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Yang Zheng
ZHEN YANG, Ph.D. |
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EDUCATION | ||
1989-1992 | Ph.D., Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,with Professor Henry N. C. Wong | |
1983-1986 | M.S., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shenyang College of Pharmacy,with Professor Qihuai Chen | |
1978-1982 | B.S., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shenyang College of Pharmacy | |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | ||
2002- | Changjiang Professor of Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, Peking University | |
2005-2008 | Director of Chemistry, XTL biopharmaceutical Inc. NY | |
2001-2005 | Co-founders and Director of Chemistry, VivoQuest Inc. NY | |
1998-2001 | Institute Fellow, Dept. of Cell biology, Harvard Medical School | |
1995-1998 | Assistant professor, Dept. of Chemistry, The Scripps Institute | |
1992-1995 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, with Professor K. C. Nicolaou | |
HONORS AND AWARDS | ||
2000 | The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Investigator Award (abroad),NSF of China; | |
2004 | The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Investigator Award, NSF of China; | |
2005 | Eli Lilly Scientific Excellence Award (China); | |
2008 | The Asian Core Program Lectureship Award, the Asian Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry programs; | |
2009 | Baogang Distinguished Teaching Award of Peking University; | |
2010 | Wuxi Pharma Life Science Excellence Award (Golden Metal) | |
EDITORAL BOARDS | ||
2007 | Advisory Board, Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry | |
2010 | Advisory Board, Combinatorial Science of ACS | |
2011 | Advisory Board, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis of Wiley-VCH | |
2011 | Advisory Board, Natural Products and Bioprospecting of Springer | |
2011 | Advisory Board, MedChemComm of RSC Publishing | |
SELECTIVE PUBLICATIONS | ||
1. Total Syntheses of Drimane-Type Sesquiterpenoids Enabled by a Gold-Catalyzed 2. Diastereoselective Total Synthesis of (±)-Schindilactone A 3. Formal Synthesis of Cortistatins 4. A Concise Approach for the Total Synthesis of Pseudolaric Acid A 5. Asymmetric Total Synthesis and Structural Elucidation of NFAT-68 6. Total Synthesis of Maoecrystal V 7. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Caribenol A 8. A model study for the concise construction of the oxapentacyclic core of cortistatins 9. Total synthesis of crisamicin A 10. Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Fused Pyran gamma-Lactones via an Efficient Pd- 11. A One-Pot Synthesis of Quinoline-based Tetracycles by a Tandem Three-Component 12. Development of a Concise and Diversity-Oriented Approach for the Synthesis of 13. Synthetic Study of 1,3-Butadiene-Based IMDA Approach to Construct a [5-7-6] 14. Thioureas as Ligands in the Pd-Catalyzed Intramolecular Pauson-Khand Reaction 15. A Highly Efficient Synthesis of the FGH Ring of Micrandilactone A. Application of 16. Total synthesis of Brevetoxin A 17. Total synthesis of Taxol For full publications see CV ( PDF) |