LIU, Yonghong
Title: Director and Professor
Address: 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, China
Tel: 0086-20-89023244
Email: Yonghongliu@scsio.ac.cn
Education Background:
Ph. D. August, 2002. Major: Marine Natural products Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Pusan Natinal University, Pusan, Korea.
Title of Ph. D. Dissertation: Cytotoxic Compounds from Sponge Sarcotragus Sp.
M. S. in Phytochemistry, 1999. School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chanchun, China.
B. S. in Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1996. Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chanchun, China.
Working Experiences:
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (January 2006-), Full Professor
New University of Lisbon (April 2004 –December 2006) Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Technology.
Osaka University (April, 2003 – March, 2004) Postdoctoral Research Associate: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Pusan National University (September, 2002-March, 2003): Graduate Research Assistant: College of Pharmacy.
Research Interests:
Dr. Yonghong Liu engaged in discovery of new natural products lead structures with bioactivities; he has focus on the isolation, structural elucidation, and synthesis of biologically-active secondary metabolites from marine invertebrates and their symbionts, to develop anticancer and anti-inflammatory new drugs.
Professional Activities:
Currently, he is working as vice-director of Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica. He has authored more than 200 peer reviewed articles, edited 9 books and monographs (7 in English), served as editorial board member of Natural Products Research (SCI), and held 17 issued patents.