At the invitation of associate professor Xiaosong Xue, Prof. Lei Liu of the Institute of Process engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited the State Key Laboratory of Elemental Organic Chemistry on April 3, 2021. He exchanged and interacted with the teachers and students of the Key Laboratory, and also gave an academic report entitled "Theoretical Research on Hindered Lewis Acid-Base Pair Activated Small Molecule Reaction" at 8:00 p.m. in Room 201, No.6 Teaching Building.

In the academic report part, Prof. Liu introduced the research on the reaction mechanism of hindered Lewis acid-base pair activation of small molecules based on high performance calculation, transition state theory, density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulation. There was a strong academic atmosphere in the venue. After the report, the teachers and students present had an deeply discussion on the details of the research and the progress of scientific research with Prof. Liu.

Prof. Lei Liu, Institute of Process Pngineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2015, he received his Ph.D. from Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. From 2015 to 2018, he engaged in postdoctoral research at the University of Bonn and Marple Institute of Polymer in Germany. In 2018, he joined the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has been engaged in the research on the mechanism of small molecule catalytic conversion of energy and the design of new catalytic system for a long time. He presided over the general projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, sub projects of national key R & D plan, general projects of Beijing Natural Science Foundation of China, opening projects of Key Laboratory of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has participated in four chapters of the books, obtained 12 Chinese invention patents, and published more than 50 papers in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angelw. Chem. Int. Ed. and ACS Catal., etc. He was selected into the "100 Talents Plan" of the Institute of Process of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Excellent Talents" of Beijing and "Local Outstanding Talents" of Zhengzhou. He was young editorial board member of Chem, Acta physicochemical and other journals, and also the reviewers of J. Am. Chem. Soc., ACS Catal., Chem. Eur. J., etc.