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Yang Gu
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Organic Chemistry
Enzyme Catalysis
Metalloenzymes
Directed Evolution
Whole Cells
Abiotic Reduction
Ketones
Silanes
Carbonic Anhydrase
Zinc Hydride
Areas of Focus
- Organic Chemistry
- Enzyme Catalysis
Work Experience
- 2021-04 to Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2017-01 to 2021-03 - University of California, Berkeley - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2016-07 to 2016-12 - Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research Assistant
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-09 to 2016-07 PhD: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2007-09 to 2011-07 Bachelor's: University of Science and Technology of China
Publications
- Org. Lett.null., Yang Gu, 2023
- Directed Evolution of Artificial Metalloenzymes in Whole Cells, Yang Gu, 2022
- Abiotic reduction of ketones with silanes catalysed by carbonic anhydrase through an enzymatic zinc hydride, Pengfei Ji, Jeeyoung Park, Yang Gu, Douglas S. Clark, John F. Hartwig, 2021
- Site-Selective Functionalization of (sp3)C-H Bonds Catalyzed by Artificial Metalloenzymes Containing an Iridium-Porphyrin Cofactor, Yang Gu, 2019
- Ligand-Controlled Copper-Catalyzed Highly Regioselective Difluoromethylation of Allylic Chlorides/Bromides and Propargyl Bromides, Yang Gu, Changhui Lu, Yucheng Gu, Qilong Shen, 2018
