EDUCATION
2014-2017, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Department, Harvard University Medical School, Joint Ph.D.
2013-2017, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Received Ph.D. Degree in June, 2017
2010-2013, State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Received M.S. Degree in June, 2013
2006-2010, College of Chemistry, Qufu Normal University, Received B.Sc. Degree in June, 2010
ACADEMIC CAREER
2021-present, Professor (tenure-track), State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, CHINA.
2019-2021, R&D Director, Assembly Medicine LLC, Shanghai, CHINA.
2017-2019, Postdoctoral Researcher, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Department, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, US.
RESEARCH AREAS
Chemical Biology: Activation and Regulation of Drug Target on Membrane
HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (China Association for Science and Technology)
2021 Nankai University Hundred Young Academic Leaders Program
2019 Harvard Medical School CSSA Outstanding Leadership
EDITORAL BOARDS
2023-2024 Member, Young Editorial Board of Acta Materia Medica.
SELECTED PUBLICATION
Liujuan Zhou, Fan Yang*, Zhaoshuai Bai, Xiaohui Zhou, Zhihai Zhang, Zhihang Li, Junyuan Gong, Junqi Yu, Liqiang Pan, Chan Cao* (corresponding author), James J. Chou, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e2023028.
Wenge Dong, Wanqi Wang, Chan Cao* (corresponding author), ChemMedChem., 2024, 19: e202400109.
Jiaxu Guo, Qinghan Hou, Yulin Tan, Ruoheng Fu, Xuanwei Huang, Chan Cao* (corresponding author), ChemMedChem., 2025, 20: e202400775.
Tongyuan Xue*, Moran Chen, Junyuan Gong, Lin Li, Chan Cao* (corresponding author), In: Drug Discovery Stories: From Bench to Bedside. Bin Yu, Peng Zhan, eds., Elsevier, 2024, ISBN: 9780443239328.
Li-Qiang Pan#, Chan Cao# (co-first author), Chang-Qing Run, Liu-Juan Zhou, James Chou*, Advanced Science, 2020, 7(2), 1900973.
