Prof. Dr. Biao Yu

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Natural Product Chemistry
KeywordsGlycoconjugates, Chemical Biology of Glycans, Steroid Saponins, Glycosylation, Oligosaccharide Synthesis

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityShanghai
InstitutionChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
InstituteShanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Joachim ThiemInstitut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2023

Program(s)

2020Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Yu is an internationally leading authority in glycosciences and preparative organic chemistry. Within recent decades, his outstanding contribution to the synthesis of complex natural glycoconjugates and glycanes received eminent attention. Further significant findings concern design and development of methods as well as studies of structure reactivity relations, which will be also in focus during his stays Germany.