Name: Tan-Hao Shi
Title: Professor
Email: thshi@suda.edu.cn
Education:
2012.9—2016.7 BS, Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, China
2016.9—2021.7 PhD, Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China. Supervisor: Prof. Mei-Xiang Wang
Scientific Research Experience:
2021.10—2023.9 Postdoc., Kyoto University, Japan. Co-supervisor: Prof. Tomoki Ogoshi
2023.10—2025.9 JSPS Researcher, Kyoto University, Japan. Co-supervisor: Prof. Tomoki Ogoshi
2025.10—2026.3 Specially appointed assistant professor, Okayama University, Japan. Co-supervisor: Prof. Yuta Nishina
2026.5—present Professor, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
Research:
1. Organic macrocycles and their molecular recognition
2. Supramolecular self-assembly
3. Precision synthesis and properties of novel carbon materials
Selected Publications:
1. Shi, T.-H.; Ma, C.-Y.; Yamashita, M.; Huang, R.; Yasuhara, K.; Asakawa, H.; Ohtani, S.; Kato, K.; Ogoshi, T.* Pillar[6]arene assemblies with continuous hydrophobic grooves for capture of π-conjugated molecules. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2026, 65, e2176248.
2. Shi, T.-H.;Guo, Q.-H.; Tong, S.; Wang, M.-X.* Zigzag-type molecular belts: synthesis, structure, and properties. Acc. Chem. Res.2025, 58, 2573–2585.
3. Shi, T.-H.; Tuo, D.-H.; Azuma, S.; Tokuda, S.; Masaki, M.; Yasuhara, K.; Asakawa, H.; Furukawa, S.; Akine, S.; Ohtani, S; Kato, K; Ogoshi, T.* Internal and external pockets in pillar[n]arene sheets and their host−guest binding beyond cavity volume limitations, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025, 147, 8433.
4. Shi, T.-H.; Akine, S.; Ohtani, S.; Kato, K.; Ogoshi, T.* Friedel–Crafts acylation for accessing multi-bridge-functionalized large pillar[n]arenes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202318268.
5. Shi, T.-H.; Ohtani, S.; Kato, K.; Fa, S.; Ogoshi, T.* Host–guest behavior of pillar[n]arene-based supramolecular assemblies. Trends Chem.2023, 5, 537.
6. Shi, T.-H.†; Fa, S.†; Nagata, Y.; Wada, K.; Ohtani, S.; Kato, K.; Ogoshi, T.* Discrete chiral organic nanotubes by stacking pillar[5]arenes using covalent linkages. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci.2022, 3, 101173.
7. Shi, T.-H.; Nagata, Y.; Akine, S.; Ohtani, S.; Kato, K.; Ogoshi, T.* A twisted chiral cavitand with 5‑fold symmetry and its length-selective binding properties. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 23677.
8. Fa, S.†; Shi, T.-H.†; Akama, S.; Adachi, K.; Wada, K.; Tanaka, S.; Oyama, N.; Kako, K.; Ohtani, S.; Nagata, Y.; Akine, H.; Ogoshi, T.* Real-time chirality transfer monitoring from statistically random to discrete homochiral nanotubes. Nat. Comm., 2022, 13, 7378.
9. Shi, T.-H.†;Guo, Q.-H.†; Tong, S.; Wang, M.-X.* Toward the synthesis of a highly strained hydrocarbon belt. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 4576.
10. Shi, T.-H.; Tong, S.; Wang, M.-X.* Construction of hydrocarbon nanobelts. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 7700.
11. Shi, T.-H.; Wang, M.-X.* Zigzag hydrocarbon belts. CCS Chem., 2020, 3, 916.
12. Shi, T.-H.; Tong, S.; Jiao, L.; Wang, M.-X.* A theoretical study on the macrocyclic strain of zigzag molecular belts. Org. Mater., 2020, 2, 300.