Cai-Guang Yang
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
Biography
Cai-Guang Yang was born in Liaoning, China in 1974. He received his BSc in Chemical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1997. He earned his PhD in Organic ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ on the total synthesis of natural products from Shanghai Institute of Organic ÀË»¨Ö±²¥, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2002. He moved to the University of Chicago to begin his post-doctoral training in the ÀË»¨Ö±²¥ Department.
After six years of post-doctoral work at the interface of chemistry and biology, Cai-Guang returned to Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, CAS to start his independent research and has been appointed as a professor since 2008. His research interests are in the fields of medicinal chemistry, structure biology, and chemical biology related to RNA methylation, antimicrobial resistance, small-molecule inhibitor/activator, and drug discovery.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, RSC Chemical Biology