Wei Wang
As Co-Director of the Arizona Center for Drug Discovery and professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dr. Wang is responsible for advancing the mission of drug discovery at the UA Health Sciences, main campus and the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. By uniting the UA’s state-of-the-art facilities, expertise and resources, he will help facilitate drug discovery and development while enhancing translational research collaboration. Dr. Wang received his doctorate in organic chemistry from North Carolina State University in Raleigh and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in chemistry at the UA. Before joining the UA, he was a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Dr. Wang is in the top 5 percent of authors cited in the field of chemistry with an h-index of 70, an indicator of his productivity and influence in research. His research interests include organic synthesis, molecular imaging and recognition, chemical biology and medicinal chemistry (drug discovery). He is an author or co-author of more than 240 original research papers and 17 books/book chapters. He has six scientific patents and is a peer reviewer for more than 60 national and international journals. View UA Profile
Wei Wang is a new addition to the College of Pharmacy team, responsible for advancing the mission of drug discovery at both the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center and main campus. By uniting the university’s state-of-the-art facilities, expertise and resources, he will help facilitate drug discovery and development while enhancing translational research collaboration.
Dr. Wang is in the top 5% of authors cited in the field of chemistry with H-index of 70. His research interests include organic synthesis, molecular imaging and recognition, chemical biology and medicinal chemistry (drug discovery). He is an author or co-author of more than 240 original research papers and 17 books/book chapters. He has six scientific patents and is a peer-reviewer for more than 60 national and international journals.
Areas of Research
Synthetic methodology development
Probe/drug design and development
Anti-cancer agents
Protein-protein interaction
Fluorescence sensors
Chemical biology
Synthetic biology
Degree(s)
- Post-Doctoral, Chemistry, University of Arizona, 2000
- PhD, Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2000
- MS, Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1993
- BS, Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University, 1988