Youjun Yang

Dr. Youjun Yang

He is currently a professor of the School of Pharmacy of the East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). He finished his undergraduate study in the foreign language department of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) from 1997-2002. He then went to Baton Rouge, LA and earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Louisiana State University in 2007 under the guidance of Professor Robert M. Strongin. After completing postdoctoral work at UT Austin with Professor Eric V. Anslyn, he joined the ECUST faculty as an independent PI in fall 2010.

The theme of Prof. Yang's research is the development of novel fluorescent dyes, probes and labels for biological, medicinal and material applications.

Recent Publications:

6. Yanming Shen,  Zhihao Shang, Yanhong Yang, Shaojia Zhu, Xuhong Qian, Ping Shi, Jing Zheng, and Youjun Yang*. “Structurally Rigid 9-Amino-benzo[c]cinnoliniums Make Up a Class of Compact and Large Stokes-Shift Fluorescent Dyes for Cell-Based Imaging Applications.” J. Org. Chem., 2015, 80, 5906-5911.

5. Yanming Shen, Quanjuan Zhang, Xuhong Qian, and Youjun Yang*. “Practical Assay for Nitrite and Nitrosothiol as an Alternative to the Griess Assay or the 2,3-Diaminonaphthalene Assay.” Anal. Chem., 2015, 87, 1274-1280.

4. Ziqian Zhang, Baoyan Zhang, Xuhong Qian, Zhong Li, Zhiping Xu, Youjun Yang*. "Simultaneous Quantification of Hg²⁺ and MeHg⁺ in Aqueous Media by a Single Fluorescent Probe via Multiplexing in the Time Domain." Anal. Chem., 2014, 86, 11919-11924.

3. Linlin Song, Zuhai Lei, Baoyan Zhang, Zhiping Xu, Zhong Li and Youjun Yang*. “A Zero-Background Fluorescent Probe for Hg²⁺ Designed via the Covalent-Assembly Principle.” Anal. Methods, 2014, 6, 7597-7600.

2. Zuhai Lei, Youjun Yang*. "A concise colorimetric and fluorimetric probe for Sarin related threats designed via the covalent-assembly approach." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 6594?6597. Highlight in Advances in Engineering. 

1. Quanjuan Zhang, Zhichuan Zhu, Yongli Zheng, Jiagao Cheng, Na Zhang, Yi-Tao Long, Jing Zheng, Xuhong Qian, and Youjun Yang*. “A Three-Channel Fluorescent Probe That Distinguishes Peroxynitrite from Hypochlorite.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 18479-18482.