He was born in Baoying city, Jiangsu province in 1962.
12/2011-, Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering.
3/2009-, Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
5/2008, Member, Advisory Commission for Chemistry, National Science Foundation of China
5/2008-, Ambassador Scientist, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
3/2007-3/2009, President, Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering.
2007-, Vice President, Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China
7/2004-, President, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai.
2007-, Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, Elsevier.
2005-, Member of Editorial Board, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, Elsevier
2003-2008, Scientist-in-Chief, National Basic Research Key Project (973), The Ministry of Science and Technology.
2002-, Member, Chemical Technology Section of National Academic Degree Council.
9/2000-6/2004. CheungKong Chair Professor, in Dalian University of Technology.
2000 Research Grant for Outstanding Young Scientist, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
4/1996-10/2000. Vice President, ECUST, Shanghai.
1999. Distinguished 10 Persons in Science and Technology of Shanghai.
9/1995-3/1996. Assistant President, ECUST, Shanghai. 8/1994-9/2000. Professor; 8/1992-7/1994. Associate Professor; 8/1988-8/1992. Lecturer, East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai.
9/1990-1/1992. Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Wuerzburg University, West Germany.
8/1989-8/1990. Research Associate, Lamar University, Texas, USA.
6/1988. Ph. D.; 4/1985. Master.; 7/1982. Bachelor, East China Institute of Chemical Technology, Shanghai (Presently, East China University of Science and Technology).
1. Bioorganic Chemistry of Dyes





Prof. Qian’s research in bioorganic chemistry of dyeis about fluorescent sensors and antitumor agents, includes the following aspects:
Fluorescent sensors: Molecular sensor with highly-selectivity for mercuric, cupric, zinc, silver cations, and some anions, derived from naphthalene, naphthalimide, coumarin, BODIPY, and polymer. In addition, fluorescent probe and fluorescent label were also involved in his research.
Antitumor agents: Thio- or Thieno-compounds, Antitumor agents, apoptosis-inducing agents for Bcl-2 protein, topoisomerase inhibitor and photodynamic therapy agent, which were derived fromsulfur- or thia- aromatic heterocycle, carboxamide, naphthalimide, benzo[c,d]indol-2-one, phenazine, acridine, acenaphthalenequinone, amino-acenaphtho[1,2-b]pyrrol-carbonitrile and phthalocyanine
CHEM. COMMUN. -2008-6339: Highly Sensitive and Selective Pd2+ Sensor of Naphthalimide Derivative Based on Complexation with Alkynes and Thio-heterocycle
CHEM. COMMUN. -2008-4141: Multiple Molecular Logic Functions and Molecular Calculation Facilitated by Surfactant with its Versatility
CHEM. COMMUN. -2008-777: Bulky 4-tritylphenylethynyl substituted boradiazaindacene: Pure red emission, relatively large Stokes shift and inhibition of self-quenching
CHEM. COMMUN. -2008-1780: A Design Concept of Long Wavelength Fluorescent Analogs of Rhodamine Dyes: Replacement of Oxygen with Silicon Atom
CHEM. COMMUN. -2006-109: Two regioisomeric and exclusively selective Hg(II) sensor molecules composed of a naphthalimide fluorophore and an o-phenylenediamine derived triamide receptor
CHEM. COMMUN. -2005-239: A new class of long-wavelength fluorophores: strong red fluorescence, convenient synthesis and easy derivation
CHEM. COMMUN. -2001-2656: Intramolecular aromatic 1,5-hydrogen transfer in preparation of oxacyclic naphthalic anhydride via unusual Pschorr cyclisation
J. AM. CHEM. SOC. -2004-2272: A highly selective and sensitive fluorescent chemosensor for Hg2+ in neutral buffer aqueous solution
ANGEW. CHEM. INTl. ED. -2008-8025: A Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe Based on FRET for Imaging Hg2+ in Living Cells
CHEM. EUR. J. -2007-7543: Micelle-Induced Versatile Performance of Amphiphilic Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Fluorescent Molecular Sensors
ORG. LETT. -2008-473: Ratiometric and Water-Soluble Fluorescent Zinc Sensor of Carboxamidoquinoline with an Alkoxyethylamino Chain as Receptor
ORG. LETT. -2008-29: Highly Efficient Energy Transfer in the Light Harvesting System Composed of Three Kinds of Boron-Dipyrromethene Derivatives
ORG. LETT. -2008-633: Isomeric Boron-Fluorine Complexes with Donor-Acceptor Architecture: Strong Solid/Liquid Fluorescence and Large Stokes Shift
ORG. LETT. -2008-633: 2,3,6,7-Tetraamino-9,9-bis(2-ethyl- hexyl)fluorene: new multifunctional monomer for soluble ladder-type conjugated molecules and polymers
ORG. LETT.-2006-3721: A series of polyamide receptor based PET fluorescent sensor molecules: Positively cooperative Hg2+ ion binding with high sensitivity
ORG. LETT. -2005-3029: Colorimetric and ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor with a large red-shift in emission: Cu(II)-only sensing by deprotonation of secondary amines as receptor conjugated to naphthalimide fluorophore
ORG. LETT. -2005-889: Ratiometric and selective fluorescent sensor for Cu-II based on internal charge transfer (ICT)
ORG. LETT. -2004-2757: Novel fluorescent pH sensors based on intramolecular hydrogen bonding ability of naphthalimide
J. ORG. CHEM. -2008-1571: Novel Fluorescent Fluorine-Boron Complexes: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Photoluminescence, and Electrochemistry Properties
J. ORG. CHEM. -2007-3554: Ratiometric and highly selective fluorescent sensor for cadmium under physiological pH range: A new strategy to discriminate cadmium from zinc
J. ORG. CHEM. -2006-4308: Detecting Hg2+ ions with an ICT fluorescent sensor molecule: Remarkable emission spectra shift and unique selectivity
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL -2004-2279: Fluorescent imaging of acute mercuric chloride exposure on cultured human kidney tubular epithelial cells
CHEMBIOCHEM -2007-113: Novel Bcl-2 inhibitors: Discovery and mechanism study of small organic apoptosis-inducing agents
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2006-1562: Synthesis and evaluation of novel 8-oxo-8H-cyclopenta[a]acenaphthylene-7-carbonitriles as long-wavelength fluorescent markers for hypoxic cells in solid tumor
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2005-5909: Novel synthetic isoquinolino[5,4-ab]phenazines: Inhibition toward topoisomerase I, antitumor and DNA photo-cleaving activities
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2005-4864: Novel thiazonaphthalimides as efficient antitumor and DNA photocleaving agents: Effects of intercalation, side chains, and substituent groups
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2005-4864: Synthesis, antitumor evaluation and DNA photocleaving activity of novel methylthiazonaphthalimides with aminoalkyl side chains
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2005-1139: Five-member thio-heterocyclic fused naphthalimides with aminoalkyl side chains: intercalation and photocleavage to DNA (SS)
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2003-5427: Novel naphthalimide hydroperoxide photonucleases: The role of thiocyclic-fused area and the difference in spectra, photochemistry and photobiological activity
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. -2007-1356: Novel antitumor agent family of 1H-benzo[c,d]indol-2-one with flexible basic side chains: Synthesis and biological evaluation
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. -2006-6962:Acenaphtho[1,2-b]pyrrole derivatives as new family of intercalators: Various DNA binding geometry and interesting antitumor capacity
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. -2006-4639: Design, synthesis, and antitumor evaluation of novel acenaphtho[1,2-b]pyrrole-carboxylic acid esters with amino chain substitution
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. -2005-3149: Novel heterocyclic family of phenyl naphthothiazole carboxamides derived from naphthalimides: synthesis, antitumor evaluation, and DNA photocleavage
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. -2005-1615: Thio-heterocylic naphthalimides with aminoalkyl side chains: novel alternative tools for photodegradation of genomic DNA without impairment on bioactivities of proteins
INT. J. BIO. MACROMOL. -2006-59: Study on the interaction between 4-(2-diethylanuno- ethylamino)-8-oxo-8H- acenaphtho [1,2-b]pyrrole- 9-carbonitrile and DNA by molecular spectra
TETRAHEDRON LETT. -2005-6289: A proton sponge-based fluorescent switch
TETRAHEDRON LETT. -2004-3969: A novel chromatism switcher with double receptors selectively for Ag+ in neutral aqueous solution: 4,5-diaminoalkeneamino-N-alkyl-1,8-naphthalimides
TETRAHEDRON LETT. -2003-2087: Novel highly efficient fluoroionophores with a peri-effect and strong electron-donating receptors: TICT-promoted PET and signaling response to transition metal cations with low background emission
TETRAHEDRON LETT. -2003-795: Promoting effects of the hydroxymethyl group on the fluorescent signaling recognition of anions by thioureas
TETRAHEDRON LETT. -2002-2991: 4-Amino-1,8-dicyanonaphthalene derivatives as novel fluorophore and fluorescence switches: efficient synthesis and fluorescence enhancement induced by transition metal ions and protons
TETRAHEDRON LETT. -2002-2995: Synthesis and properties of benzothioxanthene dicarboximide hydroperoxide: an efficient 'time-resolved' DNA photocleaver with long-wavelength
TETRAHEDRON LETT. -2001-6175: N-aroyloxynaphthalimides as novel highly efficient DNA photocleavers: substituent effects
TETRAHEDRON LETT. -2000-7711: Novel and highly efficient DNA photocleavers: hydroperoxides of heterocyclic-fused naphthalimides
TETRAHEDRON -2005-11264: Versatile acenaphtho[1,2-b]pyrrol-carbonitriles as a new family of heterocycles: diverse Snar(H)H reactions, cytotoxicity and spectral behavior
TETRAHEDRON -2005-8717: Synthesis, antitumor and DNA photocleaving activities of novel naphthalene carboxamides: effects of different thio-heterocyclic rings and aminoalkyl side chains
TETRAHEDRON -2005-6634: Synthesis of thiazo- or thiadiazo- naphthalene carboxamides via mercuric intermediates and their antitumor and DNA photocleavage activities
NEW J. CHEM. -2008-472: Chromogenic and fluorescent chemodosimeter for fluoride ion based on
novel anion-catalyzed intramolecular hydrogen transfer
NEW J. CHEM. -2003-337: A polyamidoamine dendrimer with peripheral 1,8-naphthalimide groups capable of acting as a PET fluorescent sensor for metal cations
NEW J. CHEM. -2002-920: Novel heterogeneous PET fluorescent sensors selective for transition metal ions or protons: polymers regularly labelled with naphthalimide
DYES PIGMENTS -2004-9: Benzothioxanthene dyes as fluorescent label for DNA hybridization: synthesis and application
DYES PIGMENTS -2002-247: Synthesis and properties of oligonucleotides containing fluorescent ethenodeoxyadeno sine and ethenodeoxycytidine
DYES PIGMENTS -2001-51: Absorption and fluorescence spectral properties of tetra (fluoroalkoxy) metallophthalocyanines
DYES PIGMENTS -2001-43: Oxazolonaphthalimides and their hydroperoxides: photophysical and photobiological properties
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2002-161: Synthesis and photosensitizing properties of fluoroalkoxyl phthalocyanine metal complexes
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2000-69: Synthesis of fluorine-containing oxazolonaphthalimide hydroperoxides as DNA photocleavers
J. CHEM. SOC.-PERKIN 2 -2000-715: Interaction of naphthyl heterocycles with DNA: effects of thiono and thio groups
CHEM. LETT. -2005-696: Novel naphthalimide fluorescent sensors selective for certain proteins on basis of non-covalent interactions between enzyme and inhibitor
CHINESE CHEM. LETT. -2004-118: Anthracylmethyl benzoazacrown ether as selective fluorescence sensors for Zn2+
J. MATER. CHEM. -2005-2836: A pH-resistant Zn(II) sensor derived from 4-aminonaphthalimide: design, synthesis and intracellular applications
CHEMPHYSCHEM -2008-1891: Molecular Logic Operations Based on Surfactant Nano-aggregates: Premicelle, Micelle and Its Formation Induced by Inorganic Salt
POLYMER -2002-5731: Synthesis and photophysical properties of 1,8-naphthalimide-labelled PAMAM as PET sensors of protons and of transition metal ions
HETEROCYCL. COMMUN. -2003-229: A new class of DNA intercalator and photocleaver: Bis-naphthailimides with bromo and nitro substituents
2. Bioorganic Chemistry of Pesticides
Prof. Qian’s research in bioorganic chemistry of pesticide is mainly on the pesticide leading compouds derived from aromatic heterocycles and fluorinated compounds,includes the following aspects:
Pesticide leads: Insect-growthing regulator, insect behaviour inhibitor, chitin synthesis inhibitor, activate the ecdysone receptor, fly regulator, trehalase inhibitors, antifeedant agent, nicotinic receptor, insecticide, herbicide and fungicide.
New heterocycles: Fluoro- or fluoroalkoxylated- aromatic heterocycles, Thio- or Thieno-compounds, oxadiazole, thiaoxadiazole, pyridazinone, neonicotinoids, dibenzoyl- butylhydrazine, cyclic amidines
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. -2008-7565: 1,3,4-Oxadiazole-3(2H)-carboxamide derivatives as potential novel class of monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors: Synthesis, evaluation, and role of urea moiety
SYNLETT. -2008-1341:Ytterbium (III) Perfluorooctanoate-catalyzed One-pot Three-component Synthesis of Fully Substituted Pyrazoles under Solvent-free Conditions
SYNLETT. -2008-3058: One-Pot Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl-Containing Pyrazoles via Sequential Yb(PFO)3-Catalyzed Three-Component Reaction and IBX-Mediated Oxidation
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -2007-2288: Synthesis, insecticidal activity, and QSAR of novel nitromethylene neonicotinoids with tetrahydropyridine fixed cis configuration and exo-ring ether modification
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -2006-125:Synthesis and herbicidal activity of novel 3-aminocarbonyl-2-oxazolidinethione derivatives containing a substituted pyridine ring
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -2006-8793: Novel, unnatural benzo-1,2,3-thiadiazole-7-carboxylate elicitors of taxoid biosynthesis
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -2005-3120:Syntheses, antifeedant activity, and QSAR analysis of new oxa(thia)diazolyl 3(2H)-pyridazinones
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -2003-152: Synthesis and Antifeedant Activity of New Oxadiazolyl 3(2H)-Pyridazinones
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -2001-124: Synthesis and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships of New 2,5-Disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazoles
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -2001-5279: Synthesis and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships of Fluorine-Containing 4,4-Dihydroxylmethyl-2-aryl imino- oxazo (thiazo)lidines as Trehalase Inhibitors
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -1999-4415: Quantitative studies on structure-activity relationship of sulfonylurea and benzoylphenylurea type pesticides and their substituents' bioisosterism using synthons' activity contribution
J. AGRI. FOOD CHEM. -1996-1538: Molecular modeling study on the structure-activity relationship of substituted dibenzoyl-1-tert-butylhydrazines and their structural similarity to 20-hydroxyecdysone
ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES -2005(892)-273: Oxadiazole derivatives as novel insect-growth regulators: Synthesis and structure-bioactivity relationship
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2006-182: Synthesis and herbicidal activities of fluorine-containing 3-pyridylmethyl-2- phenyliminothiazolidine derivatives
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2005-297: Synthesis and fungicidal activity of fluorine-containing phenylimino-thiazolidines derivatives
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2005-53: Synthesis and biological activities of hydroxyl-protected fluorine-containing 4,4-dihydroxylmethyl-2-aryl-iminothiazolidines
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2004-1159: Synthesis and fungicidal activity of fluorine-containing phenylimino-thiazolidines derivatives
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2004-1609: Syntheses, structures and bioactivities of fluorine-containing phenylimino-thia(oxa)zolidine derivatives as agricultural bioregulators
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2003-163: Synthesis and insecticidal activities of novel 2,5-disubstituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2003-51: Synthesis and insecticidal activity of new substituted N-aryl-N’-benzoylthiourea compounds
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2002-63: Syntheses and insecticidal activity of new 2-(5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridyloxymethyl) -1,3,4-oxadiazoles]
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2000-111: Fluorine containing heterocyclic compounds: synthesis of 6-substituted-2-substituted-aryl-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-b] 1,3,5- thia- diazin-7-one derivatives
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2000-173: Syntheses and insecticidal activities of novel 2-fluorophenyl-5-aryl/cyclopropyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles
J. FLUORINE CHEM. -2001-143: Synthesis and biological activities of fluorine-containing N, N’-diphenylcarbamimidothioates
CHEM. PHYS. LETT. -2003-489: Intramolecular noncovalent force in cyclic amidines: nonbonded interaction between carbon atoms and heteroatoms
PEST. MANAG. SCI. -2003-933: The toxic and anti-feedant activity of 2H-pyridazin-3-one-substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles against the armyworm Pseudaletia separata (Walker) and other insects and mite
CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH -2001-79: Syntheses and activities as trehalase inhibitors of N-arylglycosylamines derived from fluorinated anilines
CAN. J. CHEM. -2003-272: N'-tert-Butyl-N'-aroyl-N-(alkoxycarbonylmethyl)-N- aroylhydrazines, a novel nonsteroidal ecdysone agonist: syntheses, insecticidal activity, conformational and crystal structure analysis
J. CHEM. RES. -2006- 626: Synthesis and bioactivities of novel neonicotinoids dioxolane compounds
J. CHEM. RES. -2000-88: The crystal structure of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-[2 '-(4 ''-phenylmethoxylphenyl)ethoxyl]pyrazole, a potential insect juvenile hormone mimic
J. CHEM. RES. -1999-66: The crystal structure of N-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)-N '-benzoyl urea, a novel insect-growth regulator
J. CHEM. RES. -1998-478: Crystal structure of 1-(3,5-dichloro-2,4-difluorophenyl)-3- (2,6-difluorobenzoyl)urea, an inhibitor of chitin synthesis
ARKIVOC -2003-141: Synthesis and insecticidal activity of 1,2,4-triazole derivatives
CHINESE CHEM. LETT. -2004-7: Novel Analogues of -Terthienyl,Thienyl 1,3,4-Thia(oxa)diazoles as Potential Photoactivated Insecticides:Synthesis and Bioactivity
CHEM. LETT. -2001-54: A Novel and Practical Amination of 4,5-Dichloropyridazin-3-ones via Reduction with Hydrazine Hydrate
ORG. PREP. PROCEDURE INTL. -2000-571: A facile synthesis of aryl isothiocyanates from arylamines
3. Chemical Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Prof. Qian’s researches in chemical biotechnology are about artificial nuclease, cell elicitor and biotransformation.
Artificial nucleases: photonuclease, DNA photocleaver, artificial nuclease of hydrolysis, photodegradation, removal of transgenic material during bio-preparation.
Cell elicitors:Synthetic jasmonate, benzothiazoles, taxoid, gingseng, ganoderma, secondary metabolites.
Biotransformation: Plant cell, baker’s yeast, enantioselective reduction, chemoselective reduction, aromatic nitro compound, hydroxylamine, substituted fluorenones, chiral alcohol.
CHEM. COMMUN. -2006-865:Baker's yeast-mediated enantioselective reduction of substituted fluorenones
CHEM. COMMUN. -2005-2338:A novel strategy for the preparation of arylhydroxylamines: chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds using bakers' yeast
CHEM. COMMUN. -2004-2339: A novel strategy for the preparation of arylhydroxylamines: chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds using bakers’ yeast
APPL. MICROBIO. BIOTECH. -2006-298:Efficient induction of ginsenoside biosynthesis and alteration of ginsenoside heterogeneity in cell cultures of Panax notoginseng by using chemically synthesized 2-hydroxyethyl jasmonate
APPL. MICROBIO. BIOTECH. -2006-164: Novel synthetic 2,6-dichloroisonicotinate derivatives as effective elicitors for inducing the biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites
APPL. MICROBIO. BIOTECH. -2005-98: A novel synthetic fluoro-containing jasmonate derivative acts as a chemical inducing signal for plant secondary metabolism
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2005-1769: Novel 2-aminothiazonaphthalimides as visible light activatable photonucleases: effects of intercalation, heterocyclic-fused area and side chains
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2003-3513: Thiadiazole: A new family of intercalative photonuclease with electron transfer and radical mechanisms
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2004-2665:Highly-efficient DNA photocleavers with long wavelength absorptions: thio-heterocyclic fused naphthalimides containing aminoalkyl side chains
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2004-2335:N-aroyloxylthioxo-naphthalimides as DNA photocleavers of aroyloxyl oxygen radicals: synthesis, evaluation, and substituents' effect
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2004-4755:Novel fluoro- and hydroxyl-containing jasmonate derivatives as highly efficient elicitors in suspension cultures of Taxus chinensis
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. LETT. -2006-803: Hydrolysis of plasmid DNA and RNA by amino alkyl naphthalimide as metal-free artificial nuclease
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. -2006-2935: Novel fluorescent markers for hypoxic cells of naphthalimides with two heterocyclic side chains for bioreductive binding
BIOORG. MED. CHEM. -2006-23: Eliminating nucleic acids contaminants by hydrogen peroxide-induced free radicals during the preparation of proteins
BIOTECH. BIOENG. -2005-516:Highly efficient strategy for enhancing taxoid production by repeated elicitation with a newly synthesized jasmonate in fed- batch cultivation of Taxus chinensis cells
BIOTECH. BIOENG. -2004-809: Novel chemically synthesized hydroxyl-containing jasmonates as powerful inducing signals for plant secondary metabolism
BIOTECH. BIOENG. -2004-595:Novel synthetic jasmonates as highly efficient elicitors for taxoid production by suspension cultures of Taxus chinensis
BIOTECH. PROGR. -2006-331: Novel chemically synthesized salicylate derivative as an effective elicitor for inducing the biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites
BIOTECH. AND BIOPROCESS ENGI. -2005-162: Efficient elicitation of ginsenoside biosynthesis in cell cultures of Panax notoginseng by using self-chemically-synthesized jasmonates
BIOCHEM. ENGINEERING. J. -2006-23: Eliminating nucleic acids contaminants by hydrogen peroxide-induced free radicals during the preparation of proteins