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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

BS, China Pharmaceutical University

PhD, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Qiuhua Fan

Chemistry Staff Scientist

BS, Peking University

PhD, Peking University

Postdoc, Oregon Health and Science University and University of Arkansas

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

Venkatesan Srinivasan

Chemistry Staff Scientist

MS, Indian Institute of Technology

PhD, University of Rochester

Postdoc, University of Rochester

Hua Tang

MS, Sichuan University

PhD, Sichuan University

Haibo Xie

Chemistry Staff Scientist

BS, Anhui Normal University

PhD, SIOC

Postdoc, Simon Fraser and UW–Madison

Zhen Zhang

PhD, Lanzhou University

Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Boston College

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

Chelsi M. Almodovar-Rivera

PhD Candidate

BS, University of Puerto Rico

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences, NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Trainee

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

Xueqing (Sherry) Nie

PhD Candidate

BS, Nanjing University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Christopher M. Stevens

PhD Candidate

BS, University of Texas At Dallas

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

NIH Translational Cardiovascular Science Training Program Trainee

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

Yunxiang Wu

PhD Candidate

BS, Nankai University

MS, Medicinal Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Research Assistant at Peking University

PhD Candidate, UW-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Zhongrui (Michael) Zhang

PhD candidate

BS, Brandeis University

PhD Candidate, UW-Chemical Biology

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

Marissa Mannhardt

Undergraduate student

Henrieta Licha

Undergraduate student

Dhvani S Trivedi

Undergraduate student