PhD candidate, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University
My major is Integrated Life Sciences (Chemistry). I am currently involved in scientific research towards total synthesis of bioactive natural products. I have also begun preliminary explorations in developing methodologies of enzyme-catalyzed organic synthesis. Additionally, I show interest in programming (e.g., Python and C#), with exposure to areas like website development, web scraping, and desktop application design (e.g., WinForms) to support scientific work.

Publications
- Qixuan Wang#, Fusheng Guo, Jin Wang and Xiaoguang Lei*, Divergent total syntheses of ITHQ-type bis-β-carboline alkaloids by regio-selective formal aza-[4 + 2] cycloaddition and late-stage C–H functionalization. Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 10353-10359. DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03722c
- Xiaofan Ding#, Mengxue Sun#, Fusheng Guo#, Xinmin Qian#, Haoyu Yuan, Wenjiao Lou, Qixuan Wang, Xiaoguang Lei* and Wenwen Zeng*, Picrasidine S Induces cGAS-Mediated Cellular Immune Response as a Novel Vaccine Adjuvant. Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2310108. DOI: 10.1002/advs.202310108
- Nianxin Guo#, Jun Gu#, Qingyang Zhou, Fang Liu, Haoran Dong, Qi Ding, Qixuan Wang, Dongshan Wu, Jun Yang, Junping Fan, Lei Gao*, Kendall N. Houk* and Xiaoguang Lei*, Aspartic acid residues in BBE-like enzymes from Morusalba promote a function shift from oxidative cyclizationto dehydrogenation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 122(34), e2504346122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2504346122
Educations
Peking University
PhD candidate, Integrative Biology (Chemistry)
Supervisor: Prof. Xiaoguang Lei
Research Area: bioactive natural products syntheses, enzyme-catalyzed syntheses methodology.
Awards & Certifications:
- Freshman Scholarship of Peking University (2020)
- 2nd Prize of WuXi AppTec “Star Future” Chemistry Youth Camp (2021)
- Peking University Excellent Research Award (2023)
- Peking University Second-Class Scholarship (2023)
Nankai University
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Biology
Supervisor: Prof. Guangxin Liang
Scientific Training: total syntheses of natural products.
Averaged Score: 89.12/100, Ranking: 1/20
Awards & Certifications:
- National Scholarship (2017)
- TIANJIN JIURI NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD 1st Scholarship (2018)
- 1st Prize of Chinese Mathematics Competition in Tianjin Division (2018 & 2019)
- 1st Prize of Tianjin Undergraduate Physics Competition (2018)
- 1st Prize of Chinese Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling in Tianjin Division (2019)
- Scholarship of Tianjin Municipal People’s Government (2020)
- Outstanding Graduate of Nankai University (2020)