Lab Members

Postdoctoral Scholars

Jing Zhu, PhD

Graduate Students

Bin Tan (2021 to current), Medicinal Chemistry

Kan Li (2022 to current), Medicinal Chemistry

Ryan Joyce (2022 to current), Medicinal Chemistry

Hiwot Demssie (2023 to current), Medicinal Chemistry

Guangjin Fan (2024 to current), Medicinal Chemistry

Wenyi Zhang (2025 to current), Medicinal Chemistry

Alumni

Haozhou Tan Ph.D. Graduate Student, Wang group member between 09/2020 – 12/2025

Expertise: biochemistry, virology
Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rutgers University, 2025

Prakash Jadhav, Ph.D. Postdoc, Wang group member between 01/2022 – 06/2025

Zhengjun Cai, Ph.D. Postdoc, Wang group member between 01/2023 – 08/2025

Yanmei Hu, Ph.D. Graduate student, Wang group member between 06/2015 – 12/2022
Expertise: biochemistry, virology
Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2021

Daoqian Chen, Ph.D.  Postdoc, Wang group member between 03/2022 – 12/2022
Expertise: organic synthesis
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chunlong Ma, Ph.D.   Research Specialist, Wang group member between 03/2014 – 12/2021
Expertise: electrophysiology, assay development, virology
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL

Zilei Xia, Ph.D.   Postdoc, Wang group member between 07/2020 – 09/2021
Expertise: organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ang Gao, Ph.D.   Postdoc, Wang group member between 07/2019 – 08/2020
Expertise: organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fang Li, Ph.D.   Postdoc, Wang group member between 03/2014 – 06/2016
Expertise: organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry
B.S. Biochemistry,  Wuhan University, China, 1999
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Brigham Young University, USA, 2009

Jiantao Zhang, Ph.D.  Postdoc, Wang group member between 07/2015 – 07/2019
Expertise: biochemistry, molecular biology
Ph.D. Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, 2010

Yanxiang Wang, Ph.D.  Postdoc, Wang group member between 07/2017 – 07/2018
Expertise: Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D. Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Science, 2010

Rami Musharrafieh, Ph.D.  Graduate student, Wang group member between 07/2015 – 07/202020
Expertise: assay development