Dr. Yan-Ping Zhu received his Ph.D (2013) in organic chemistry from Central China Normal University (CCNU). He then moved to Antwerp University, Belgium, and worked with Prof. Bert Maes as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2015 he was rewarded by The Marie Curie Actions Individual Fellowships and worked at Antwerp University, Belgium. He started his independent research in 2017 at the school of Pharmacy, Yantai University, China. His current research interests focus on heterocycles synthesis, domino reaction, transition metal catalysis, radical chemistry and medicinal chemistry. Dr. Yan-Ping Zhu has published more than 70 academic papers in peer-review journals, such as Org. Lett., Org. Chem. Front., Green Chem., Adv. Synth. Catal. J. Org. Chem. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., etc. The total citation is more than 1500 times. He has applied 11 patents.