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Zhen Yang
College of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology
Peking University
Guangdong
Language: English, Chinese
Natural Products
Total Synthesis
Synthetic Methodologies
Chemical Genomics
Biological Activity
Drug Development
Organic Chemistry
Small Molecules
Biomedical Research
Novel Synthesis
Areas of Focus
- Total synthesis of complex natural products
- Development of novel synthetic methodologies
- Chemical genomics projects
Work Experience
- 2002-present: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Peking University
- 2005-2008: Chemistry Director, New York XTC Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
- 2001-2005: Co-founder and Chemistry Director, VivoQuest Co., Ltd., New York
- 1998-2001: Researcher, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
- 1995-1998: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute
- 1992-1995: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute (Supervisor: K. C. Nicolaou)
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1989-1992: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Supervisor: Nai-Teng Yu)
- 1983-1986: Master's in Medicinal Chemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
- 1978-1982: Bachelor's in Medicinal Chemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
Publications
- Navigating the Pauson–Khand Reaction in Total Syntheses of Complex Natural Products, Zhen Yang, 2021
- Semisynthesis of (−)-Bufospirostenin A Enabled by Photosantonin Rearrangement Reaction, Jun Huang, Tingting Cao, Zhongchao Zhang, Zhen Yang, 2022
- Total Synthesis of (+)-Cyclobutastellettolide B, Zhongchao Zhang, Sijia Chen, Fu Tang, Kai Guo, Xin-Ting Liang, Jun Huang, Zhen Yang, 2021
- Stereoselective Synthesis of Cyclohepta[b]indoles by Visible-Light-Induced [2+2]-Cycloaddition/retro-Mannich-type Reactions, Xin-Peng Mu, Yuan-He Li, Nan Zheng, Jian-Yu Long, Si-Jia Chen, Bing-Yan Liu, Chun-Bo Zhao, Zhen Yang, 2021
- Total Synthesis of (+)-Haperforin G, Wei Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang, Jun-Chen Tang, Jin-Teng Che, Hao-Yu Zhang, Jia-Hua Chen, Zhen Yang, 2020
Awards
- 2000: National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Award
- 2004: National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Award
- 2005: Eli Lilly Scientific Achievement Award (China)
- 2008: The Asian Core Program Lectureship Award, the Asian Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry programs
- 2009: Peking University Baosteel Excellent Teaching Award
- 2010: Wuxi Pharmaceutical Company Life Science Outstanding Award (Gold Medal)
- 2011: Editorial Board Member, American Chemical Society 'Combinatorial Science'
- 2011: Editorial Board Member, Wiley-VCH 'Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis'
- 2011: Editorial Board Member, Springer 'Natural Products and Bioprospecting'
- 2011: Editorial Board Member, Royal Society of Chemistry 'MedChemComm'
- 2013: 'Zhou Weishan' Synthetic Innovation Award (Chinese Chemical Society)
- 2013: Nanyue Hundred Outstanding Scholars Award (Guangdong Province)
- 2013: Shenzhen Natural Science First Prize
- 2014: Guangdong Natural Science First Prize
- 2014: Yunnan Natural Science Special Prize
- 2016: National Natural Science Award Second Prize
- 2018: Shenzhen Mayor Award
