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Adjunct Professor
Education
| 1976 | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry with Biology | The University of Hong Kong |
| 1978 | M.Sc.(Distinction) in Analytical Chemistry | Imperial College, London |
| 1979 | D.I.C. | Imperial College, London |
| 1981 | Ph.D in Carbohydrate Chemistry | Birkbeck College, London |
Position
| 2016–2025 | Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1996–2016 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2011–2014 | Chairman, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1993–1996 | Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1990–1993 | Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1984–1990 | “New Blood” Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester |
| 1982–1984 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford |
| 1981–1982 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, McGill University |
Concurrent Appointment
| Sep 2019 – Present | Part-time Professor, Department of Chemistry, Gakushuin University, Japan |
| Apr 2019 – Present | Part-time Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Chuo University, Japan |
| Oct 2017 – Mar 2019 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Keio University, Japan |
| Sep 2016 – Sep 2017 | Invited Visiting Professor, Sophia University, Tokyo |
| May–Jul 2015 | Visiting Professor, Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Sophia University, Tokyo |
| Mar–Jun 2013 | Adjunct Professor, College of Chemistry Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University |
| Jun–Aug 2010 | Visiting Professor, Institute of Chemistry Research, Kyoto University |
| Apr–May 2009 | Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Jan–Apr 1990 | Visiting Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine |
Research Interests
Total syntheses of homochiral, bioactive natural products and their analogs with pharmaceutical potential. Asymmetric and catalytic synthesis using carbohydrates as diastereoselective auxiliaries or as enantioselective reagents. 1,3-Diploar cycloaddition. Asymmetric C-H bond oxidation.
Honours and Awards
| 2013 | Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2012, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2011 | 2 Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship Awards from Thailand and Korea |
| 2010 | WuXi Apptec Life Science and Chemistry Award, Third Prize, China. |
| 2009 | 2 Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship Awards from Japan and China |
| 2008 | The Croucher Award (Senior Research Fellowship), Hong Kong |
| Since 2008 | Chairman, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Hong Kong Section |
| 2006 | Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship Award from Taiwan |
| 2004 | Chartered Scientist, The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Science Council, UK |
| 2004 | Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2004, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2002 | D.Sc. degree awarded by University of London for contribution in Organic Synthesis |
| 1995 | Chartered Chemist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 1982–1984 | SERC (UK) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oxford University |
| 1981–1982 | McGill University Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 1978–1981 | University of London Postgraduate Scholarship |
| 1976 | Dick Arthur Memorial Prize in Organic Chemistry, University of Hong Kong |
Representative Publications
| 1. | T. K. M. Shing, Wai-Lung Ng, J. Y.-W. Chan and C. B. S. Lau, “Design, Syntheses, and SAR Studies of Carbocyclic Analogues of Sergliflozin as Potent Sodium-Dependent Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8401-8405. |
| 2. | T. K. M. Shing and K. H. So, “Facile and Enantiospecific Syntheses of (6S,7R)-6-Chloro-7-benzyloxy-, (7S)-Halo-, (7S)-Hydroxy-cocaine and Natural (−)-Cocaine from D-(−)-Ribose”, Org. Lett., vol. 13, 2916-2919 (2011). |
| 3. | T. K. M. Shing, K. H. So and W. S. Kwok, “Carbocyclization of Carbohydrates: Diastereoselective Synthesis of (+)-Gabosine F, (−)-Gabosine O, and (+)-4-epi-Gabosine O, Org. Lett., vol. 11, 5070-5073 (2009). |
| 4. | T. K. M. Shing and Y. Y. Yeung; “Total Synthesis of (-)-Samaderine Y from (S)-(+)-Carvone”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Vol. 44, pp. 7981-7984 (2005). |
| 5. | T. K. M. Shing, C. S. K. Kwong, A. W. C. Cheung, S. H.-L. Kok, Z. Yu, J. Li, and C. H. K. Cheng; “Facile, Efficient, and Enantiospecific Syntheses of 1,1’-N-linked-pseudodisaccharides as a New Class of Glycosidase Inhibitors”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 126, 15990-15992. (2004). |