Current Members

Group Members

Students, postdocs, and staff scientists in the Tang Research Group have diverse scientific and cultural backgrounds. Group members with varying expertise (e.g., synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry, computational chemistry, chemical biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and biomedical engineering) work closely to develop novel therapeutics. Our alumni all have successful careers in either academic institutes or pharmaceutical companies.

For archived group photos.

Weiping Tang

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Janis Apinis Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy; Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of UW-Madison
Director of Medicinal Chemistry Center at the School of Pharmacy
Faculty Appointment with the Department of Chemistry in the College of Letters and Science

Email: weiping.tang@wisc.edu

BS 1997 Chemistry – Peking University
MS 1999 Chemistry – New York University
PhD 2005 Organic Chemistry – Stanford University
Postdoc 2007 Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery – Harvard University

Staff Scientists, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Visiting Scholars

Deqin Cai

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow

BS, China Pharmaceutical University
PhD, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Chunrong Li

Position title: Biology Staff Scientist

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine
Postdoc in Cancer Biology, UW-Madison
Scientist in Cancer Biology, UW-Madison

Qiwen Liu

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow

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PhD, Tsinghua University
Postdoc, Rockefeller University

Ramesh Mudududdla

Position title: Chemistry Staff Scientist

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PhD in Chemical Sciences, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine;
Postdoctoral Fellow in Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei (2016-2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicinal Chemistry, Monash University, Australia (2018-2023)

Kazuya Nishibayashi

Position title: Visiting Scholar

BS, Kyoto University
MS, Kyoto University
Nippon Shinyaku Co.

Hua Tang

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow

MS, Sichuan University
PhD, Sichuan University

Zhen Zhang

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Chemistry Staff Scientist

PhD, Lanzhou University;
Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Boston College (2019-2022);
Postdoc, UW-Madison (2022-2024);

Graduate Students, Visiting Graduate Students, Research Interns, and Research Specialists

Xuankun (Katie) Chen

BS, Jilin Universsity;
MS, Pharmacy, Zhejiang University;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Nina J. Hawkins

BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Ju Hong

BS, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University;
MS, Medicinal Chemistry, Zhejiang University;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Peijing Jia

BS, Beijing Normal University;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Yaxian Liao

BS, University of Science and Technology of China;
PhD Candidate, UW-Chemical Biology.

Yiming Nie

BS, Pharmacy, Shandong University;
MS, Medicinal Chemistry, Shandong University;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Tsung-Yu (Lucas) Yeh

BS, Taipei Medical University;
MS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Taiwan University;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Yuan Zhao

BS, Nankai University;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Kevin Lucio-Acero

BS, Biochemistry, Colby College;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Thao-Vy T. Nguyen

BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Regina Stasser de Gonzalez

BS, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Oberlin College;
Post-Baccalaureate IRTA Research Fellow at NIH;
PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences.

PharmD Students and Undergraduate Students

Cherry Yu

Position title: Undergraduate student

Hebe Ke

Position title: Undergraduate student