2002年本科毕业于中国科技大学；2007年博士毕业于美国Louisiana State University，导师Robert M. Strongin教授；2007年6月至2010年5月，在美国University of Texas at Austin，Eric V. Anslyn教授课题组做博士后研究。2010年6月入职华东理工大学药学院

从事药物化学生物学方向的研究

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.