)

His research investigates organometallic frameworks for oxygen activation, nitrogen oxide transformations, and radical-mediated reactions. He has developed metallacycles for dioxygen activation and explored cycloaddition mechanisms with metallapentalynes.

Key publication trends include metallapentalenoxazetes synthesis, osmium-peroxo complexes for hypoxic tumor therapy, and metallacyclopentadiene reactivity studies. His work bridges coordination chemistry with biomedical applications.

• Second Prize for Outstanding Paper at the 8th Hunan Postgraduate Innovation Forum (2015)
• Outstanding Poster Award at the 21st National Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry (2022)

He contributes to scientific research through collaborations at the Shenzhen Grubbs Institute and the Department of Chemistry, focusing on metallacycle-based reaction design and characterization.