Prof. Yuya Lin

Yuya was educated for most of her life in the UK. She completed both her MChem degree and DPhil in Organic Chemistry in at the Chemistry Department at University of Oxford under the supervision of Prof. Ben Davis. During her DPhil studies, she worked on developing olefin metathesis for the selective chemical modification on proteins. In 2014, she took up a position as assistant professor at the Chemistry Department of National Sun Yat-sen University. Her research interests include developing new peptide ligation methods and applying these methods in the synthesis of biologically active peptides as well as synthesizing novel functional nanoparticles and polymers.

Education and Academic Career

2014-present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University

2009-2013 DPhil in Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, University of Oxford

2004-2008 MChem (First Class Honours), Chemistry Department, University of Oxford

Awards and Honours

2017 國立中山大學理學院教學績優獎

2015 國立中山大學優良導師

2011 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (short-term) for Foreign Researchers

2009 EPSRC Doctoral Training Award

Conference Attendance

10. “Novel Peptide Ligation Methods for the Synthesis of Oligopeptides” at the 13th International Symposium on Organic Reactions (ISOR-13), 2018, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Oral Presentation)

9. “Developing Novel Synthetic Methods Towards Peptidomimetics” at the Annual Meeting of Chemical Society Located in Taipei, 2015, Hualien, Taiwan. (Oral Presentation)

8. “Developing Novel Synthetic Methods Towards Peptidomimetics” at the 5th International Kyoto Symposium on Organic Nanostructures and Molecular Technology (IKSON+MT5), 2015, Kyoto, Japan. (Oral Presentation)

7. “Developing Novel Synthetic Methods Towards Peptidomimetics” at Tateshina Conference on Organic Chemistry, 2015, Tateshina, Japan. (Poster)

6. “Development of Olefin Metathesis for Site-Selective Protein Modification” at Annual Glyco-Retreat, 2014, Taiwan. (Oral Presentation)

5. “Allyl sulfides and selenides are Reactive Handles for Aqueous Cross- Metathesis: Applications in Site-Selective Protein Modification” at the 19th International Symposium on Olefin Metathesis and Related Chemistry (ISOM XIX), 2011, Rennes, France. (Oral Presentation)

4. “Olefin-Metathesis for Site-Selective Protein Modifications” at the International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS5): Challenges in Chemical Biology, 2011, Manchester, UK. (Poster)

3. “Olefin Cross-Metathesis on Proteins” at the 25th International Carbohydrate Symposium, 2010, Tokyo, Japan. (Oral Presentation)

2. “Olefin-Metathesis for Site-Selective Protein Modifications” at the International Symposium of Glycosciences, 2010, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. (Poster).

1. “Olefin-Metathesis for Site-Selective Protein Modifications” at the 21st International Symposium: Synthesis in Organic Chemistry, 2009, Oxford, UK. (Poster)