2008年本科毕业于曲阜师范大学；2013年博士毕业于南开大学；2013-2015年在新加坡南洋理工大学从事博士后科研工作；2015年9月入职山东师范大学化学工作至今。

主要从事有机合成方法学研究，发展基于廉价丰产金属的催化剂和绿色串联反应，并应用与手性药物的不对称合成及规模化制备

Haiping Yu, Kaiyue Fu, Guang Yang, Mengyu Liu, Peng Yang* and Tao Liu*. Divergent Upgrading Pathways of Sulfones with Primary Alcohols: Nickel-Catalyzed α-Alkylation under N2 and Metal-Free Promoted β-Olefination in Open Air. Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 615-618. Peng Yang, Yaxin Sun, Kaiyue Fu, Li Zhang, Guang Yang, Jieyu Yue, Yu Ma,* Jianrong Steve Zhou,* and Bo Tang*. Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Carboxylic Acids from Alkynes and Formic Acid by Nickel-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions: Facile Synthesis of Profens. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202111778 (highlighted by Synfacts 2022, 18(01): 0051). Peng Yang,*† Li Zhang,† Kaiyue Fu, Yaxin Sun, Xiuhua Wang, Jieyu Yue, Yu Ma,* and Bo Tang*. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation and αSelective Deuteration of NSulfonyl Imines with Alcohols: Access to αDeuterated Chiral Amines. Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 8278-8284 (被Organic Chemistry Portal 收录). Peng Yang,* Xiuhua Wang,‡ Yu Ma, Yaxin Sun, Li Zhang, Jieyu Yue, Kaiyue Fu, Jianrong Steve Zhou* and Bo Tang*. Nickel-catalyzed C-alkylation of Thioamide, Amides and Esters by Primary Alcohols through a Hydrogen Autotransfer Strategy. Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 14083-14096. Peng Yang,* Caili Zhang, Wen-Chao Gao, Yu Ma,* Xiuhua Wang, Li Zhang, Jieyu Yue and Bo Tang*. Nickel-catalyzed borrowing hydrogen annulations: access to diversified N-heterocycles. Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 7844-7847. Peng Yang , Caili Zhang , Yu Ma, Caiyun Zhang, Aijie Li, Bo Tang* and Jianrong Steve Zhou.* Nickel-catalyzed N-alkylation of Acylhydrazines and Arylamines Using Alcohols and Enantioselective Examples. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56(46), 14702-14706 (Highlighted by Synfacts 2018, 14(02), 0164). Peng Yang, Li Hui Lim, Pratanphorn Chuanprasit, Hajime Hirao, Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Olefins for the Synthesis of α- and β-Amino Acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55(39), 12083-12087. Peng Yang, Haiyan Xu, Jianrong Steve Zhou*. Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Olefins for the Synthesis of α- and β-Amino Acids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53(45): 12210−12213 (Highlighted by Synfacts 2014, 10, 1276). Peng Yang, Peifang Li, Jin Qu*, Liangfu Tang. Two Concise Enantio-Selective Total Syntheses of (−)-Glabrescol Implicate Alternative Biosynthetic Pathways Starting from Squalene.Org. Lett., 2012, 14(15), 3932−3935. Peng Yang, Two two-step enantioselective total syntheses of (-)-glabrescol and the studies toward the total syntheses of enshuol and armatol C. The 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, USA, 2013.4.7- 2013.4.11. Oral presentation.