Lei Jiao received the Asian Core Program lectureship award.
Image: Lei Jiao delivering his invited lecture at ICCEOCA-18
The city of Sanya, Hainan hosted the 18th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-18) at the Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City. Organized by East China Normal University (ECNU) and hosted by the ECNU Hainan Research Institute, the conference convened a distinguished gathering of organic chemists, interdisciplinary researchers, and young scholars from across Asia, including Mainland China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Image: Group photo of participants at the ICCEOCA-18 conference
Since its inception in 2005, ICCEOCA has grown into a premier academic series within the Asian chemistry community, renowned for fostering collaboration and showcasing groundbreaking research. ICCEOCA-18 lived up to this legacy, providing a dynamic forum for in-depth discussions on cutting-edge topics including organic synthesis, bioorganic chemistry, photoredox-/electrocatalysis, metal catalysis, pharmaceutical synthesis, and polymer chemistry.
Prof. Jiao delivered an invited lecture titled “Palladium-Olefin Cooperative Catalysis”, sharing our latest innovative research findings with the international audience, and was honored with the Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship Award (from Japan).
Image: Prof. Nakao (right) presenting the ACP Lectureship Award to Lei Jiao
As part of this award, Prof. Jiao has been invited to undertake a week-long lecture tour in Japan during 2026.