Song Lin (chemist)

Short description: Chinese-American electrochemist

Song Lin

Alma mater| Harvard University
Peking University
Scientific career
Institutions| Cornell University
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis| Elucidation of the Cation-π Interaction in Small-Molecule Asymmetric Catalysis (2013)
Doctoral advisor| Eric Jacobsen
Other academic advisors| Christopher Chang (post-doctoral advisor)
Website| https://songlin.chem.cornell.edu/

Song Lin is a Chinese-American organic electrochemist who is an associate professor at Cornell University. His research involves the development of new synthetic organic methodologies that utilize electrochemistry to forge new chemical bonds. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Organic Letters,[1] and serves on the Early Career Advisory Board of Chemistry - A European Journal.[2] He was named by Chemical & Engineering News as one of their Trailblazers of 2022, a feature highlighting LGBTQ+ chemists in academia.[3][4]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Research and career
* 3 Awards and honors
* 4 Selected publications
* 5 References

## Early life and education

Lin was born in Tianjin.[3] He became interested in science as a child, doing simple household experiments, and was supported by his high school chemistry teacher to pursue a career in research. He completed his bachelor's degree in chemistry at Peking University where he worked under the supervision of Zhangjie Shi.[3] Lin moved to the United States for graduate studies and joined the organic chemistry department at Harvard University for doctoral research, where he researched small molecule asymmetric catalysis with Eric Jacobsen.[5][6]

## Research and career

Lin moved to the University of California, Berkeley for his postdoctoral research, where he worked in the lab of Christopher Chang.[3][7] While studying electrocatalysis in Chang's lab, he became aware of the use of porous materials like covalent organic frameworks (COFs) to absorb carbon dioxide.[8] In collaboration with the Yaghi group, Lin showed that porphyrin-containing COFs could catalyze the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO under applied current and in an aqueous environment.[9][10]

Lin began his independent career at Cornell University where his group's research has focused on the identification of novel synthetic pathways for medicinally relevant compounds.[11] He focuses on the use of electrochemistry to drive chemical reactions.[12] Electrochemistry can make organic synthesis cheaper and more environmentally friendly. For example, Lin demonstrated an electrochemical approach to synthesize 1,2-diamines from alkenes, which are useful precursors to bioactive natural products, therapeutic agents, and molecular catalysts.[13][14] More recently, Lin's group has developed a method to directly couple alkyl halides using electrochemistry, providing a promising approach towards this difficult chemical transformation.[15][16]

## Awards and honors

* 2017 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award[17]
* 2018 National Science Foundation CAREER Award[18]
* 2019 MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35[8]
* 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship[19]
* 2019 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator[20]
* 2020 Princeton University Bristol-Myers Squibb Lectureship[21]
* 2020 Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award[22]
* 2021 American Chemical Society National Fresenius Award[23][24]
* 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award[25][26]
* 2021 FMC New Investigator Award[27]

## Selected publications

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## References

1. ↑ "Editorial Board" (in en). https://pubs.acs.org/page/orlef7/editors.html.
2. ↑ Ross, Haymo (2021-01-04). "Chemistry: A European Journal and Chemistry Europe" (in en). Chemistry – A European Journal 27 (1): 6–8. doi:10.1002/chem.202005084. ISSN 0947-6539. PMID 33393698. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202005084.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Joseph, Alby, J. (April 8, 2022). "One on One with Song Lin". https://cen.acs.org/materials/electronic-materials/One-on-one-with-Song-Lin/100/i12.
4. ↑ Glaser, Linda B. (April 21, 2022). "Chemist Song Lin honored by Chemical & Engineering News" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/04/chemist-song-lin-honored-chemical-engineering-news.
5. ↑ Lin, Song (2013). Elucidation of the Cation-[pi] Interaction in Small-Molecule Asymmetric Catalysis (Thesis). OCLC 870923011.
6. ↑ Lin, Song; Jacobsen, Eric N. (October 2012). "Thiourea-catalysed ring opening of episulfonium ions with indole derivatives by means of stabilizing non-covalent interactions" (in en). Nature Chemistry 4 (10): 817–824. doi:10.1038/nchem.1450. ISSN 1755-4349. PMID 23000995. Bibcode: 2012NatCh...4..817L.
7. ↑ "About Song | The Lin Research Group". https://songlin.chem.cornell.edu/members/song-lin/.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Song Lin | Innovators Under 35". https://www.innovatorsunder35.com/the-list/song-lin/.
9. ↑ Lin, Song; Diercks, Christian S.; Zhang, Yue-Biao; Kornienko, Nikolay; Nichols, Eva M.; Zhao, Yingbo; Paris, Aubrey R.; Kim, Dohyung et al. (2015-09-11). "Covalent organic frameworks comprising cobalt porphyrins for catalytic CO 2 reduction in water" (in en). Science 349 (6253): 1208–1213. doi:10.1126/science.aac8343. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 26292706. Bibcode: 2015Sci...349.1208L. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aac8343.
10. ↑ Diercks, Christian S.; Lin, Song; Kornienko, Nikolay; Kapustin, Eugene A.; Nichols, Eva M.; Zhu, Chenhui; Zhao, Yingbo; Chang, Christopher J. et al. (2018-01-24). "Reticular Electronic Tuning of Porphyrin Active Sites in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction" (in en). Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (3): 1116–1122. doi:10.1021/jacs.7b11940. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 29284263. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.7b11940.
11. ↑ "RSC School Seminar - Prof Song Lin (Cornell) | ANU Research School of Chemistry" (in en). https://chemistry.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/rsc-school-seminar-prof-song-lin-cornell.
12. ↑ Newton, Jennifer (May 20, 2021). "Uncovering new transformations by using electricity as a reagent" (in en). https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/uncovering-new-transformations-by-using-electricity-as-a-reagent/4013678.article.
13. ↑ Nguyen, Tien (August 10, 2017). "Electricity jump-starts synthesis of 1,2-diamines". https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/web/2017/08/Electricity-jump-starts-synthesis-12.html.
14. ↑ Fu, Niankai; Sauer, Gregory S.; Saha, Ambarneil; Loo, Aaron; Lin, Song (2017-08-11). "Metal-catalyzed electrochemical diazidation of alkenes" (in en). Science 357 (6351): 575–579. doi:10.1126/science.aan6206. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 28798126. Bibcode: 2017Sci...357..575F. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aan6206.
15. ↑ Zhang, Wen; Lu, Lingxiang; Zhang, Wendy; Wang, Yi; Ware, Skyler D.; Mondragon, Jose; Rein, Jonas; Strotman, Neil et al. (April 2022). "Electrochemically driven cross-electrophile coupling of alkyl halides" (in en). Nature 604 (7905): 292–297. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04540-4. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 35189623. Bibcode: 2022Natur.604..292Z.
16. ↑ Willans, Charlotte (April 2022). "Electrification promotes tricky synthetic chemical reactions" (in en). Nature 604 (7905): 253–254. doi:10.1038/d41586-022-00852-7. PMID 35352045. Bibcode: 2022Natur.604..253W. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00852-7.
17. ↑ "Lin receives Thieme Chemistry Journal Award | Chemistry & Chemical Biology Cornell Arts & Sciences". https://chemistry.cornell.edu/lin-receives-thieme-chemistry-journal-award.
18. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1751839 - CAREER: Catalytic Electrochemical Amination Reactions" (in en). https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1751839&HistoricalAwards=false.
19. ↑ "Ramshaw, Lin and Baskin win Sloan fellowships" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/03/ramshaw-lin-and-baskin-win-sloan-fellowships.
20. ↑ Hovis, Kathy (June 27, 2019). "Chemistry professor Lin receives Naval young investigator award" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/06/chemistry-professor-lin-receives-naval-young-investigator-award.
21. ↑ "2020 BMS Lectureship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry | Princeton University Department of Chemistry". https://chemistry.princeton.edu/seminars-events/2020-bms-lectureship-synthetic-organic-chemistry.
22. ↑ "Song Lin selected as a 2020 Cottrell Scholar | Chemistry & Chemical Biology Cornell Arts & Sciences". https://chemistry.cornell.edu/song-lin-selected-2020-cottrell-scholar.
23. ↑ "ACS 2022 national award winners". https://cen.acs.org/people/awards/ACS-2022-national-award-winners/99/i35.
24. ↑ "Three A&S professors honored with national chemistry awards" (in en). https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/10/three-professors-honored-national-chemistry-awards.
25. ↑ "2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards" (in en-US). 2021-04-30. https://www.dreyfus.org/2021-camille-dreyfus-teacher-scholar-awards/.
26. ↑ "Song Lin receives two national chemistry awards | Chemistry & Chemical Biology Cornell Arts & Sciences". https://chemistry.cornell.edu/song-lin-receives-two-national-chemistry-awards.
27. ↑ "FMC Corporation announces winners of 2021 FMC New Investigator Awards | FMC Corp". https://www.fmc.com/en/2021-FMC-new-investigator-awards.

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