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Principal Investigator

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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.

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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

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