Yang Dan (chemist)
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Yang Dan | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 1965 (age 60) |
| Alma mater | Fudan University Columbia University Princeton University Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry Biology |
| Institutions | Westlake University, Hangzhou |
Yang Dan (Chinese: 楊丹; pinyin: Yáng Dān; born October 1965) is a Hong Kong-Chinese chemist and chemical biologist. She is the chair professor in both School of Life Sciences and School of Science in the Westlake University. She was awarded the TWAS Prize for Chemistry in 2010 and the Young Woman Scientist Prize of China in 2011.
Yang graduated with a BS degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, and earned her MA degree from Columbia University and her PhD in 1991 from Princeton University in the United States.[1] After 2-year postdoc training with Stuart Schreiber in Harvard University, Yang started her independent career on Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the University of Hong Kong.
