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Principle Investigator

2019-now, University of Hong Kong, Chemistry Department (Assistant Professor)
2016-2019, University of California, Irvine (Postdoc)

Advisor: Professor Robert C. Spitale

2009-2015, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Ph.D. in Chemistry)

Advisor: Professor Steven C. Zimmerman

2005-2009, Tsinghua University (B.S. in Chemistry with Honors)

Advisor: Professor Xi Zhang and Professor Huaping Xu

Really want to accomplish one more marathon in my life, when running is boring, I play badminton.

Research Team

Han Jia

I come from Shaanxi, China and got BSc in Chemical Engineering from Taiyuan University of Technology (2013-2017) and MPhil in Biological Science from Shaanxi Normal University (2017-2020). In my spare time, I’d like to cook.

Jie Liu

I come from Shanxi, China and got BSc in Biological Science from Yuncheng University (2011-2015) and MPhil in Biological Science from Sun Yat-sen University (2015-2018).

Jinghua Han

I come from Henan, China. I got BSc in Biotechnology from Xinxiang University (2009-2013) and MPhil in Biological Science from Yunnan University (2013-2016). I'm also interested in yoya and swimming.

Xueqing Kong

I come from Henan, China. Besides, I got the degree of Master of Pharmacy from Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017-2020) and BSc in Pharmacy from Zhengzhou University (2013-2017). My hobbies include hiking and running etc.

Yuen Ting Leung

I come from Hong Kong. I got my BSc degree, majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Biochemistry, from the University of Hong Kong (2019-2023). I like immersing myself in thoughts while walking along promenades.

Anita Ye

My name is Anita, Yingyue YE, a PhD student supported by Laboratory for Synthetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology (LSCCB). I obtained my MRes degree in Drug Discovery and Development from Imperial College London, 2023, under the supervision of Prof. Nick Long. I graduated at Nankai university with BSc in Chemistry, 2022.

I am currently working on the development of probes for protein-protein crosslinking and protein-RNA crosslinking, under the supervision of Prof. Chiming Che and Prof. Ying Li.

Outside the lab, I am a bodybuilding enthusiast, on track to build up warrior’s physique and mindset.