2019-Present Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key
Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Lanzhou University
2015-2019 Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago
(Advisor: Scott A. Snyder)
2013-2015 Postdoc, State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Natural Product
Chemistry, The Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC),
(Advisor: Ang Li)
2008-2013 Ph.D., College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University,
State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC),
(Advisor: Yong-Qiang Tu)
2004-2008 B.S., College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University
· Honors and Rewards
2023 Asian Core Program Lectureship Award (Japan)
2023 The National Excellent Youth Science Fund, sponsored by the National
Natural Science Foundation of China.
2023 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
· Research Topics
Total Synthesis of Natural Products and Discovery of Biosynthetic Pathway of Natural Products, Total Synthesis Oriented Synthetic Methods, Medicinal Chemistry
· Publications
1. Total Synthesis of Principinol B. Du, Q.; Fan, Z.; Yang, M.*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202400956.
2. Total Syntheses of Rhodomollins A and B. Zhao, W.; Zhang, D.; Wang, Y.; Yang, M.*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 27160. (Featured in ChemistryViews; Feattured in Synfacts 2024, 20, 225.)
3. Total Synthesis of Illisimonin A and Merrilactone A. Gong, X.‡; Huang, J.‡; Sun, X.‡; Chen Z.; Yang, M.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202306367. (‡ G.X., H.J. and S.X. contributed equally.)
4. Modular Total Syntheses of trans-Clerodanes and Sesquiterpene (Hydro)quinones via Tail-to-Head Cyclization and Reductive Coupling Strategies. Zhu, W.‡; Yin, Q.‡; Lou, Z.; Yang, M.*, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 6633. (‡ Z.W. and Y.Q. contributed equally; Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights. )
5. Total Synthesis of Mollanol A. Wang, Y.‡;Zhao, R.‡; Yang, M.*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 15033. (‡ W.Y. and Z.R. contributed equally; featured in Synfacts 2022, 18, 1169; selected by editors as “Synfact of the Month”.)
6. The Total Synthesis of Chalcitrin. Yang, M.; Yin, F.; Fujino, H.; Snyder, S. A.*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 4515. (Featured in Synfacts 2019, 15, 0587; Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights; Featured in ChemistryViews)
7. Total Synthesis of Ileabethoxazole, Pseudopteroxazole, and seco-Pseudopteroxazole. Yang, M.; Yang, X.; Sun, H.; Li A.*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 2851. (Very Important Papers in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.; featured in Synfacts 2016, 12, 329; selected by editors as “Synfact of the Month”; Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights.)
8. Total Synthesis of Clostrubin. Yang, M.; Li, J.; Li, A.*, Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 6445.
9. Total Synthesis of Hapalindole-Type Natural Products. Lu, Z.‡; Yang, M.‡; Chen, P.; Xiong, X.; Li, A.*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 13840. (‡ L.Z. and Y.M. contributed equally; featured in Synfacts 2015, 11, 1; selected by editors as “Synfact of the Month”.)