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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.

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Weiping Tang, PhD

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

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

weiping.tang@wisc.edu

View Dr. Tang’s School of Pharmacy bio.
View Dr. Tang’s Chemistry Department bio.

Link to UW-Organic Chemistry Path.

Link to UW-Chemical Biology Path.

Staff Scientists, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Visiting Scholars

Deqin Cai

Postdoctoral Fellow

BS, China Pharmaceutical University

PhD, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Chunrong Li

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

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD, Tsinghua University

Postdoc, Rockefeller University

Ramesh Mudududdla

Chemistry Staff Scientist

PhD in Chemical Sciences, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicinal Chemistry, Monash University, Australia

Kazuya Nishibayashi

Visiting Scholar

BS, Kyoto University

MS, Kyoto University

Nippon Shinyaku Co.

Nicholas S. Nieto

Postdoctoral Fellow

BS in Biochemistry, California State University

PhD in Biochemistry, Iowa State University

Hua Tang

Postdoctoral Fellow

MS, Sichuan University

PhD, Sichuan University

Zhen Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD, Lanzhou University

Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Boston College

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

Xuankun (Katie) Chen

PhD Candidate

BS, Jilin Universsity

MS, Pharmacy, Zhejiang University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nina J. Hawkins

PhD Candidate

BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ju Hong

PhD Candidate

BS, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University

MS, Medicinal Chemistry, Zhejiang University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Peijing Jia

PhD Candidate

BS, Beijing Normal University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Yaxian Liao

PhD Candidate

BS, University of Science and Technology of China

PhD Candidate, UW-Chemical Biology

Thao-Vy T. Nguyen

PhD Candidate

BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Yiming Nie

BS, Pharmacy, Shandong University

MS, Medicinal Chemistry, Shandong University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ira Tandon

PhD Candidate

BS, University of Colorado Denver

PhD candidate, UW-Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program

NIH Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Training Program Trainee

Tsung-Yu (Lucas) Yeh

PhD Candidate

BS, Taipei Medical University

MS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Taiwan University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Yuan Zhao

PhD Candidate

BS, Nankai University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Yaxian (Sherry) Zhou

PhD Candidate

BS, Southeast University

MS, Biomedical Engineering, UW–Madison

Research Associate at MalarVx Inc.

Research Intern & Lab Manager at UW–Madison

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

PharmD Students and Undergraduate Students

Paulina N. Esguerra

Undergraduate student

Katie M. Ziegler

Undergraduate student

Vaishnav Kumar (Vaish)

Undergraduate student