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Chemical Biology

Zhou Guangzhao Professorship in Natural Sciences
Professor Chi-Ming CHE   支志明 講座教授
Chair Professor, Head of Department
B.Sc., Ph.D. (HKU); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
(1) Room G01C/505 Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building, Main Campus; (2) Room 810D The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, Sassoon Road Campus
(852) 2859 2154 (Main Campus); (852) 2831 5558 (Sassoon Road Campus)

Research Topics:   Inorganic and organic synthesis, Green oxidations, Reactive metal-ligand multiple-bonded metal complexes​, C-H functionalizations, Luminescent materials, Self-assembled nanostructured materials, Bioinorganic chemistry, ​Inorganic medicines

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Norman and Cecilia Yip Professorship in Bioinorganic Chemistry
Professor Hongzhe SUN   孫紅哲 講座教授
Chair Professor
B.Sc. (Huabei); M.Sc. (CAS Wuhan); Ph.D. (London)
Room 304, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 8974

Research Topics:   Biosensor, Antibiotics, Metallomics, Metalloproteomics, Integrative biology

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Morningside Professorship in Chemical Biology
Professor Dan YANG   楊丹 講座教授
Chair Professor
B.Sc. (Fudan), M.A. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Princeton); Postdoctoral (Harvard)
Room 605, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 2159

Research Topics:   Biosensors, Antimicrobial resistance, Oxidative stress, Molecular imaging, Total synthesis

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Professor Xiang David LI   李祥 教授
Professor
B.Sc. (Fudan); Ph.D. (HKU); Postdoctoral (Rockefeller)
Room 8N-12, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building
(852) 2299 0777

Research Topics:   Protein-protein interaction, Posttranslational modification, Epigenetics, Chemical proteomics, Target identification

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Professor Xiaoyu LI   李笑宇 教授
Professor
B.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D. (Chicago); Postdoctoral (Harvard)
Room 8N-22, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building
(852) 2299 0383

Research Topics:   Drug discovery, Molecular probes, DNA-encoded library, Target identification, Protein labeling

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Professor Xuechen LI   李學臣 教授
Professor
B.Sc. (Nankai); M.Sc. (Alberta); Ph.D. (Harvard); Postdoctoral (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Columbia)
Room 405, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2219 4992

Research Topics:   Protein chemical synthesis, Protein chemistry, Chemical glycobiology, Protein bioconjugation, Drugs, Antibiotics, Antibody-drug conjugates antiviral agents, Peptide, Carbohydrate, Natural product, Total synthesis, Peptide modification

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Dr. Ivan K. CHU   朱强 副教授
Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Victoria); Ph.D. (CityUHK)
Room 502, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 2152

Research Topics:   Mass spectrometry, Ion-chemistry, Radical-mediated protein oxidation, Separation

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Dr. Haibo JIANG  蔣海波  副教授
Associate Professor
B.Sc (Shanghai Jiao Tong University); Ph.D. (Oxford); Postdoctoral (Oxford)
Room 105, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3917 6076

Research Topics: Imaging, Metabolism, Cell biology, Chemical biology

 

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Dr. Kou OKURO   大黒 耕 副教授
Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Keio); M. Eng., Ph.D. (Tokyo)
Room 106, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3910 2195

Research Topics:   Supramolecular chemistry, Biomaterials, Soft materials, Optochemical biology 

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Dr. Jian HE   何健 助理教授
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Zhejiang); Ph.D. (Scripps); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
Room 103, Hui Oi Chow Science Building
(852) 3910 2193

Research Topics:   Catalysis, Metal organic frameworks, Photochemistry, Radical chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Artificial enzymes

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Dr. Ying LI   李瑛 助理教授
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Tsinghua); Ph.D. (Ilinois); Postdoctoral (UCIrvine)
Room 406, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2219 4824

Group Website:   https://yl-hku-rna.weebly.com/

Research Topics:   RNA localization, RNA modification, RNA-protein interaction, Biomaterials

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Dr. Philip Yong-Xin LI   李泳新 助理教授
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Peking); Ph.D., Postdoctoral (HKUST)
Room 305, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 2156

Research Topics:  Natural Products, Microbiome, Big data genome mining, Synthetic biology, Biosynthesis

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Dr. Edmund Chun Ming TSE   謝俊銘 助理教授
Assistant Professor
B.Sc. (Virginia); Ph.D. (Illinois); Postdoctoral (Caltech)
Room 403, Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry Building
(852) 2859 8943

Research Topics:   Electrocatalysis, Bio​-inspired interfaces, Bioinorganic enyzmes, Self-assembling materials, Renewable energy, Biochemical pathways, Cancer bioinformatics

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