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Professor Qian Zhang, a professor and doctoral supervisor at Northeast Normal University's School of Chemistry, has built a distinguished career in organic synthesis methodology. Born in 1971, she obtained her B.S. degree in 1993 and M.S. degree in 1996 from Northeast Normal University, followed by a Ph.D. from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2003. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Sydney from February to July 2004. Zhang holds multiple prestigious honors, including National High-Level Talent (2017), leader in the National "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" for science and technology innovation, Ministry of Education Major Talent Program specially appointed professor, Changbai Mountain Distinguished Professor of Jilin Province (first batch, 2013), Jilin Province Discipline Leading Professor (first batch, 2013), and Youth Science and Technology Innovation Leader (2015). She serves as Dean of the Organic Chemistry Committee of Jilin Province Chemical Society, member of NENU's Scholar Committee, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Organic Chemistry Frontiers. Her accolades also include the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2014), Changchun City "Women's Construction Pioneer" (2014), Ministry of Education New Century Excellent Talent (2008), and Jilin Province "May Day Labor Medal."

Professor Zhang's research centers on developing novel methodologies for the construction of C-N bonds with high efficiency and selectivity, particularly through nitrogen-centered radical chemistry. She has published more than 100 papers as corresponding author in top-tier journals such as Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Key publications include "New Amination Strategies on Nitrogen-centered Radical Chemistry" (Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 3069), "Radical Cascade Reaction of Alkynes with N-Fluoroarylsulfonimides and Alcohols" (Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 8011), "Highly Regioselective Radical Amination of Allenes: Direct Synthesis of Allenamides and Tetrasubstituted Alkenes" (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 12649), and "Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Aminocyanation and Diamination of Alkenes" (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 2529). She leads major National Natural Science Foundation projects and Ministry of Science and Technology key R&D plans, significantly advancing the field of synthetic organic chemistry.