LI Glycoscience Group
Principal Investigator
Dr. Lei Li
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Center for Diagnostics & Therapeutics
Georgia State University
Office Phone: (404) 413-5073
Office Address: 50 Decatur ST SE
Email: lli22@gsu.edu
Dr. Lei Li graduated from Shandong University, China, in 2005 with a B.S. in Biotechnology. He earned his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology at Shandong University in 2010. During his Ph.D. studies, from 2007 to 2009, he joined Dr. Peng George Wang's lab at The Ohio State University as a visiting scholar, where he focused on elucidating the biosynthetic pathways of lipopolysaccharides and synthesizing biomedical-related glycans.
After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Li spent two years as a Postdoctoral Associate at Nankai University, concentrating on the chemoenzymatic synthesis of complex glycans and sugar nucleotides. In 2013, he joined Dr. Peng George Wang's group at Georgia State University as Research Scientist I and was later promoted to Senior Research Scientist in 2018. During this time, he established independent research programs in microbial glycobiology and glycomics with NIH funding.
In 2020, Dr. Li became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry. His research interests include the chemoenzymatic synthesis of complex carbohydrates and glycoconjugates, the development of glycomics tools to study glycan-protein interactions, and carbohydrate-based vaccines and therapeutics targeting antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
CURRENT MEMBER
Dr. Shuquan Fan
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Functional Glycomics and Chemical Biology
Dr. Fan obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Shandong University in 2015. As a visiting scholar, he spend two years at University of Maryland from 2010-2012, working on glycopeptide synthesis. Dr. Fan's research focused on the synthesis of mammalian glycans and glycopeptides, and total synthesis of bacterial polysaccharides.
Avinash Ittuveetil
Ph.D Student, Carbohydrate Chemistry
Avinash obtained his bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Govt. Medical College, Calicut. He obtained his Masters's degree (Thesis) in medicinal chemistry from the National Institute of pharmaceutical education and research, Mohali, India. Avinash joined the group as a Ph.D. student in Sep. 2021.
Shumin Bao
Ph.D Student, Glycobiology and Chemical Biology
Bao obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Qinghai University and Master’s degree from Central South University. She joined the group as a Ph.D. student in Jan. 2022.
Tangliang Shen
Ph.D Student, Carbohydrate Chemistry
Shen obtained his Bachelor's degree of Engineering in Pharmaceutical Engineering from Anhui University of Chinese Medicine in 2017, and Master's degree Engineering in Pharmaceutical Engineering from in Nankai University in 2020. He joined the group as a Ph.D. student in Jan. 2022.
MohammadHossein Shabahang
Ph.D Student, Glycobiology and Chemical Biology
MohammadHossein joined the group as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2022.
Hongshuai Lv
Ph.D Student, Glycobiology and Chemical Biology
Hongshuai joined the group as a Ph.D. student in Spring 2023.
Guitao Bai
Ph.D Student, Glycobiology and Chemical Biology
Guitao joined the group as a Ph.D. student in Spring 2023.
Jun Pan
Master Student, Biochemistry
Jun joined the group as a Ph.D student in Fall 2024.
ALUMINI
Phuong Tran
2022.12 - 2023.12 Non-Thesis Master
Current Position: CDC
Dr. Jinghua Han
2019.8 - 2023.11 Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position
Dr. Madhusudhan Reddy Gadi
2019.8 - 2022.10 Research Scientist
Current Position Senior Scientist @ TCG GreenChem
Dr. Congcong Chen
2021.10 - 2022.7 Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position
Dr. Shuaishuai Wang
2020.7 - 2022.3 Postdoctoral Associate
Current Position Professor at Shandong University, China
Dr. Ding Liu
2020.7 - 2021.9 Postdoctoral Fellow in Glycomics & Chemical Biology
Current Position Scientist at Moderna
Dr. Arya Aloor
2020.6-2020.8 Postdoctoral Fellow in Glycomics
Current Position Senior Research Scientist at Amrita School of Biotechnology, India