Yang Dan (chemist) explained

Yang Dan
Nationality:Hong Kong
Chinese
Fields:Chemistry
Biology
Workplaces:Westlake University, Hangzhou
Alma Mater:Fudan University
Columbia University
Princeton University
Harvard University

Yang Dan (; born October 1965) is a Hong Kong-Chinese chemist and chemical biologist. She is the chair professor in both School of Life Sciences and School of Science in the Westlake University. She was awarded the TWAS Prize for Chemistry in 2010 and the Young Woman Scientist Prize of China in 2011.

Education

Yang graduated with a BS degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, and earned her MA degree from Columbia University and her PhD in 1991 from Princeton University in the United States.[1] After 2-year postdoc training with Stuart Schreiber in Harvard University, Yang started her independent career on Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the University of Hong Kong.

Career

Yang joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 1993, and is now the Chair Professor of Chemistry and the Morningside Professor in Chemical Biology.[2]

Yang's research interests include aminoxy acids and foldamores, triptolide, and oxidation chemistry. She spent 17 years researching and synthesizing potential anti-cancer compounds from the plant Tripterygium wilfordii, for which she was awarded the Young Woman Scientist Prize of China in 2011, the first Hong Kong scientist to win the prize.[3]

In 2010, she was awarded the TWAS Prize in Chemistry for "her significant contributions to the development of novel methods for the synthesis of bioactive natural products and probes for biomedical research."[4]

In 2017, Yang was awarded the Chemical Biology Approach to Molecular Medicine in Areas of Excellence Scheme by University Grants Committee.[5]

In 2020, Yang was awarded the 5th Yoshida Prize by the International Organic Chemistry Foundation (IOCF).[6]

In August 2021, Yang joined Westlake University as a chair professor in both School of Life Sciences and School of Science.[7]

Research interests[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dan YANG. Hong Kong University. 2018-10-27.
  2. Web site: Professor Yang, Dan. Hong Kong University. 2018-10-27.
  3. Web site: 香港大学女教授杨丹钻研"断肠草"17年 获中国青年女科学家奖. 2011-12-01. Scholars Update. 2018-10-27.
  4. Web site: TWAS Announces 2010 Prize Winners. 2010-10-18. TWAS. 2018-10-27.
  5. Web site: Areas of Excellence - Research - HKU. 2020-10-22. www.hku.hk. en.
  6. Web site: International Organic Chemistry Foundation Our Projects Yoshida Prize. 2020-10-22. IOCF. ja-JP.
  7. Web site: Dan Yang, Ph.D.. 2023-12-01. en.westlake.edu.cn. en.
  8. Web site: 研究方向 - 香港大学杨丹课题组. 2020-10-22. www.x-mol.com.