Awards & Honors
2000 The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Investigator Award (abroad), NSF of China
2004 The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Investigator Award, NSF of China
2005 Eli Lilly Scientific Excellence Award (China)
2008 The Asian Core Program Lectureship Award, the Asian Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry programs
2009 Baogang Distinguished Teaching Award of Peking University
2010 Wuxi Pharma Life Science Excellence Award (Golden Medal)
2011 Editorial advisory board member of ACS“Combinatoial Science”
2011 Editorial advisory board member of Wiley-VCH “Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis”
2011 Editorial advisory board member of Springer “Natural Products and Bioprospecting”
2011 Editorial advisory board member of Royal society “MedChemComm”
2013 “Zhou Weishan” Synthetic Creative Work Award (Chemical Society of China)
2013 Nanyue hundred outstanding scholar award (Guangdong Province)
2013 The first class prize of the Shenzhen Natural Science Award
2014 The first class prize of the Guangdong Natural Science Award
2014 The special prize of the Yunnan Natural Science Award
2016 The second class of National Natural Science Awards
Selected Publications
1. Rong, L.; Huang, J.; Shao, W.; Liu, S.; Lan, Y.; Gong, J.; Yang, Z. “Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (-)-Lingzhiol via a Rh-catalysed [3+2] cycloaddition”Nat. Commun.2014, 5,5707.
2. Zhang, Y.; Luo, T.; Yang, Z. “Strategic Innovation in the Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products using Gold Catalysis”Nat. Prod. Rep.2014, 31, 489.
3. Yue, G., Zhang, Y.; Fang, L.; Li, C.-C.; Luo, T.; Yang, Z. Collective Synthesis of Cladiellins Based on the Gold-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction of 1,7-Diynes”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2014,53, 1837.
4. Fu, J.; Shang, H.; Wang, Z.; Chang, L.; Shao, W.; Yang, Z.; Tang, Y. “Gold-Catalyzed Rearrangement of Allylic Oxonium Ylides: Efficient Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Dihydrofuran-3-ones”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013,52, 4198.
5. Wei, H.; Qiao, C.; Liu, G.; Yang, Z.; Li, C.-C. “Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (‒)-Flueggine A and (+)-Virosaine B”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2013,52, 620.
6. Huang, J.; Fang, L.; Long, R.; Shi, L.; Shen, H.; Li, C.-C.; Yang, Z. “Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Fusarisetin A via the Intramolecular Pauson-Khand Reaction”Org.Lett.2012,51, 12072.
7. Liu, Q.; Yue, G.; Wu, N.; Lin, G.; Li, Y.; Quan, J.; Li, C.; Wang, G.; Yang, Z. “Total Synthesis of (±)-Pentalenolactone A Methyl Este”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2012,51, 12072.
8. Ren, W.; Bian, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Shang, H.; Zhang, P.; Chen, Y.; Yang, Z.; Luo, T.; Tang, Y.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2012,51, 6984.
9. Shi, H.; Fang, L.; Tan, C.; Shi, L.; Zhang, W.; Li, C.-C.; Luo, T.; Yang, Z. “Total Syntheses of Drimane-Type Sesquiterpenoids Enabled by a Gold-Catalyzed Tandem Reaction.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011,132, 14944.
10. Xiao, Q.; Ren, W.; Chen, Z.; Sun, T.; Li, Y.; Ye, Q.; Gong, J.; Meng, F.; You, L.; Liu, Y.; Zhao, M.; Xu, L.; Shan, Z.; Shi, Y.; Tang, Y.; Chen, J.; Yang, Z. “Diastereoselective Total Synthesis of (±) Schindilactone A”.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2011,50, 7373.
11. Gong, J.; Lin, G.; Sun, W.; Li, C.-C.; Yang, Z. “Total Synthesis of (±)-Maoecrystal V”J. Am. Chem. Soc.2010, 132, 16745.
12. Liu, L.; Han, J.; Yue, G.; Li, C.-C.; Yang, Z. “Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Caribenol A.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.2010,132, 13608.
13. Nicolaou, K. C.; Yang, Z.; Shi, G.-Q.; Gunzner, J. L.; Agrios, K. A.; Garttner, P. "Total synthesis of Brevetoxin A"Nature1998,392, 264.
14. Nicolaou, K. C.; Winssinger, N.; Pastor, J.; Ninkvic, S.; Sarabia, F.; He, Y.; Vourloumis, D.; Yang, Z.; Li, T.; Giannakakou, P.; Hamel, E. "Synthesis of epothilones A and B in solid and solution phase."Nature1997,387, 268.
15. Nicolaou, K. C.; Yang, Z.; Liu, J.-J.; Ueno, H.; Nantermet, P. G.; Guy, R. K.; Claiborne, C. F.; Renaud, J.; Couladouros, E. A.; Paulvannan, K.; Sorensen, E. J. “Total synthesis of Taxol”,Nature1994, 367, 630.
