Prof. Yan Zhang
Organic Chemistry, Ph.D, Professor
Email: yan_zhang@pku.edu.cn
Vitae
B.Sc, Lanzhou University, 1993-1997
Ph.D, Lanzhou University, 1997-2002 (with Prof. Zi-Yi Zhang)
08/2002-07/2004, Research Associate, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (with Prof. Wei-Min Dai)
09/2004-08/2005, Post-doctor, University of Innsbruck & Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification (IOM) e. V. (with Prof. Dr. Michael R. Buchmeiser)
09/2005-08/2006, Post-doctor, University of Missouri-St. Louis (with Prof. Joyce Y. Corey &Prof. Janet Broddock-Wilking )
08/2006-09/2008, Visiting scholar, Auburn University (with Dean Prof. Steward W. Schneller )
09/2008, Associate Professor, Peking University.08/2006-09/2008, Visiting scholar, Auburn University (with Dean Prof. Steward W. Schneller )
12/2014, Professor, Peking University
Research interests
(1) Synthesis of novel transition metal complexes of N-heterocyclic carbene and their application in organic synthesis
(2) Synthesis of biologically active small heterocyclic compounds
