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Postdoctoral Scholars<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Jing Zhu, PhD<\/p>\n

Graduate Students<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bin Tan (2021 to current), Medicinal Chemistry<\/p>\n

Kan Li (2022 to current), Medicinal Chemistry<\/p>\n

Ryan Joyce (2022 to current), Medicinal Chemistry<\/p>\n

Hiwot Demssie (2023 to current), Medicinal Chemistry<\/p>\n

Guangjin Fan (2024 to current), Medicinal Chemistry<\/p>\n

Wenyi Zhang (2025 to current), Medicinal Chemistry<\/p>\n

Alumni<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Haozhou Tan<\/strong> Ph.D. Graduate Student, Wang group member between 09\/2020 – 12\/2025<\/p>\n

Expertise: biochemistry, virology
\nPh.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rutgers University, 2025<\/p>\n

Prakash Jadhav<\/strong>, Ph.D. Postdoc, Wang group member between 01\/2022 – 06\/2025<\/p>\n

Zhengjun Cai<\/strong>, Ph.D. Postdoc, Wang group member between 01\/2023 – 08\/2025<\/p>\n

Yanmei Hu<\/strong>, Ph.D. Graduate student, Wang group member between 06\/2015 – 12\/2022
\nExpertise: biochemistry, virology
\nPh.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2021<\/p>\n

Daoqian Chen<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 Postdoc, Wang group member between 03\/2022 – 12\/2022
\nExpertise: organic synthesis
\nPh.D. Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

Chunlong Ma<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 \u00a0Research Specialist, Wang group member between 03\/2014 – 12\/2021
\nExpertise: electrophysiology, assay development, virology
\nPh.D. Biochemistry, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Zilei Xia<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc, Wang group member between 07\/2020 – 09\/2021
\nExpertise: organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry
\nPh.D. Organic Chemistry,\u00a0Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

Ang Gao<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc, Wang group member between 07\/2019 – 08\/2020
\nExpertise: organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry
\nPh.D. Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

Fang Li<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 \u00a0Postdoc, Wang group member between 03\/2014 – 06\/2016
\nExpertise: organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry
\nB.S. Biochemistry, \u00a0Wuhan University, China, 1999
\nPh.D. Organic Chemistry, Brigham Young University, USA, 2009<\/p>\n

Jiantao Zhang<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 Postdoc, Wang group member between 07\/2015 – 07\/2019
\nExpertise: biochemistry, molecular biology
\nPh.D. Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, 2010<\/p>\n

Yanxiang Wang<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 Postdoc, Wang group member between 07\/2017 – 07\/2018
\nExpertise: Medicinal Chemistry
\nPh.D. Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Science, 2010<\/p>\n

Rami Musharrafieh<\/strong>, Ph.D.\u00a0 Graduate student, Wang group member between 07\/2015 – 07\/202020
\nExpertise: assay development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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