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Hexiao

Professor, Changjiang Scholar, NSFC EYoung Scholar

School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering      

About

  • Department: School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
  • Graduate School: University of Florida
  • Degree: Ph.D.
  • Academic Credentials: Ph.D.
  • PostCode: 200241
  • Tel: 021-54836216
  • Fax: +86-21-54836216
  • Email: xiaohe@phy.ecnu.edu.cn
  • Office: Chemistry Building, Room 223 (Office hours:10-24 (Mon-Sun))
  • Address: 500 Dongchuan Road, Chemistry Building, Room 223

Education

8/2006-05/2010  Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, U.S., Adviser: Professor Kenneth M. Merz Jr., Degree: Ph.D (Kenneth Merz: Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (JCIM,IF=4.304) since 2014. Now: Director of iCER of Michigan State University )

09/2003-06/2006  Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, P.R.China, Adviser: Professor John Z.H. Zhang, Degree: Master of Science

09/1999-06/2003   Departments for Intensive Instruction (DII), Nanjing University, P.R.China, Degree: Bachelor of Science (Physics)

09/1996-06/1999    Senior High School, Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province. 

09/1993-06/1996    Junior High School, Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province.

WorkExperience

2021-present       Deputy Director (2021-2024), Director(2024-present), Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Molecule Intelligent Syntheses; Duputy Director (2024-present), Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development

12/2015-present     Professor, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

09/2013-present     Affiliate Professor, NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China

07/2011-12/2015    Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

07/2014-10/2014;08/2015-10/2015   Visiting ScholarDepartment of Chemistry, University of MinnesotaCollaboratorProfessor Donald TruhlarMember of the US National Academy of Sciences

10/2011- 09/2012  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(UIUC), Adviser: Professor So Hirata (Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences)

03/2011- 07/2011  Research associate, Department of Physics, East China Normal University

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Other Appointments

2024- Associate Editor, Communications in Computational Chemistry, https://www.global-sci.org/intro/editor.html?journal=cicc


2024- Senior member of the Chinese Chemical Society. link: 何晓 - 高级会员 - 中国化学会 (chemsoc.org.cn)


2022- Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling


The Chinese Chemical Society Chinese Young Chemist Periodic Table of Elements(Kr)

Member of the Computational Chemistry Professional Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society (link)


Member of Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery Professional Committee, Chinese Bioinformatics Society


Member of the Theoretical Chemistry Youth Professional Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society


Member of the Chinese Infrared Spectroscopy Professional Committee


Reviewer of Science Advances, Nature Communications, Nature Computational Science, Nano Letters, Precision Chemistry, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, npj Computational Materials, ACS Applied Nano Materials, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Chemistry-An Asian Journal, Food Chemistry, Nanoscale, Energy Advances, Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy,Frontiers in Pharmacology, Chinese Science Bulletin, Membranes, Advanced Sustainable Systems, Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Society Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Science, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Crystal Growth & Design, ChemistrySelect, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, Frontiers in Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, New Journal of Physics, Materials Today Bio, Expert Review of Proteomics, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, Communications Chemistry, Photochemistry and Photobiology, Biophysical Journal, ACS Omega, Chemical Communications, Analyst, Scientific Reports, Journal of Computational Chemistry,  Journal of Theoretical Biology, Biophysical Chemistry, Chemical Data Collection, Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemistry-A European Journal, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Proteins, PeerJ, RSC Advances, Molecular Simulation, Journal of Molecular Modeling, Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, Molecular BioSystems, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Organic Letters, Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chemical Physics Letters.



Research Fields

 

Current projects: quantum chemistry methodology development and its applications

1. EE-GMFCC method (Electrostatically Embedded Generalized Molecular Fractionation with Conjugate Caps Method) (Acounts of Chemical Research Special Issue on Beyond QM/MM: Fragment Quantum Mechanical Methods. http://pubs.acs.org/toc/achre4/47/9)

2. AF-QM/MM method (Automated Fragmentation QM/MM method, 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Karplus, Levitt and Warshel for the development of the multiscale simulation (QM/MM))

3. New density functional development (GAM, MN15-L, MN15, revM06-L, revM06, revM11, M11plus, M06-SX, and M06CR) in DFT (1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Wa lter Kohn (along with John Pople) for the development of density functional theory)
4. Ab initio condensed phase simulation

5. Deep Machine Learning

5.1. Novel APBscore scoring function for rapid and accurate protein-ligand, protein-protein binding affinity prediction and protein structure prediction.

5.2. High-throughput virtual screening for lead discovery, lead optimization and drug discovery.

5.3. De novo protein/antibody design.

  

My talk on Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical (FQM) methods (Youku link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzI1MTUwODU2.html)

 

News and Highlights:

https://www.x-mol.com/news/702657

https://www.x-mol.com/news/450175

https://www.x-mol.com/news/390395


https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/_aU_-lqSzo91unq3o5qgvg

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wZIBpog0PmZ9h3sSl4RS1Q

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/SkEJga-IPO70BnFM7jDkkg


https://research.shanghai.nyu.edu/centers-and-institutes/chemistry/news/researchers-make-important-progress-density-functional-theory

https://research.shanghai.nyu.edu/centers-and-institutes/chemistry/news/researchers-reveal-ion-delivery-mechanism-aqueous-zn-ion


https://www.ecnu.edu.cn/info/1094/61857.htm

https://news.ecnu.edu.cn/79/53/c1837a96595/page.htm

https://news.ecnu.edu.cn/c6/a6/c1837a247462/page.htm


ECNU ChemGPT 1.0

https://www.ecnu.edu.cn/info/1094/65125.htm

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A9DbYaCjM-b6AlkaR2Mezg

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ZnvszBxnjH8qxE9_CV05kQ

https://wap.xinmin.cn/content/32537391.html

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5U1ifgh2ozwPsWW9ba5fWw


ChemGPT1.0 - East China Normal University "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances of 2023"

http://www.kjc.ecnu.edu.cn/23/d9/c8150a599001/page.htm

 

Education and Employment

2021-presnet        Deputy Director(2021-2024), Director(2024-present), Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Molecule Intelligent Syntheses (In December 2023, we published ChemGPT 1.0, a large language model for chemistry and molecular retrosynthesis); Duputy Director (2024-present), Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development. KZ,WZ(2023-Present),CF,HXZZ;SME;CZS(2024-Present)

12/2015-present     Professor (Level-2), School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

09/2013-present     Affiliate Professor, NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China

07/2011-12/2015    Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

07/2014-10/2014;08/2015-10/2015   Visiting ScholarDepartment of Chemistry, University of MinnesotaCollaboratorProfessor Donald TruhlarMember of the US National Academy of Sciences

10/2011- 09/2012  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(UIUC), Adviser: Professor So Hirata (Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences)

03/2011- 07/2011  Research associate, Department of Physics, East China Normal University

08/2006-05/2010  Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, U.S., Adviser: Professor Kenneth M. Merz Jr., Degree: Ph.D (Kenneth Merz: Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (JCIM,IF=4.304) since 2014. Now: Director of iCER of Michigan State University )

09/2003-06/2006  Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, P.R.China, Adviser: Professor John Z.H. Zhang, Degree: Master of Science

09/1999-06/2003   Departments for Intensive Instruction (DII), Nanjing University, P.R.China, Degree: Bachelor of Science (Physics)

09/1996-06/1999    Senior High School, Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province. 

09/1993-06/1996    Junior High School, Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province.

 

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

2024 East China Normal University "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Advances of 2023"

2023 'Changjiang Scholar' Distinguished Professor, Ministry of Education

2023 Excellent Research Advisor Award from American Chemical Society

2023 East China Normal University Graduate Education Excellence Award (Excellent Supervisor Award)

2019 The Chinese Chemical Society Chinese Young Chemist Periodic Table of Elements(Kr)

2019 ECNU Zijiang Excellent Young Scholar

2019 Chinese Chemical Society Tang Aoqing Young Investigator Award in Theoretical Chemistry

2019 NSFC Excellent Young Scholar

2016 Young Talent in Putuo District of Shanghai 

2016 Shanghai Young Top-notch Talent

2009 Crow-Stasch Award for excellence in a scientific publication, University of Florida

2005 Scholarship of Nanjing University for outstanding graduate student

2002 First-prize for China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM) in Jiangsu Province

2001 Second-prize for China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM)

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • 10/2012-01/2013; 09/2013-01/2014; 10/2014-01/2015; 10/2015-01/2016 Quantum Chemistry, Graduate Course, East China Normal University 

  • 09/2016-12/2016; 09/2017-12/2017; 09/2018-12/2018; 09/2019-12/2019 Foundations of Chemistry I Recitation

  • 02/2018-05/2018; 02/2019-05/2019 Foundations of Chemistry II

  • 09/2019-12/2019 General Physics I

  • 01/2021-05/2021 Foundations of Physics Honors II

  • 02/2017-07/2017; 02/2018-07/2018; 02/2019-07/2019; 02/2020-07/2020; 02/2021-07/2021  Computational Chemistry, Graduate Course of School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University

  • 09/2019-01/2020; 09/2020-01/2021; 09/2021-01/2022 Molecular Modelling:Principles and Applications, Undergraduate Course of School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University

     

WE ARE HIRING:

https://www.x-mol.com/news/737386


ECNU Collaborators:

Prof. Lianrui Hu (East China Normal University, 2023- )

https://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/_s34/hlr/main.psp

Prof. Jinrong Yang (East China Normal University, 2020- )

https://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/_s34/yjr/main.psp

Dr.Xinmeng Chen


GROUP MEMBERS

-5. Baochuan Hu, Zhihong Zhang, Riguge Hansu, Zhai Shaojun, Xiaoxuan Lin (Undergraduate students, 2023- )

Projects: MD, Deep machine learning

-4. Danhua Dai (Postdoctoral reseracher, 2023- )

Projects: QM, Deep machine learning

-3. Yongle Li (Visting professor, 2023- )

Projects: QM, Deep machine learning

-2. Xiaojun Zhou (Postdoc, 2023- )

Projects: QM, Deep machine learning and applications 

-1. Haichao Li, Zian Chen, Kexin Chen, Bo Wang (Visting scholars, 2023- )

Projects: Deep machine learning

0. Yongfan Ming, Chong Zhao, Xianwei Wang (Visting scholars, 2022- )

Projects: Deep machine learning

1. Jinfeng Liu (Visiting Professor, 2016- )

Projects: EE-GMFCC method and EE-GMFCC based ab initio molecular dynamcis simulation, Materials design, and excited state calculations

2. Ying Wang (Visting Professor, 2018- )

Projects: DFT functional development, protein design

3. Yiwei Liu (Graduate student, 2019-2023, Visiting Professor, 2023-, Excellent doctoral dissertation, American Chemical Society Meeting Excellence Presentation Award)

Projects: Biological applications, DFT functional development

4. Jinhuan Zhang (Graduate student, 2019- )

Projects: Biological applications, fragment QM methods, ab initio condensed phase simulations

5. Zheng Wan (Graduate student, 2020- )

Projects: Deep machine learning, applications

6. Yizhi Jiang (Graduate student, 2021- , National Scholarship)

Projects: Applications

7. Jiacheng Gong (Graduate student, 2021- )

Projects: Applications

8. Jiabao Zhu (Graduate student, 2021- )

Projects: Deep machine learning  

9. Yulan Mou (Graduate student, 2022- )

Projects: Deep machine learning

10. Shiwei Chen (Graduate student, 2022- )

Projects: Deep machine learning

11. Danyang Xiong (Graduate student, 2023- )

Projects: Applications and Machine learning  

12. Jifan Li (Graduate student, 2023- )

Projects: Applications and Machine learning 

13. Shuhan Li (Graduate student, 2023- )

Projects: Applications and Machine learning 

14. Yuting Li (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: Biological applications

15. Yueqing Zhang (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: AI-related applications

16. Jihang Zhai (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: AI-related applications

17. Yaru Shi (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: Biological applications and Material Science and AI

18. Jiaxu Wang (Graduate student, 2025- )

Projects: DFT and AI

19. Jing Li (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: AI for materials

20. Xupeng Liu (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: AI for materails

21. Huiying Yin (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: AI for materials

22. Student-1 (Graduate student, 2025- )

Projects: AI

23. Dongliang Chen (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: AI

24. Nan Zhou (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: AI

25. Yifan Tian (Graduate student, 2024- )

Projects: AI

 

Group of 2024:

First row: Jinhuan Zhang, Xiao He, Lianrui Hu, Jiacheng Gong

Second row: Jiabao Zhu, Xiaojun Zhou, Jifan Li, Shiwei Chen, Yizhi Jiang

Third row: Yuting Li, Shuhan Li, Danyang Xiong, Danhua Dai

Not in the picture: see above


Group of 2023: (8 professors+11 students)

First row from left to right: Professors. Chong Zhao, Jinrong Yang, Ying Wang, Xiao He, Xianwei Wang, Jinfeng Liu, Yiwei Liu

Second row from left to right: Shiwei Chen, Yizhi Jiang, Danyang Xiong, Zheng Wan, Jiabao Zhu, Prof. Xiaojun Zhou, Yongfan Ming, Jinhuan Zhang, Jiacheng Gong 

Not in the photo: Liuting Chen, Jifan Li, Shuhan Li


Group of 2022:

Gentlemen from left to right: Yuesheng, Zheng, Xiao, Chenfei, Jinrong, Jiabao, Yizhi

Ladies from left to right: Xia, Lulu, Yiwei, Jinhuan, Yuntao, Yulu, Jiacheng 

Not in the photo: Xianwei, Jinfeng, Ying, Jinxiao, Xuejun, Shiwei, Kai, Jiaxin, Wenxuan, Aofeng

 

Group of 2020:

Back row: Zilong, Xiao, Chenfei, Zhaoxi, Xianwei, Jinfeng

Front row: Yue, Yulu, Yuntao, Xia, Xuan, Man, Yiwei, Jinhuan, Qingyi

Not in the photo: Xinsheng, Ying, Jinjin, Yongxiu, Sijin, Chao, Jinxiao, Guangfeng, Zheng

 

Group of 2018:

From Left to right: Xinsheng, Jinfeng, Xiao, Ying, Yaqian, Sijin, Xuan, Jinjin

 

Group of 2016:

Back Row: Xinsheng, Jinfeng, Yuneng, Xianwei

Front Row: Xiao, Ying, Yaqian, Guangfeng, Zehua

 

Group of 2013:

Back Row: Xianwei, Tong, Xiao HE, Xinsheng, Jinfeng

Front Row: Ying, Siying, Xiao LIU, Yongxiu

 

ALUMNI

1. Tong Zhu (Previous: Graduate student (2010-2013, Ph.D. in 2013), Postdoc (2013-2015), Now: Associate Professor at ECNU)

Projects: AF-QM/MM development, Quantum mechanical protein X-ray/NMR structure refinement

2. Xianwei Wang (Graduate student (2009-2014, Ph.D. in 2014). Now Assistant Professor at Zhejiang University of Technology) 

Projects: EE-GMFCC method

3. Jinfeng Liu (Graduate student (2011-2016, Ph.D. in 2016, Shanghai Outstanding Graduates). Now Associate Professor at China Pharmaceutical University)

Projects: EE-GMFCC method

4. Yongxiu Li (Graduate student, 2011-2014, Ph.D. in 2014. Now Assistant Professor at South-Central University for Nationalities)

Projects: Biological applications

5. Ying Wang (Graduate student, 2013-2018, Ph.D. in 2018, 2017 Chancellor's scholarship. Shanghai Outstanding Graduates. Now Professor at Hunan Normal University)

Projects: DFT functional development, protein design

6. Xinsheng Jin (Graduate Student, 2014-2019, Ph.D. in 2019, Now: research scientist at Hengrui Medicine, http://www.hrs.com.cn/hren/index.html)

Projects: EE-GMFCC method on DNA/RNA, AF-QM/MM on DNA/RNA

7. Yaqian Wang (Graduate student, 2015-2018, Master's degree. Now Shanghai Baosight Software Co., Ltd. http://en.baosight.com/article/80;https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6486715)

Projects: Protein-potein binding and Protein-DNA binding

8. Qingyi Gu (Postdoctoral researcher, 2019-2021, work at Solvay, https://www.solvay.com/en/)

Projects: ab initio condensed phase simulations 

9. Siying Lv (Prof. Hu's graduate student, 2013-2014. Now: graduate student in US)
Projects: Chemical reaction mechanism, high-throughput virtual screening for lead discovery, and protein-ligand interaction analysis

10. Xiao Liu (Graduate student, 2013-2015, Now: University)

Projects: LISF scoring function, high-throughput virtual screening for lead discovery and protein-protein/ligand interaction analysis

11. Youzi Zhang (Graduate student, 2014-2015, Now: Industry)

Projects: ADMET predictor

12. Yunpeng Yang (Graduate student, 2016-2017, Now: Industry)

Projects: EE-GMFCC method on molecular crystals

13. Yuanwang Wu (Visiting graduate student, 2017-2019, Now: Industry)
Projects: Solid-state physics

14. Yongxiao Yang (Research assistant, 2018-2019, Now: Industry)

Projects: Deep machine learning

15. Chao Sun (Postdoctoral researcher, 2019-2020, Now: University)

Projects:GPCR, AR4 and PR

16. Zhaoxi Sun (Visiting postdoctoral researcher, 2019-2020, Now: Peking University)

Projects: Biological applications and deep machine learning

17. Guangfeng Shao (Graduate student, 2016-2021, Ph.D. in 2021, Now: University)

Projects: Biological applications

18. Yue Pan (Graduate student, 2016-2022, Ph.D. in 2022, now: WuXi Biologics, https://www.wuxibiologics.com/)

Projects: Biological experiment

19. Jinxiao Bao (Graduate student, 2016-2022, Ph.D. in 2022, now: Qilu Pharmaceutical, http://en.qilu-pharma.com/)

Projects: Biological applications, drug/antibody design, deep machine learning

20. Chenfei Shen (Graduate student, 2018-2022, Ph.D. in 2022, now: University)

Projects: Fragmentation QM methods, excited state QM calculations

21. Jinjin Xu (Graduate student, 2017-2020, now: teacher)

Projects: Fragment QM methods

22. Xuan Hao (Graduate student, 2017-2020, now: teacher)

Projects: Fragment QM methods and their applications

23. Sijin Chen (Graduate student, 2017-2022, Ph.D. in 2022, now: WuXi AppTech, https://www.wuxiapptec.com/)

Projects: AF-QM/MM method and MD simulation

24. Yulu Miao (Graduate student, 2019-2022, M.S. in 2022, now: teacher in Shenzhen)

Projects: Biological applications

25. Man Shi (Graduate student, 2018-2021, M.S. in 2021, now: industry)

Projects: Fragment QM methods and their applications  

26. Yiwei Liu (Graduate student, 2019-2023, Ph.D. in 2023, Excellent doctoral dissertation, American Chemical Society Meeting Excellence Presentation Award)

Projects: DFT functional development and biological applications

27. Xia Liu (Undergraduate student, 2020-2023, first prize, chemistry and chemical engineering excellent paper in Shanghai) 

Projects: Applications

28. Lulu Xiong (Graduate student, 2020-2023, Now: Ph.D. student in Macau)

Projects: Applications

29. Yuntao Li (Graduate student, 2020-2023, Now: Teacher)

Projects: Biological applications

COLLABORATORS

Prof. Donghui Zhang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Prof. Xiaocheng Zeng (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Prof. Donald G. Truhlar (University of Minnesota)

Prof. Clemens Glaubitz (The Goethe University Frankfurt)

Dr. Jiafei Mao (The Goethe University Frankfurt)

Prof. Bo Long (Guizhou Minzu University)

Prof. Yang Tian (East China Normal University)

Prof. Shuanhu Gao (East China Normal University)

Prof. Wei Wang (East China Normal University)

Prof. Haibo Yang (East China Normal University)

Prof. Peng Wu (East China Normal University)

Prof. Aisheng Huang (East China Normal University)

Prof. Liang Zhang (East China Normal University)

Prof. Kiyoshi Yagi (Riken, Japan)

 

GRANTS

2013.01~2014.12 Startup fund for junior faculty of State Key laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, PI

2014.01~2016.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2013.01~2014.12 The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of ECNU, PI

2014.01~2016.12 Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, PI

2015.09~2016.09 Ab initio calculation on biological systems, PI

2017.01~2020.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2016.07~2021.06 Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Co-PI

2017.01~2018.12 Shanghai Young Top-notch Talent Program, PI

2017.01~2018.12 Young Talent in Putuo District, PI

2017.03~2019.03 JRI Seed Grants for Research Collaboration from NYU-ECNU Joint Research Institutes at NYU Shanghai, PI

2018.01~2020.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2018.07~2021.06 Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, PI

2019.06~2022.07 US NSF OISE (Office of International Science and Engineering) program, co-PI

2020.01~2022.12 NSFC Excellent Young Scholar, PI

2019.07~2019.12 The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of ECNU, PI

2019.08~2025.07 Start-up fund from ECNU, PI

2019.10~2020.12 Fund from local District 1/2/3, PI/Co-PI

2020.01~2024.12 Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Co-PI

2021.07-2026.06 Research Center of Shanghai, Co-PI 

2023 Minister of Education-ECNU (10) Co-PI

2023-2025 Chongqing (10)

2023-2026 Syngenta (30)

2023 Saike (30+20)

  

TALKS (since 2011)

71) 2024.10 Invited talk, Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems. the 11th Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics (ISTCP 2024), Qingdao, China

70) 2024.8 Invited talk, Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems. ACS Annual Meeting, Denvor, US

69) 2024.8 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. The 15th National Conference of Quantum Chemistry, Changchun, China

68) 2024.6 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. the 34th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Qingdao, China

67) 2024,6 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. The 2024 International Symposium on Computational Molecular Science and Machine Learning, NYU Shanghai, China

66) 2024.4 Invited talk, Accurate simulation of water. The 5th Young Scholars Conference on Electronic Structure Theories, Qingdao, China

65) 2024.3 Invited talk, AI-driven approaches to electronic structure theories. Special seminar on Challenges and New Opportunities of Electronic Structure Theory by NSFC, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

64) 2024.1 Invited talk, Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Method for Excited States of Large Complex Molecular Systems. Strategic seminar of the Chemical Department of the NSFC, Shenzhen, China

63) 2023.12 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. The 5th Conference on Computational and Mathematical Bioinformatics and Biophysics, Sanya, China

62) 2023.12 Invited talk, Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems. Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China

61) 2023,12 Invited talk, Automated Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Calculation of NMR Chemical Shifts for Complex Systems. The first Yanqi Dynamic Nuclear Polarization DNP Forum and Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance technology exchange meeting, Nanjing, China 

60) 2023.12 Invited talk, Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems. Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

59) 2023.12 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

58) 2023.11 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. First World Energy Materials Congress, Shenzhen, China

57) 2023.11 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. Young Scholars Conference on Multi-Scale Modeling of Biological Systems, Tianjing, China

56) 2023.11 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. World Young Scientist Summit - International Symposium of Carbon Energy, Wenzhou, China

55) 2023.11 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. The 5th International Conference on Nanomedicine of China, Guangzhou, China

54) 2023.10 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. The 11th International Conference on Advanced Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai, China  

53) 2023.10 Invited talk, 'AI-Driven Automated Drug Molecule Synthesis Platform'. Syngenta, Shanghai, China

52) 2023.10 Invited talk, 'Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems'. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

51) 2023.10 Invited talk, 'Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems'. Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China

50) 2023.10 Invited talk, 'Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems'. Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

49) 2023.10 Invited talk, 'Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems'. Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, China

48) 2023.8 Invited talk, 'Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems'. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

47) 2023.8  Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. The 18th National Conference of Chemical Dynamics, Dalian, China 

46) 2023.7 Invited talk, CF22D: Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. The 17th National Conference on Computer Chemistry of China, Xining, China 

45) 2023.6 Invited talk, 'Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems'. the 33th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Qingdao, China

44) 2023.5 Invited talk, Recent Advances of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems. Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

43) 2023,5 Invited talk, Automated Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Calculation of NMR Chemical Shifts for Complex Systems. The 1st International NMR Symposium on Small Molecules, Nanjing, China 

42) 2021.8  Invited talk, Toward Accurate Simulation of Complex Systems. The 17th National Conference of Chemical Dynamics, Huangshan, China 

40) 2021.11  Invited talk, Applications of the Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Methods in Drug Design. WuXi AppTec, Shanghai, China  

39) 2021.10 Invited talk, Toward Accurate Simulation of Complex Systems. The 14th National Conference of Quantum Chemistry, Shanghai, China  

38) 2021.10  Invited talk, Toward Accurate Simulation of Complex Systems. The 16th National Conference on Computer Chemistry of China, Changchun, China  

37) 2021.4. Invited talk, Toward Accurate Simulation of Complex Systems. the 32th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Zhuhai, China  

36) 2020.12. Invited talk, Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Methods:Beyond QM/MM and DFT. Xiamen University, China

35) 2020.12. Invited talk, Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Methods:Beyond QM/MM and DFT. 2020 International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical and Computational Physics and Chemistry, Shenzheng, China

34) 2020.10, Invited talk, Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Methods:Beyond QM/MM and DFT. Frontiers in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. Nanjing, China

33) 2019.11, Invited talk, Quantum fragmentation approach to biomolecules and condensed-phase systems, The 11th National Conference on Chemical Biology of China, Guangzhou, China

32) 2019.11, Invited talk, Quantum fragmentation approach to biomolecular and condensed-phase systems, The 15th National Conference on Computer Chemistry of China, Shanghai, China

31) 2019.11, Invited talk, Quantum fragmentation approach to biomolecules and condensed-phase systems, International Conference on Theoretical and High Performance Computational Chemistry 2019 (ICT-HPCC19), Guiyang, China

30) 2019.11, Invited talk, Quantum fragmentation approach to biomolecules and condensed-phase systems, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China

29) 2019.9, Invited talk, Quantum fragmentation approach to biomolecular systems, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China

28) 2019.9, Invited talk, Quantum fragmentation approach to condensed-phase systems, Department of Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

27) 2019.9, Invited talk, Quantum fragmentation approach to biomolecular systems, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

26) 2019.8, Invited talk, Quantum fragmentation approach to biomolecular systems, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

25) 2019.5, Invited talk, Fragment Quantum Mechanical Method for Excited-state Properties of Large Systems, Xiamen University, China

24) 2019.1, Contributed talk, Recent Advances in Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Methods and Density Functionals, Shandong University, China

23) 2019.1, Contributed talk, Recent Advances in Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Methods and Density Functionals, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

22) 2018.6, Invited talk, Recent Development of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems, Computational Chemical Dynamics: A Symposium in Honor of Donald J. Kouri, Shanghai, China

21) 2018.6, Invited talk, Recent Development of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods for Complex Systems, the 2nd World Conference on Computational Biology and Molecular Simulation, Guangzhou, China

20) 2018.5, Contributed talk, Recent Development of Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Methods and Density Functionals, the 31th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Hangzhou, China

19) 2018.3, Invited talk, Recent development of Fragment-based Quantum Chemistry Methods, 1st Young Scholars Conference on Electronic Structure Theories, Xiamen University, China

18) 2017.10, Invited talk,Protein NMR Chemical Shift Calculation Based on the Automated Fragmentation QM/MM ApproachBeijing Normal University, China 

17) 2017.10, Invited talk, Protein NMR Chemical Shift Calculation Based on the Automated Fragmentation QM/MM ApproachDFG-Discussion Meeting Photoreceptors - From Activation to Interaction, Ringberg Castle, Germany

16) 2017.8, Invited talk, Recent Advances in Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Methods and Minnesota Density Functionals, The 15th National Conference of Chemical Dynamics , China

15) 2017.7, Invited talk, Fragment Quantum Chemical Approach to Geometry Optimization and Vibrational Spectrum Calculation of large systems, National Conference on Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy, China

14) 2017.7, Invited talk, Recent Advances in Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Methods and Minnesota Density Functionals, Beijing Normal University, China

13) 2017.6, Contributed talk, Recent Advances in Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Methods and Minnesota Density Functionals, Nanjing University, China

12) 2017.6, Contributed talk, Recent Advances in Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Methods and Minnesota Density Functionals, The 13th National Conference of Quantum Chemistry, Dalian, China (http://www.ncqc2017.com/)

11) 2016.11, Invited talk, “Fragmentation Methods: Bridging the Gap between Quantum Chemistry and Large Systems”, International Workshop on Computationand Statistical Mechanics on complex systems, Shenzhen, China

10) 2016.7, Invited talk, “Fragmentation Methods: Bridging the Gap between Quantum Chemistry and Large Systems”, International Workshop on Frontiers in Molecular Biophysics, Shanghai, China

9) 2016.7, Invited talk, “Fragment Quantum Mechanical Calculation of large systems and Its Applications”, The 30th Annual Meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Dalian, China

8) 2016.5, Keynote Lecture,Fragment Quantum Mechanical Calculation of large systems and Its Applications, International workshop on Biomolecular Simulations across Scales, Shanghai, China

7)  2014.12, Invited talk, Recent Development of Fragmentation Methods and Minnesota Density Functionals, International Workshop on Computational Science and Engineering (IWCSE 2014), Hong Kong.

6)  2014.8, Invited talk, Fragmentation Methods: Bridging the Gap between Quantum Chemistry and Large Systems, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.

5)  2014.6, Invited talk, Protein NMR Chemical Shift Calculation Based on the Automated Fragmentation QM/MM Approach, 2014 International Symposium on Laser and Computational Biophysics, Shanghai.

4)  2014.6, Contributed talk, Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Methods and Their Applications, The 12th National Conference of Quantum Chemistry, Taiyuan, China, 2014. (http://ncqc2014.sxnu.edu.cn/Default.aspx)

3)  2014.5, Invited talk, Fragmentation Methods: Bridging the Gap between Quantum Chemistry and Large Systems, Frontiers in Computational Chemistry workshop, the NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai. (Youku link: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzI1MTUwODU2.html)

2) 2013.12, Contributed talk, Protein NMR Chemical Shift Calculation Based on the Automated Fragmentation QM/MM Approach, Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical and Computational Physics and Chemistry (WFTCPC'13), Thailand.

1) 2013.5, Invited talk, Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Method and Its Applications in Biological Systems, Workshop on Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Molecular Force Field, ECNU, Shanghai, China.

 

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Course

10/2012-01/2013; 09/2013-01/2014; 10/2014-01/2015; 10/2015-01/2016 Quantum Chemistry, Graduate Course, East China Normal University 

  • 09/2016-12/2016; 09/2017-12/2017; 09/2018-12/2018; 09/2019-12/2019; 09/2020-12/2020; 09/2021-12/2021; 09/2022-12/2022; 09/2023-12/2023 Foundations of Chemistry I Recitation

  • 02/2022-05/2022 Foundations of Chemistry II Recitation

  • 02/2018-05/2018; 02/2019-05/2019 Foundations of Chemistry II

  • 09/2019-12/2019; 09/2020-12/2020 General Physics I

  • 01/2021-05/2021 Foundations of Physics Honors II

  • 02/2017-07/2017; 02/2018-07/2018; 02/2019-07/2019; 02/2020-07/2020; 02/2020-07/2020; 02/2021-07/2021; 02/2022-07/2022; 02/2023-07/2023; 02/2024-07/2024 Computational Chemistry, Graduate Course of School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University

  • 09/2019-01/2020; 09/2020-01/2021; 09/2021-01/2022; 09/2022-01/2023; 02/2023-07/2023; 02/2024-07/2024 Molecular Modelling:Principles and Applications, Undergraduate Course of School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University

Scientific Research

2013.01~2014.12 Startup fund for junior faculty of State Key laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, PI

2014.01~2016.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2013.01~2014.12 The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of ECNU, PI

2014.01~2016.12 Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, PI

2015.09~2016.09 Ab initio calculation on biological systems, PI

2017.01~2020.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2016.07~2021.06 Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Co-PI

2017.01~2018.12 Shanghai Young Top-notch Talent Program, PI

2017.01~2018.12 Young Talent in Putuo District, PI

2017.03~2019.03 JRI Seed Grants for Research Collaboration from NYU-ECNU Joint Research Institutes at NYU Shanghai, PI

2018.01~2020.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2018.07~2021.06 Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, PI

2019.06~2022.07 US NSF OISE (Office of International Science and Engineering) program, co-PI

2020.01~2022.12 NSFC Excellent Young Scholar, PI

2019.07~2019.12 The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of ECNU, PI

2019.08~2025.07 Start-up fund from ECNU, PI

2019.10~2020.12 Fund from local District 1/2, PI/Co-PI

2020.01~2024.12 Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Co-PI

2020.06-2023.12 Fund from Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, sponsered by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Tier 1/2

2020.07-2020.12 Fund from School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Tier 1

2021.07-2026.06 Fund from Research Center of Shanghai(8.0+7.5+1.1)

2022.07-2025.07 Fund from University, tier 1/2 

2022.01-2022.12-2023.12 Chemistry department*1(5), University*2(2+10*2)

2023.01~2026.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI   

2022.01~2024.12 Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development (15)

2023.04~2026.03 Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, PI

2023 Minister of Education-ECNU (10) Co-PI

2023-2025 Chongqing (10)

2023-2026 Syngenta (30)

2023 Saike (30)

2024 Bojie(30)

2024 ***(2.3)

2024 University(4.0),(1.5,0.3,0.6:Rui)

2024 JD 1/y




Academic Achievements


PUBLICATIONS (*corresponding author, #co-first author) (Total citations > 6500, h-index: 41)

Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=L37jIigAAAAJ&hl=en


170) J.B. Zhu, P. Guo*, J.H. Zhang, Y.Z. Jiang, S.W. Chen, J.F. Liu, J. Jiang, J.G. Lan*, X.C. Zeng*, X. He* and J.R. Yang*, Superdiffusive rotation of interfacial water on noble metal surface. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 16281 (2024)


169)Y. Zhang, H. Hao, X. He, S.H. Gao and A.M. Zhou*, Evolutionary Retrosynthetic Route Planning. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine In press (2024)


168) X. Liu#, J.C. Gong#, J.Z. Jiang, X. He* and J.R. Yang*, Optimizing Cell Voltage Dependence on Size of Carbon Nanotube-based Electrodes in Na-ion and K-ion batteries. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. I26, 12027 (2024)


167) H.T. Li#, M. Sun#, F.Z. Lei#, J.F. Liu, X.X. Chen, Y.Q. Li, Y. Wang, J.N. Lu, D.M. Yu, Y.Q. Gao, J.R. Xu, H.Z. Chen, M. Li*, Z.G. Yi*, X He* and L.L. Chen*, Methyl rosmarinate is an allosteric inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease as a potential candidate against SARS-CoV-2 infection, Antiviral Research 224, 105841 (2024)


166) J.D. Yue, J. Xu, Y. Yin, Y. Shu, Y. Li, T. Li, Z. Zou, Z. Wang, F. Li, M. Zhang, S. Liang, X. He, Z.H. Liu* and Y. Wang*, Targeting the PDK/PDH axis to reverse metabolic abnormalities by structure-based virtual screening with in vitro and in vivo experiments, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 262, 129970 (2024)


165)W. Zhang#, C. Zhao#, W.J. Zhu, X. He* and Y.C. Zhao*, Conformational Locking as a Strategy to Reverse Ion Recognition Selectivity. J. Org. Chem. 89, 4037 (2024)  


164) Y.N. Yang*, S.W. Chen, M. Zhang*, Y.R. Shi, J.Q. Luo, Y.M. Huang, Z.Y. Gu, W.L. Hu, Y. Zhang, X. He* and C.Z. Yu*, Mesoporous Nanoperforators as Membranolytic Agents via Nano- and Molecular- scale Multi-patterning. Nat. Comm. 15, 1891 (2024)  


163) X.J. Zhou*, Z.R. Huang and X. He*, Diffusion Monte Carlo Method for Barrier Heights of Multiple Proton Exchanges and Complexation Energies in Small Water, Ammonia, and Hydrogen Fluoride Clusters. J. Chem. Phys. 160, 054103 (2024)


162) Z. Wan, M. Shi, Y.Q. Gong, M. Lucci, J.J. Li, J.H. Zhou, X.L. Yang*, M. Lelli*, X. He* and J.F. Mao*, Multitasking Pharmacophores Support Cabotegravir-Based 2 Long-Acting HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Molecules 29, 376 (2024)


161) G.X. Gu, C. Zhao, W. Zhang, J.J. Weng, Z.C. Xu, J. Wu, Y.B. Xie, X. He* and Y.C. Zhao*, Chiral Discrimination of Acyclic Secondary Amines By 19F NMR. Analytical Chemistry 96, 730 (2024) 


160) J.F. Mao*, X.S. Jin, M. Shi, D. Heidenreich, L.J. Brown, R.C.D. Brown, M. Lelli, X. He* and C. Glaubitz*, Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Robustness of a Color Switch in Proteorhodopsins. Sci. Adv. 10, eadj0384 (2024)


159) J.C. Gong, J.B. Zhu, X. He* and J.R. Yang*, Using Cyclocarbon Additive as Cyclone Separator to Achieve Fast Lithiation and Delithiation without Dendrite Growth in Lithium-ion Batteries. Nanoscale 16, 427 (2024)


158) Y. Lan, X. He*, X.M. Fang, L.H. Liu* and J.F. Liu*, Deep learning with geometry-enhanced molecularrepresentation for augmentation of ultralarge-scaledocking-based virtual screening. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 63, 6501 (2023)


157) C. Zhao, G.P. Yang, S. Zhang, X. He*, Y.S. Zhong and X.L. Gao*, Enhanced Breathing Effect of Nanoporous UIO-66-DABAMetal-Organic Frameworks with Coordination Defects forHigh Selectivity and Rapid Adsorption of Hg(II). ACS Applied Nano Materials 6, 18372 (2023)


156) J.H. Zhang, C. Kriebel, Z. Wan, M. Shi, C. Glaubitz* and X. He*, Automated Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Calculation of 15N and 13C Chemical Shifts in a Membrane Protein J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19, 7405 (2023) 


155) Y.Z. Jiang, Z. Wan, X. Heand J.R. Yang*, Fine-Tuning Metal-Organic Framework Electrolyte Interface toward Actuating Fast Zn2+ Dehydration for Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202307274 (2023) (Very Important Paper, VIP)


154) Y.T. Li, J.R. Yang* and X. He*, Characterizing polyproline II conformational change of collagen superhelix unit adsorption on gold surface. Nanoscale Advances 5, 5322 (2023)


153) E.D. Feng, T.T. Zheng*, X.X. He, J.Q. Chen, Q.Y. Gu, X. He, F.H. Hu, J.H. Li* and Y. Tian*, Plasmon-Induced Charge Transfer-Enhanced Raman Scattering on a Semiconductor: Toward Amplification-Free Quantification of SARS-CoV-2. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202309249 (2023)


152) S.Q. Li#, R.S. Peng#, Z. Wan, Y.D. Gong, X.M. Si, J. Tuo, H. Xu*, J.G. Jiang*, Y.J. Guan, Y.H. Ma, X. Heand P. Wu*, A Nanostrips-Assemble Morphology of ZSM-5 Zeolite for Efficient Propylene Production from Methanol Conversion. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 11, 10274 (2023)


151) R.S. Peng#, S.Q. Li#, Z. Wan#, Z.Q. Wang, X.M. Si, J. Tuo, H. Xu, Y.J. Guan, J.G. Jiang*, Y.H. Ma, X. He*, X.Q. Gong* and P. Wu*, Directing Highly a-Axis Oriented ZSM-5 Nanosheets with Pre-Estimated Bifunctional Imidazole Cations. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 28116 (2023)


150) Y. Li, Y. Wang, R.M. Zhang, X. He* and X.F. Xu*, A Comprehensive Theoretical Study on Four Typical Intramolecular Hydrogen Shift Reactions of Peroxy Radicals: Multi-Reference Character, Recommended Model Chemistry, and Kinetics. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19, 3284 (2023)


149) J.L. Wang#, Y.Q. Fan#, J.G. Jiang#, Z. Wan, S.Y. Pang, Y.J. Guan, H. Xu*, X. He*, Y.H. Ma*, A.S. Huang* and P. Wu*, Layered Zeolite for Assembly of Two-Dimensional Separation Membranes for Hydrogen Purification. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202304734 (2023)


148) L.L. Song#, L.L. Xiong#, D. Ni, W.X. Chen, J. Ji, J. Xue, X.W. Chen, X. Wu, X. He* and S.Y. Liu*, One-pot Construction of β-Selective Quinolines with γ- Quaternary Carbon from Vinylquinolines with Active Ylides via Pd/Sc/Brønsted Acid Co-Catalysis. ACS Catalysis 13, 6509 (2023)


147) Y. Wang#, Y.J. Qian#, L.M. Zhang*, Z.H. Zhang, S.W. Chen, J.F. Liu, X. He* and Y. Tian*, Conductive Metal−Organic Framework Microelectrodes Regulated by Conjugated Molecular Wires for Monitoring of Dopamine in the Mouse Brain. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 2118 (2023) ESI 1% highly cited paper


146) Y.W. Liu, J.F. Liu* and X. He*, Different pKa Shifts of Internal GLU8 in Human β-endorphin Amyloid Reveal a Coupling of Internal Ionization and Stepwise Fibril Disassembly. J. Phys. Chem. B 127, 1098 (2023) (“Early-Career & Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry Volume 2”)


145)J.F. Liu and X. He*, Recent Advances in Quantum Fragmentation Approaches to Complex Molecular and Condensed-phase Systems. WIRES Comput. Mol. Sci. 13, e1650 (2023)


144)Y.W. Liu, C. Zhang, Z.H. Liu, D.G. Truhlar*, Y. Wang* and X. He*, Supervised learning of a chemistry functional with damped dispersion. Nat. Comput. Sci. 3, 48 (2023)


143) C. Zhang, P. Verma, J.X. Wang, Y.W. Liu, X. He, Y. Wang*, D.G. Truhlar* and Z.H. Liu*,, Performance of screened-exchange functionals for band gaps and lattice constants of crystals. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19, 311 (2023)


142) J.D. Yue, Y. Li, F. Li, P. Zhang, Y. Li, J. Xu, Q. Zhang, C. Zhang, X. He, Y. Wang* and Z.H. Liu*, Discovery of Mcl-1 inhibitors through virtual screening, molecular dynamics simulations and in vitro experiments, Computers in Biology and Medicine 152, 106350 (2023)


141) F. Wang, J.H. Zhang, M.D. Zhang, C.Y. Xu, S.Q. Cheng, Q.J. Wang, F. Zhang*, X. He* and P.G. He, A multi-calibration 1 potentiometric sensing array based on diboronic acid- 2 PtAu/CNTs nanozyme for home monitoring of urine glucose. Analytica Chimica Acta 1237, 340598 (2023)


140) L.L. Xiong, X. He* and J.R. Yang*, Origin of Humidity Influencing the Excited State Electronic Properties of Silicon Quantum Dots based Light-emitting Diodes. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 28222 (2022)


139) Y. Wang, J.C. Gong, X.W. Wang, W.J. Li, X.Q. Wang, X. He*, W. Wang* and H.B. Yang*, Multistate Circularly Polarized Luminescence Switching through Stimuli-induced Co-conformation Regulations of Pyrene-functionalized Topologically Chiral [2]Catenane. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202210542 (2022)


138) W.N. Fang#, J.M. Wang#, S. Lu#, Q.Y. Gu, X. He, F. Wang, L.H. Wang, Y. Tian, H.J. Liu* and C.H. Fan, Encoding Morphogenesis of Quasi-Triangular Gold Nanoprisms with DNA. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 61, e202208688 (2022)


137) J. L. Wang#, Y.Q. Fan#, X.W. Guo#, Q.Y. Gu, J.G. Jiang, Y.J. Guan, X. He, Y.H. Ma, H. Xu* and P.Wu, Direct Synthesis and Delamination of Swollen Layered Ferrierite for the Reductive Etherification of Furfural. ChemCatChem 14, e202200535 (2022)


136) L.X. Liu, C.H. Luo, J.H. Zhang, X. He, Y. Shen, B. Yan, Y. Huang*, F. Xia and L. Jiang, Synergistic Effect of Bio-Inspired Nanochannels: Hydrophilic DNA Probes at Inner Wall and Hydrophobic Coating at Outer Surface for Highly Sensitive Detection. Small 18, 2201925 (2022)


135) W.Z. Yue#, Z. Wan#, Y.H. Li*, X. He*, J. Caro and A.S. Huang*, Synthesis of Cu-ZnO-Pt@HZSM-5 catalytic membrane reactor for CO2 hydrogenation to dimethyl ether. J. Membr. Sci. 660, 120845 (2022)


134) S.J. Chen#, X.Y. Ding#, C. Sun, F. Wang, X. He*, A. Watts* and X. Zhao*, Archaeal Lipids Regulating the Trimeric Structure Dynamics of Bacteriorhodopsin for Efficient Proton Release and Uptake. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, 6913 (2022) 


133) T. Li, L. Yu, J.F. Sun*, J.F. Liu* and X. He*, The ionization of D571 is coupled with SARS-CoV-2 spike up/down equilibrium revealing the pH-dependent allosteric mechanism of receptor-binding domains. J. Phys. Chem. B 126, 4828 (2022)


132) C.H. Ma, Y. Quan, J.H. Zhang, R.Y. Sun, Q.H. Zhao, X. He, X.J. Liao* and M.R. Xie, Efficient Synthesis and Cyclic Molecular Topology of Ultra-Large Sized Bicyclic and Tetracyclic Polymers. Macromolecules 55, 4341 (2022)


131) J.F. Liu, J.G. Lan* and X. He*, Towards High-level Machine Learning Potential for Water based on Quantum Fragmentation and Neural Network. J. Phys. Chem. A 126, 3926 (2022)


130) Y.X. Mei, Z.C. Liu, M.J. Liu, J.C. Gong, X. He, Q.W. Zhang* and Y. Tian*, Two-photon fluorescence imaging and ratiometric quantification of mitochondrial monoamine oxidase-A in neurons. Chem. Comm. 58, 6657 (2022)


129) Y. Pan, J.X. Bao, X.Y. Zhang, H. Ni, Y. Zhao, F.D. Zhi, B.H. Fang, X. He*, J.Z.H. Zhang*, and L.J. Zhang*, Rational Design of P450 aMOx for improving anti-Markovnikov selectivity based on Butterfly Model. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 9, 888721 (2022)


128) Y.M. Li, Y.Q. Li, C. Ning, J.D. Yue, C. Zhang, X. He, Y. Wang* and Z.H. Liu, Discovering inhibitors of TEAD palmitate binding pocket through virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation. Comput. Biol. Chem. 98, 107648 (2022)


127)A. Hu#, J.Z. Zhang#, J. Wang, C.C. Li, M. Yuan, G. Deng, Z.C. Lin, Z.P. Qiu, H.Y. Liu, X.W. Wang, P.C. Wei, X. He, X.L. Zhao*, W.W. Qiu* and B.L. Song*, Cholesterylation of Smoothened is a calcium-accelerated autoreaction involving an intramolecular ester intermediate. Cell Research 32, 288 (2022)


126) Y.X. Mei, Q.W. Zhang, Q.Y. Gu, Z.C. Liu, X. He* and Y. Tian*, Pillar[5]arene-Based Fluorescent Sensor Array for Biosensing of Intracellular Multi-Neurotransmitters through Host-Guest Recognitions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 2351 (2022) ESI 1% highly cited paper


125) H. Guo, Z. Wan, Y.H. Li, X. He and A.S. Huang*, Synthesis of graphene oxide membrane for separation of p-xylene and o-xylene by pervaporation. Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 94, 78 (2022)


124) N.F. Kleimeier#, Y.W. Liu#, A.M. Turner, L.A. Young, C.H. Chin, T. Yang*, X. He*, J.I. Lo, B.M. Cheng, R.I. Kaiser*, Excited State Photochemically Driven Surface Formation of Benzene from Acetylene Ices on Pluto and in the Outer Solar System. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 1424 (2022)


123) Y.L. Miao, H. Ni, X.Y. Zhang, F.D. Zhi, X. Long, X.P. Yang, X. He* and L.J. Zhang*, Investigating mechanism of sweetness-intensity differences through dynamic analysis of sweetener–T1R2–membrane systems. Food Chemistry 374, 131807 (2022)


122) S.J. Chen#, X.Y. Ding#, C. Sun, A. Watts, X. He* and X. Zhao*, Dynamic coupling of tyrosine 185 with the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle, as revealed by chemical shifts, assisted AF-QM/MM calculations and molecular dynamic simulations. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, 13587 (2021)


121) C.F. Shen, X.W. Wang* and X. He*, Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Calculation of Excited-State Properties of Fluorescent RNAs. Front. Chem. 9, 801062 (2021)


120) J.F. Liu and X. He*, Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Liquid Water with Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Approach under Periodic Boundary Conditions. Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, 34, 761 (2021) (Part of Special Issue John Z.H. Zhang Festschrift for celebrating his 60th birthday)


119) X. He*, G.H. Li* and D.H. Zhang*, A Tribute to Prof. John Z.H. Zhang, Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, 34 (2021) (Preface of Special Issue John Z.H. Zhang Festschrift for celebrating his 60th birthday)


118) A.S. Deng, X.T. Shen, Z. Wan, Y.H. Li*, S.Y. Pang, X. He*, J. Caro and A.S. Huang*, Elimination of Grain Boundary Defects in Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework ZIF-95 Membrane via Solvent-Free Secondary Growth. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 133, 25667 (2021) (Hot Paper)


117) Y. Zhou, Q.Y. Gu, T.Z. Qiu, X. He, J.Q. Chen, R.J. Qi, R. Huang, T.T. Zheng* and Y. Tian*, Ultrasensitive Sensing of Volatile Organic Compounds Using a Cu-Doped SnO2-NiO p-n Heterostructure That Shows Significant Raman Enhancement. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 26260 (2021) (Very Important Paper, VIP)


116) X.W. Wang*, X.L. Li, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, A Fixed Multi-Site Interaction Charge Model for an Accurate Prediction of the QM/MM Interactions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 21001 (2021)


115) D.H. Dai#, X.W. Wang#, Y.W. Liu, X.L. Yang, C. Glaubitz, V. Denysenkov, X. He*, T. Prisner and J.F. Mao*, Room-Temperature dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced NMR Spectroscopy of Small Biological Molecules in Water. Nat. Commun. 12, 6880 (2021)


114) J.F. Liu#, J.R. Yang#, X.C. Zeng, S.S. Xantheas*, K. Yagi* and X. He*, Towards Complete Assignment of the Infrared Spectrum of the Protonated Water Cluster H+(H2O)21. Nat. Commun. 12, 6141 (2021)


113) C.F. Shen, X.S. Jin, W.J. Glover and X. He*, Accurate Prediction of Absorption Spectral Shifts of Proteorhodopsin Using a Fragment-Based Quantum Mechanical Method. Molecules 26, 4486 (2021)


112) X.X. Zhao#, P. Zhang#*, Y.Q. Li#, S.Z. Wu, F.J. Li, Y. Wang, S.P. Liang, X. He, Y.L. Zeng* and Z.H. Liu*, Glucose−Lipopeptide Conjugates Reveal the Role of Glucose Modification Position in Complexation and the Potential of Malignant Melanoma Therapy. J. Med. Chem. 64, 11483 (2021)

  

111) B. Long*, Y. Wang, Y. Xia, X. He*, J.L. Bao* and D.G. Truhlar*, Atmospheric Kinetics, Bimolecular Reactions of Carbonyl Oxide by a Triple-Level Strategy. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 8402 (2021)

  

110) Z.S. Sun, Z.H. Gong, F. Xia and X. He*, Ion Dynamics and Selectivity of Nav channels from Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Chem. Phys. 548, 111245 (2021)

  

109) J.X. Bao, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, DeepBSP-A Machine Learning Method for Accurate Prediction of Protein-Ligand Docking Structure. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 61, 2231 (2021)

  

108) L.J. Zhang, J.K. Zheng, M.Z. Ma, Y. Zhao, J. Song, X. Chen, W.X. Cao, X. He, C.H. Xue and Q.J. Tang*, Drug-Guided Screening for Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors in Functional Foods. Food & Function 12, 4644 (2021)


107) R.Y. Chen, Y.L. Miao, X. Hao, B. Gao, M.Z. Ma, J.Z.H. Zhang, R. Wang, S. Li, X. He* and L.J. Zhang*, Investigation on the characteristics and mechanisms of ACE inhibitory peptides by a thorough analysis of all 8000 tripeptides via binding free energy calculation. Food Science & Nutrition 9, 2943 (2021)

  

106) G.F. Shao, J.X. Bao, X.L. Pan, X. He*, Y.F. Qi* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Analysis of the Binding Modes of the First- and Second-Generation Antiandrogens with respect to F876L Mutation. Chemical Biology & Drug Design 98, 60 (2021)

  

105) W.J. Li, Q.Y. Gu, X.Q. Wang, D.Y. Zhang, Y.T. Wang, X. He*, W. Wang,* and H.B. Yang, AIE-active Chiral [3]Rotaxanes with Switchable Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 9507 (2021) 


104) X. Hao#, J.F. Liu#, I. Ali#, H.Y. Luo, Y.Q. Han, W.X. Hu, J.Y. Liu*, X. He* and J.J. Li*, Ab initio Determination of Crystal Stability of Di-p-tolyl Disulfide. Sci. Rep. 11, 4076 (2021)  

  

103) J.F. Liu, Y.Q. Liu, J.R. Yang, X.C. Zeng and X. He*, Directional Proton Transfer in the Reaction of the Simplest Criegee Intermediate with Water Involving the Formation of Transient H3O+. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 3379 (2021)

  

102) M. Shi, J.S. Jin, Z. Wan and X. He*, Automated Fragmentation Quantum Mechanical Calculation of 13C and 1H Chemical Shifts in Molecular Crystals. J. Chem. Phys. 154, 064502 (2021) (2021 JCP Emerging Investigators Special Collection)


101) G.F. Shao, J.X. Bao, X.L. Pan, X. He*, Y.F. Qi* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Computational Analysis of Residue-Specific Binding Free  Energies of Androgen Receptor to Ligands. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, 36 (2021)


100) J.X. Bao, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Development of a New Scoring Function for Virtual Screen: APBScore. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 60, 6355 (2020)


99) X.X. Ma#, Z. Wan#, Y.H. Li, X. He*, J. Caro and A.S. Huang*, Anisotropic Gas Separation in Oriented ZIF-95 Membranes Prepared by Vapor-Assisted In-Plane Epitaxial Growth. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 20858 (2020) (Very Important Paper, VIP)


98) B.H. Zhang, Y.J. Ma, X.S. Jin, Y. Wang, B.B. Suo*, X. He* and Z. Jin* GridMol2.0: Implementation and Application of Linear-scale Quantum Mechanics Methods and Molecular Visualization. Int. J. Quantum Chem., 120, e26402 (2020)


97) X.S. Jin, W.J. Glover* and X. He*, Fragment Quantum Mechanical Method for Excited States of Proteins: Development and Application to the Green Fluorescent Protein. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 16, 5174 (2020)


96) M. Kingsland, K.A. Lynch, S. Lisenkov*, X. He, and I. Ponomareva, Comparative Study of Minnesota Functionals Performance on Ferroelectric BaTiO3 and PbTiO3. Phys. Rev. Mater., 4, 073802 (2020)


95) J.F. Liu, and X. He*,  Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Approach to Biomolecules, Molecular Clusters, Molecular Crystals and Liquids. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 22, 12341 (2020)


94) L. Huang, Y.Q. Han, J.Y. Liu*, X. He* and J.J. Li*,  Ab Initio Prediction of the Phase Transition for Solid Ammonia at High Pressures. Sci. Rep., 10, 7546 (2020)


93) Z.L. Wang#, Y.Q. Han#, J.J. Li* and X. He*, Combining the Fragmentation Approach and Neural Network Potential Energy Surfaces of Fragments for Accurate Calculation of Protein Energy. J. Phys. Chem. B, 124, 3027 (2020)


92) W. Zhang, J.F. Liu, X.S. Jin, X.G. Gu*, X.C. Zeng, X. He* and H. Li*, Quantitative Prediction of Aggregation-Induced Emission: A Full Quantum Mechanical Approach to the Optical Spectra. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 11550 (2020)


91) J.J. Xu#, J.F. Liu#, J.Y. Liu*, W.X. Hu, X. He* and J.J. Li*, Phase Transition of Ice at High Pressures and Low Temperatures. Molecules, 25, 486 (2020)


90) Y. Wang, P. Verma, L.J. Zhang, Y.Q. Li, Z.H. Liu, D.G. Truhlar* and X. He*, M06-SX Screened-Exchange Density Functional for Chemistry and Solid-State Physics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 117, 2294 (2020)


89) J.F. Liu, and X. He*, QM Implementation in Drug Design: Does It Really Help? Book chapter, Quantum Mechanics in Drug Discovery. in Methods in Molecular Biology, 2114, 19-35 (2020)


88) L. Huang, Y.Q. Han, X. He*, and J.J. Li*, Ab initio-enabled Phase Transition Prediction of Solid Carbon Dioxide at Ultra-high Temperatures. Rsc Adv., 10, 236 (2020)


87) Y.W. Wu, H.Y. Mu, X.J. Cao* and X. He‍‍*, Polymer Supported Graphene-TiO2 Doped with Non-metallic Elements with Enhanced Photocatalytic Reaction under Visible Light. Journal of Materials Science, 55, 1577 (2020)‍‍‍‍‍


86) J.F. Mao*, V. Aladin, X.S. Jin, A.J. Leeder, L.J. Brown, R.C.D. Brown, X. He, B. Corzilius and C. Glaubitz*, Exploring Protein Structures by DNP-Enhanced Methyl Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 19888 (2019)


85) W.Z. Cao, D.J. Mei*, Y. Yang, Y.W. Wu, L.Y. Zhang, Y.D. Wu, X. He, Z.S. Lin,* and F.Q. Huang*, From CuFeS2 to Ba6Cu2FeGe4S16: Rational Band Gap Engineering Achieves Large Second-Harmonic-Generation Together with High Laser Damage Threshold. Chem. Comm., 55, 14510 (2019)


84) X.S. Jin and X. He*, Calculation of Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Chemical Shift Based on the Fragmentation Quantum Chemical Method. Journal of Technology, 19, 2096 (2019)


83) H.Y. Luo, J.Y. Liu*, X. He* and J.J. Li*, Low-Temperature Polymorphic Transformation of β-Lactam Antibiotics. Crystals, 9, 460 (2019)


82) P. Verma, B.G. Janesko*, Y. Wang, X. He, G. Scalmani, M.J. Frisch and D.G. Truhlar*, M11plus: A Range-Separated Hybrid Meta Functional with Both Local and Rung-3.5 Correlation Terms and High Across-the-Board Accuracy for Chemical Applications. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 15, 4804(2019)  (Cover article)


81) J.F. Liu, H.T. Sun, W.J. Glover and X. He*, Prediction of Excited-State Properties of Oligoacene Crystals Using Fragment-Based Quantum Mechanical Method. J. Phys. Chem. A, 123, 5407 (2019)


80) X. Hao#, J.F. Liu#, H.Y. Luo, Y.Q. Han, W.X. Hu, J.Y. Liu*, J.J. Li* and X. He*, Crystal Structure Optimization and Gibbs Free Energy Comparison of Five Sulfathiazole Polymorphs by the Embedded Fragment QM Method at the DFT Level. Crystals, 9, 256 (2019)


79) Q.N. Lu#, X. He#, W.X. Hu, X.J. Chen* and J.F. Liu*, Stability, Vibrations, and Diffusion of Hydrogen Gas in Clathrate Hydrates: Insights from Ab Initio Calculations on Condensed-Phase Crystalline Structures. J. Phys. Chem. C, 123, 12052 (2019)


78) Y.Q. Han#, J.F. Liu#, L. Huang, X. He* and J.J. Li*, Predicting the phase diagram of solid carbon dioxide at high pressure from first principles, NPJ Quantum Materials, 4, 10 (2019)


77) H.Y. Luo, X. Hao, Y.Q. Gong, J.H. Zhou, X. He* and J.J. Li*, Rational Crystal Polymorph Design of Olanzapine, Cryst. Growth Des., 19, 2388 (2019)


76) P. Verma*, Y. Wang, S. Ghosh, X. He* and D.G. Truhlar*, Revised M11 Exchange–Correlation Functional for Electronic Excitation Energies and Ground–State Properties. J. Phys. Chem. A, 123, 2966 (2019)


75) L.Y. Zhang, D.J. Mei*, Y.W. Wu, C.F. Shen W.X. Hu, L.J. Zhang, J.J. Li, Y.D. Wu and X. He, Syntheses, structures, optical properties, and electronic structures of Ba6Cu2GSn4S16 (G = Fe, Ni) and Sr6D2FeSn4S16 (D = Cu, Ag). J. Solid State Chem., 272, 69 (2019)


74) M.Y. Xu, X. He, T. Zhu* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, A Fragment Quantum Mechanical Method for Metalloproteins. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 15, 1430 (2019)


73) J.F. Liu, J.Z.H. Zhang* and X. He*, Probing the Ion-Specific Effects at the Water/Air Interface and Water-Mediated Ion Pairing in Sodium Halide Solution with Ab initio Molecular Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. B 122, 10202 (2018)


72) X.W. Wang and X. He‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍*, An Ab Initio QM/MM Study of the Electrostatic Contribution to Catalysis in the Active Site of Ketosteroid Isomerase. Molecules, 23, 2410 (2018)


71) Y. Wang#, P. Verma#, X.S. Jin, D.G. Truhlar* and X. He*, Revised M06 Density Functional for Main-Group and Transition- Metal Chemistry. In press, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 115, 10257 (2018)


70) X.Y. Ding, C. Sun, H.L. Cui, S.J. Chen, Y.J. Gao, Y.N. Yang, J. Wang, X. He, D. Luga, F. Tian*, A. Watts* and X. Zhao*, Functional Roles of Tyrosine 185 During the Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle as Revealed by in situ Spectroscopic Studies. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 1859, 1006 (2018)


69) Z.Q. Yao, L.J. Zhang*, B. Gao, D.B. Cui, F.Q. Wang, X. He, J.Z.H. Zhang and D.Z. Wei*, Crius: A Novel Fragment-based Algorithm of De Novo Substrate Prediction for Enzymes. Protein Science, 27, 1526 (2018)


68) X.S. Jin, T. Zhu, J.Z.H. Zhang andX. He*, Automated Fragmentation QM/MM Calculation of NMR Chemical Shifts for Protein-Ligand Complexes. Front. Chem., 6, 150 (2018)


67) Y.Q. Wang, J.F. Liu*, J.J. Li* and X. He*, Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Calculation of Protein-protein Binding Affinities. J. Comput. Chem., 39, 1617 (2018)


66) B. Zhou, Z.B. Hu, X. He, Z.R. Sun and H.T. Sun*, Benchmark Study of Ionization Potentials and Electron Affinities of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes using Denisty Functional Theory. J. Phys. Condens. Matter., 30, 215501 (2018)


65) J.F. Liu, J. Swails, J.Z.H. Zhang, X. He* and A.E. Roitberg*, A Coupled Ionization-Conformational Equilibrium Is Required To Understand The Properties of Ionizable Residues in the Hydrophobic Interior of Staphylococcal Nuclease. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 1639 (2018)


64) J.F. Liu#, X. He#, J.Z.H. Zhang and L.W. Qi*, Hydrogen-bond Structure Dynamics in Bulk Water: Insights from ab initio Simulations with Coupled Cluster Theory. Chem. Sci., 9, 2065 (2018) (Inside front cover)


63) Y. Wang, X.W. Wang, D.G. Truhlar* and X. He*, How Well Can the M06 Suite of Functionals Describe the Electron Densities of Ne, Ne6+, and Ne8+? J. Chem. Theory Comput., 13, 6068 (2017)


62) J.L. Bao, Y. Wang, X. He, L. Gagliardi* and D.G. Truhlar*, Multiconfiguration Pair-Density Functional Theory Is Free From Delocalization Error. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 8, 5616 (2017)


61) X.W. Wang, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Ab initio QM/MM Molecular Dynamics Simulation of CO in the Heme Distal Pocket of Myoglobin. Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, 30, 705 (2017)


60) Y. Zhang* and X. He, Reaction mechanisms of CO oxidation on cationic, neutral, and anionic X-O-Cu (X = Au, Ag) clusters.Chem. Phys. Lett., 686, 116 (2017)


59) Y. Wang, J.F. Liu, L.J. Zhang, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Computational Search for Aflatoxin Binding Proteins. Chem. Phys. Lett., 685, 1 (2017)


58) J.F. Liu and X. He*, Accurate Prediction of Energetic Properties of Ionic Liquid Clusters Using Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Method. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 19, 20657 (2017)


57) Y. Wang, X.S. Jin, H.S. Yu, D.G. Truhlar* and X. He*, Revised M06-L Functional for Improved Accuracy on Chemical Reaction Barrier Heights, Noncovalent Interactions, and Solid-state Physics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 114, 8487 (2017)


56) S. Hirata, K. Gilliard, X. He, M. Keceli, J.J. Li, M.A. Salim, O. Sode and K. Yagi, Ab initio ice, dry ice and liquid water. (Chapter 9 of the book Fragmentation: Toward Accurate Calculations on Complex Molecular Systems edited by Prof. Mark Gordon, 2017)


55) J.F. Liu, T. Zhu, X. He and J.Z.H. Zhang, MFCC Based Fragmentation Methods for Biomolecules. (Chapter 11 of the book Fragmentation: Toward Accurate Calculations on Complex Molecular Systems edited by Prof. Mark Gordon, 2017)


54) J.F. Liu, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Structure of Liquid Water - A Dynamical Mixture of Tetrahedral and ‘Ring-and-Chain’ like Structures. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 19, 11931 (2017)


53) J.F. Liu, L.W. Qi*, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Fragment Quantum Mechanical Method for Large-sized Ion-water Clusters. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 13, 2021 (2017)


52) X.S. Jin, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Full QM Calculation of RNA Energy Using Electrostatically Embedded Generalized Molecular Fractionation with Conjugate Caps Method. J. Phys. Chem. A, 121, 2503 (2017)


51) X.S. Jin, T. Zhu, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, A Systematic Study on RNA NMR Chemical Shift Calculation Based on the Automated Fragmentation QM/MM Approach. RSC Advances, 6, 108590 (2016)


50) J.F. Liu, Y.Q. Wang, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Quantum mechanical mechanism of binding of 4-Anilinoquinazoline inhibitors to the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor based on MFCC computation. China Science Paper, 11, 2050 (2016)


49) J.W. Yuan, J.P. Ren, Y. Wang, X. He and Y.W. Zhao*, Acteoside Binds to Caspase-3 and Exerts Neuroprotection in the Rotenone Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease. PLoS ONE, 11, e0162696 (2016)


48) Z.Q. Yao, L.J. Zhang*, B. Gao, D.B. Cui, F.Q. Wang, X. He, J.Z.H. Zhang and D.Z. Wei*, A Semiautomated Structure-Based Method to Predict Substrates of Enzymes via Molecular Docking: A Case Study with Candida Antarctica Lipase B. J. Chem. Inf. Model., 56, 1979 (2016)


47) X.W. Wang, X. Heand J.Z.H. Zhang*, Accurate calculation of electric fields inside enzymes. Methods in Enzymology, 578, 45 (2016)


46) Y. Wang, J.F. Liu, T. Zhu, L.J. Zhang, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Predicted PAR1 inhibitors from multiple computational methods. Chem. Phys. Lett., 659, 295 (2016)


45) X. Liu, J.F. Liu, T. Zhu, L.J. Zhang, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, PBSA_EA PBSA-Based Free Energy Estimator for Protein-Ligand Binding Affinity. J. Chem. Inf. Model., 56, 854 (2016)


44) H.S. Yu, X. He, S.L. Li and D.G. Truhlar*, MN15: A Kohn–Sham Global-Hybrid Exchange-Correlation Density Functional with Broad Accuracy for Multi-Reference and Single-Reference Systems and Noncovalent Interactions. Chem. Sci., 7, 5032 (2016) ESI 1% highly cited paper


43) Y.X. Li, S.Q. Zhang, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Assessing the Performance of Popular QM Methods for Calculation of Conformational Energies of Trialanine. Chem. Phys. Lett. 652, 136 (2016)


42) H.S. Yu, X. He and D.G. Truhlar*, MN15-L: A New Local Exchange-Correlation Functional for Kohn–Sham Density Functional Theory with Broad Accuracy for Atoms, Molecules and Solids. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 12, 1280 (2016) ESI 1% highly cited paper


41) J.F. Liu, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Fragment Quantum Chemical Approach to Geometry Optimization and Vibrational Spectrum Calculation of Proteins. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 1864 (2016)


40) P.C. Shen, W.W. Li, Y. Wang, X. He and L.Q. He*, Binding Mode of Chitin and TLR2 via Molecular Docking and Dynamics Simulation. Molecular Simulation, 42, 936 (2016)


39) J.F. Liu, X.W. Wang, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Calculation of Protein-Ligand Binding Affinities Based on Fragment Quantum Mechanical Method. RSC Advances, 5, 107020 (2015)


38) J.F. Liu, T. Zhu*, X.W. Wang, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Quantum Fragment Based ab Initio Molecular Dynamics for ProteinsJ. Chem. Theory Comput. 11, 5897 (2015)


37) X.W. Wang, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*Quantum Mechanical Calculation of Electric Fields and Vibrational Stark Shifts at the Active Site of Human Aldose ReductaseJ. Chem. Phys. 143, 184111 (2015)


36) J. Swails, T. Zhu, X. He* and D.A. Case*, AFNMR: Automated Fragment Quantum mechanical Calculation of NMR Chemical shifts for Biomolecules. Journal of Biomolecular NMR, 63, 125 (2015)


35) H.S. Yu, W.J. Zhang, P. Verma, X. He and D.G. Truhlar*, Nonseparable Exchange-Correlation Functional for Molecules, Including Homogeneous Catalysis Involving Transition Metals. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 12146 (2015)


34) T. Zhu, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Quantum Calculation of Protein NMR Chemical Shifts Based on the Automated Fragmentation Method. (Advance in Structural Bioinformatics, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 827, 49, Springer, 2015, IF=2.012)


33) J.F. Liu, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang, Novel Theoretically Designed HIV-1 Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Derived from Nevirapine. J. Mol. Model., 20, 2451 (2014)


32) T. Zhu, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Correction of Erroneously Packed Protein's Side Chain in the NMR Structure based on ab initio chemical shift calculations. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 18163 (2014)


31) X. He*, T. Zhu, X.W. Wang, J.F. Liu and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Fragment Quantum Mechanical Calculation of Proteins and Its Applications. Acc. Chem. Res. 47, 2748 (2014)


30) S. Hirata*, K. Gilliard, X. He, J.J. Li and O. Sode, Ab Initio Molecular Crystal Structures, Spectra, and Phase Diagrams. Acc. Chem. Res. 47, 2721 (2014)


29) X.W. Wang, Y.X. Li, X. He*, S.D. Chen and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Effect of Strong Electric Field on Conformational Integrity of Insulin. J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 8942 (2014)


28) L.J. Zhang, B. Gao, Z.N. Yuan, X. He, Y.A. Yuan, J.Z.H. Zhang* and D.Z. Wei*, Structure, mechanism, and enantioselectivity shifting of lipase LipK107 with a simple way. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, 1844, 1183, (2014) (Impactor factor=3.733)


27) S. Hirata*, X. He, M.R. Hermes and S.Y. Willow, Second-order Many-body Perturbation Theory: An Eternal Frontier. J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 655 (2014) [Invited Feature Article]


26) X. He, S. Ryu and S. Hirata*, Finite-temperature second-order many-body perturbation and Hartree–Fock theories for one-dimensional solids: An application to Peierls and charge-density-wave transitions in conjugated polymers. J. Chem. Phys. 140, 024702 (2014)


25) X.Y. Jia, X.W. Wang, J.F. Liu, J.Z.H. Zhang, Y. Mei* and X. He*, An Improved Fragment-based Quantum Mechanical Method for Calculation of Electrostatic Solvation Energy of Proteins. J. Chem. Phys. 139, 214104 (2013)


24) B. Wang, X. He* and K.M. Merz*, Quantum Mechanical Study of Vicinal J Spin-Spin Coupling Constants for the Protein Backbone. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 9, 4653 (2013)


23) S. Hirata* and X. He, On the Kohn-Luttinger Conundrum.J. Chem. Phys. 138, 204112 (2013)


22) J.F. Liu, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Improving the Scoring of Protein-ligand Binding Affinity by Including the Effects of Structural Water and Electronic Polarization. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 53, 1306 (2013)


21) J. Bao, J.F. Liu, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang, Computational Study of HIV-1 gp41 NHR trimer: Inhibition Mechanisms of N-Substituted Pyrrole Derivatives and Fragment-Based Virtual Screening. J. Theor. Comput. Chem. 12, 1341001 (2013)


20) Y.X. Li, Y. Gao, X.Q. Zhang, X.Y. Wang, L.R. Mou, L.L. Duan, X. He*, Y. Mei* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, A Coupled Two-dimensional Main Chain Torsional Potential for Protein Dynamics: Generation and Implementation. J. Mol. Model. 19, 3647 (2013)


19) X.W. Wang, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Predicting Mutation-induced Stark Shifts in the Active Site of a Protein with a Polarized Force Field. J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 6015 (2013)


18) X.W. Wang, J.F. Liu, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Electrostatically Embedded Generalized Molecular Fractionation with Conjugate Caps Method for Full Quantum Mechanical Calculation of Protein Energy. J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 7149 (2013)


17) T. Zhu, J.Z.H. Zhang and X. He*, Automated Fragmentation QM/MM Calculation of Amide Proton Chemical Shifts in Proteins with Explicit Solvent Model. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 9, 2104 (2013)


16) X. He, O. Sode, S. S. Xantheas and S. Hirata*, Second-order Many-body Perturbation Study of Ice Ih. J. Chem. Phys. 137, 204505 (2012)


15) Y. Mei, X. He, C.G. Ji, D.W. Zhang and J.Z.H. Zhang*, A Fragmentation Approach to Quantum Calculation of Large Molecular Systems. Progress in Chemistry 24, 1058 (2012)


14) T. Zhu, X. He* and J.Z.H. Zhang, Fragment Density Functional Theory Calculation of NMR Chemical Shift for Proteins with Implicit Solvation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 7837 (2012)


13) J. Faver, M. Benson, X. He, B. Roberts, B. Wang, M.S. Marshell, C.D. Sherrill and K.M. Merz*, The Energy Computation Paradox and ab initio Protein Folding. PLoS ONE, 6(4), e18868 (2011)


12) J. Faver, M. Benson, X. He, B. Roberts, B. Wang, M.S. Marshell, M.R. Kennedy, C.D. Sherrill and K.M. Merz*, Formal Estimation of Errors in Computed Absolute Interaction Energies of Protein-Ligand Complexes. J. Chem. Theory Comput., 7, 790 (2011)


11) X. He and K.M. Merz*, Divide and Conquer Hartree-Fock Calculations on Proteins. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 6, 405 (2010)


10) X. He, L. Fusti-Molnar and K.M. Merz*, Accurate Benchmark Calculations on the Gas-Phase Basicities of Small Molecules. JPhys. Chem. A 113, 10096 (2009)


9) L. Fusti-Molnar, X. He, B. Wang and K.M. Merz*, Further Analysis and Comparative Study of the Intermolecular Interactions Using Dimers from the S22 Database. J. Chem. Phys. 131, 065102 (2009)


8) X. He, B. Wang and K.M. Merz*, Protein NMR Chemical Shift Calculations Based on the Automated Fragmentation QM/MM Approach. JPhys. Chem. B 113, 10380 (2009)


7) X. Li, X. He, B. Wang and K.M. Merz*, Conformational Variability of Benzamidinium Based Inhibitoirs. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 7742 (2009)


6) X. He, L. Fusti-Molnar, G. Cui and K.M. Merz*, The Importance of Dispersion and Electron Correlation in ab initio Protein Folding. J. Phys. Chem113, 5290 (2009)


5) X. He and J.Z.H. Zhang*, The generalized molecular fractionation with conjugate caps/ molecular mechanics method for direct calculation of protein energy. J. Chem. Phys. 124, 184703 (2006)


4) X. He, Y. Mei, Y. Xiang, D.W. Zhang and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Quantum Computational Analysis for Drug Resistance of HIV-­1 Reverse Transcriptase to Nevirapine through Point Mutations, PROTEINS 61, 423-432 (2005)


3) XHe and J.Z.H. Zhang*, A New Method for Direct Calculation of Total Energy of Protein, JChem. Phys. 122, 031103 (2005).


2) Y. Mei, X. He, Y. Xiang, D.W. Zhang and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Quantum Study of Mutational Effect in Binding of Efavirenz to HIV-1 RT, PROTEINS 59, 489-495 (2005)


1) Q. Cui, X. He, M.L. Wang and J.Z.H. Zhang*, Comparison of Quantum and Mixed Quantum-classical Semirigid Vibrating Rotor Target Studies for Isotopic Reactions H(D,T) + CH---> HH(D,T) + CH3J. Chem. Phys. 119, 9455-9460 (2003) 


PATENTS

2015X. He*J.F. Liu and J.Z.H. ZhangA Novel Non-Nucleoside Inhibitorto HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase. (Patent No:201310242563.7)

2020, Y. Pan, L.J. Zhang, J.Z.H. Zhang, X. He, C.X. Zhang and B.H. Fang, Antibody mimetics based on yeast dipeptidyl peptidase III and their applications. (Patent No: ZL202010192357.X)

2020Y. Zhao, L.J. Zhang, J.Z.H. Zhang, X. He, and B.H. Fang, A protein fusion design method based on α-helix fusion of two proteins while maintaining their respective subunit activity. (Patent No: ZL202010192367.3)

2020Y. Zhao, L.J. Zhang, J.Z.H. Zhang, Y.F. Han, X. He, and B.H. Fang, Gene-engineered bacterial strain and its construction method for expressing a fusion protein of microtubule beta subunit and protein A's D domain. (Patent No: CN202010207523.9)

2022S.Y. Liu, L.L. Song, D. Ni, X. He, J.X. Bao, L.L. Xiong, J. Xue, J. Ji, and X.W. Chen,A multi-substituted quinoline derivative, its synthesis method, and application. (Patent No: CN202210875559.3)

2023B. Gao, L.J. Zhang, Y. T. Zhu, Y.H. Feng, J.W. Wang, and X. He, A lipase mutant with high esterification capability, its expression, and application. (Patent No: CN202310560479.3)


SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS

2024, Material Computation Robot

2024, Fully automatic molecular docking software

2017, Accurate Quantum Mechanical Calculation of Protein-protein Binding Free Energy, 2019SR0035529


SOFTWARES

6) AIMD interfaced with AMBER, Jinfeng Liu, Tong Zhu, John Z.H. Zhang and Xiao He


5) SHIFTS5.0, Xiaoping Xu, Seongho Moon, Jason Swails, Tong Zhu, Xiao He and David A. Case


4) QUICK Xiao He, Ken Ayers, Ed Brothers and Kenneth M. Merz, Jr. Ab initio Quantum Chemistry Package


3) AF-NMR Xiao He and Kenneth M. Merz, Jr. Protein NMR Chemical Shift Calculations Based on the Automated Fragmentation QM/MM Approach


2) EDISON2.0 Xiao HeYun Xiang, John Z.H. Zhang Protein Optimization in Explicit Water Box by Combined Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Force Field (GMFCC/MM) in MPI Version C


1) MQC-TINKER Xiao He, Ye Mei, Ming L. Wang and John Z.H. Zhang Mixed Quantum-classical Study of Energy Transfer in Ion Collision with Proteins



























































































































 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








Honor

2023 'Changjiang Scholar' Distinguished Professor, Ministry of Education

2023 Excellent Research Advisor Award from American Chemical Society

2023 East China Normal University Graduate Education Excellence Award (Excellent Supervisor Award)

2019 The Chinese Chemical Society Chinese Young Chemist Periodic Table of Elements(Kr)

2019 ECNU Zijiang Excellent Young Scholar

2019 Chinese Chemical Society Tang Au-Qing Young Investigator Award in Theoretical Chemistry

2019 NSFC Excellent Young Scholar

2016 Young Talent in Putuo District of Shanghai 

2016 Shanghai Young Top-notch Talent

2009 Crow-Stasch Award for excellence in a scientific publication, University of Florida

2005 Scholarship of Nanjing University for outstanding graduate student

2002 First-prize for China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM) in Jiangsu Province

2001 Second-prize for China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM)


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