Research Bio
Ziyang Zhang is an assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the Department of Chemistry. His lab creates chemical tools to tweak our immune system and enable new therapeutic mechanisms for cancer and autoimmune diseases. The Zhang lab integrates organic chemistry, chemical proteomics and functional genomics to discover new mutant-specific covalent ligands and chemical modulators of the adaptive immune response.
Research Expertise and Interest
synthetic chemistry, chemical biology, peptides, proteins, drug discovery, cellular signal transduction, cancer, autoimmune diseases
In the News
Building Drugs from Scratch
Bakar Fellows Program Selects Seven Projects for Spark Awards
Teaching
Organic Chemistry [CHEM 12B - 001]
Seminars for Graduate Students [CHEM 298 - 102]
Research for Graduate Students [CHEM 299 - 088]
Organic Reactions I [CHEM 261A - 001]
Organic Reaction II [CHEM 261B - 001]
Seminars for Graduate Students [CHEM 298 - 102]
Research for Graduate Students [CHEM 299 - 105]
Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Chemistry [CHEM 300 - 065]
Graduate Seminar [MCELLBI 290 - F01]
Research [MCELLBI 292 - 497]
Organic Chemistry [CHEM 12B - 101]
Seminars for Graduate Students [CHEM 298 - 102]
Research for Graduate Students [CHEM 299 - 088]