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Jiaoyang Jiang, PhD

Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Postdoc Chemical Biology - Harvard Medical School, 2013
PhD Chemistry - Brown University, 2009
BS Chemistry - Univ. of Science & Technology of China, 2004

Dr. Jiaoyang Jiang earned her PhD in chemistry from Brown University with Professor David Cane. Following that, Dr. Jiang performed postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School in the laboratory of Professor Suzanne Walker. In August 2013, Dr. Jiang started her appointment as an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Drug Discovery core at the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy. She was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2019, and Full Professor in 2024. Dr. Jiang is an active faculty trainer in several campus-wide training programs, including the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program, the Biophysics graduate program, the Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (MCP) Training Program, the Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) Program, the Molecular & Environmental Toxicology (MET) program, and the Cellular and Molecular Pathology (CMP) Program.

Dr. Jiang has received a number of awards, including Distinguished Faculty Award, UW Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award, American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry David Y. Gin New Investigator Award, and Young Chemical Biologist Award from the International Chemical Biology Society.

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Group Members

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Chia-Wei Hu

Postdoc — Cell Biology, Proteomics & Imaging
PhD, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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Ziyong Hong

Postdoc — Structural Biology & Biochemistry
PhD, Ohio State University, USA
Jacques Lowe

Jacques Lowe

Postdoc — Structural Biology & Biochemistry
PhD, Iowa State University, USA
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Ao Wang

PhD Candidate — Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program, UW–Madison
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Ke Wang

PhD Candidate — Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program, UW–Madison
Matt Young

Matt Young

PhD Candidate — Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program, UW–Madison
Mari-Horton

Mari Horton

PhD Candidate — Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program, UW–Madison

Jiang Lab Alumni

Graduate Students

Jinshan Xie, PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 – Postdoc Research Fellow at The Rockefeller University

Connor Blankenship, PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 – Scientist at Nabla Bio

Arielis Estevez Davila, PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 – Scientist at Catalent Pharma Solutions

Adam Kositzke (Bacon), PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 – Scientist at Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Hao Li, PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020 – Postdoc Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School

Dacheng Fan, PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020 – Postdoc Research Fellow at Emory University School of Medicine

Matthew Worth, PhD in Organic Chemistry, 2019

Post-doctoral Fellows

Dr. Feng Wang, 2020 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Van Andel Biomedical Research Institute

Dr. Dongsheng Zhu, 2020 – Associate Professor, Nanjing Medical University

Dr. Baobin Li, 2017 – Professor, Fudan University

In the Jiang Research Group, we believe that diversity drives creativity and innovation. Our lab members are highly accomplished with diverse backgrounds. We enjoy sharing and helping each other and are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and supportive training environment for all lab members.

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We look forward to having new students join us!