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Professor and Chair

Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Drug Discovery
Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scientist
Director, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics
General Research Interest: Organic, Bioorganic, and Medicinal Chemistry

B.S., 1982, Beijing Medical University
Ph.D., 1991, University of Kansas
Postdoctoral Associate, 1992, University of Arizona
Postdoctoral Associate, 1993, University of Kansas
Curriculum Vitae

Phone: 404-413-5544
Mobile: 404-788-3691
Lab Phone: 404-413-5545 
Fax: 404-413-5543 
Office: 313 Petit Science Center
E-mail: wang@gsu.edu (for academic matters)
chemchair@gsu.edu (for matters related to the Chemistry Department: )

Administrative assistants :
Natasha Pike (Chemistry Department):
E-mail: npike@gsu.edu Phone: 404-413-5501
Kathy Meenach (Center for Diagnostics and Therapeautics):
E-mail: kmeenach@gsu.edu

Medicinal Research Reviews
Assistant: Alexander Draganov
Email:  mrr@gsu.edu

Mailing Adress:
Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3965
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3965

Shipping Address:
Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University
Room 313 Petit Science Center
100 Piedmont Ave.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083

  • Editor-in-Chief, Medicinal Research Reviews (ranked #1 in 2011 based on Impact Factors (10.7) among 59 medicinal chemistry journals worldwide and #6 among 261 pharmacology- and pharmacy-related journals)
  • Chief Editor, A Wiley Series in Drug Discovery and Development
  • Distinguished Alumni Professor Award, Georgia State University, 2007
  • Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award, Georgia State University, 2007
  • Memberships on more than 30 NIH Study Sections during the past 10 years
  • Permanent membership on the Synthetic and Biological Study-A Section (SBC-A) (2011-2017)
  • Member, Long Range Planning Committee, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2001-2004
  • American Heart Association Established Investigator Awardee, 1998
  • Oklahoma Society of Hospital Pharmacists Outstanding Faculty Award, 1996 (for teaching)
  • Kappa Psi Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1996 (for teaching)
  • Kappa Epsilon Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Pharmacy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1996 (for teaching)
  • NIH FIRST Awardee, 1995