Song YangPhD
Distinguished Professor of Pesticide Science
Doctoral Supervisor
State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides (link to the lab website)
Contact details
Room 201,Building A, East Campus, Center for Research and Development of Fine Chemicals,Guizhou University
Email syang@gzu.edu.cn; jhzx.msm@gmail.com
Phone +86(851)8829-2171
Fax +86(851)8829-2170
Qualifications
BSc – China University of Science and Technology, China 1995
MSc – Guizhou University, China 2001
PhD – Guizhou University, China 2005
Positions held
2005-present Professor – Guizhou University, China
2005-2008 Postdoc – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA
Profile
Song is a national distinguished professor of pesticide science. His current research includes green pesticide discovery, molecular target identification of pesticides, fluorescent sensing of bioactive molecules, nano-based smart pesticide innovation, and bioenergy research. He has authored over 40 patents and more than 280 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals (H-index: 64). He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Current Catalysis, and Associate Editor of Current Nanoscience. He has received multiple awards and honors, including the China Young Scientist Award in 2013,Distinguished Professor of the Cheung Kong Scholars Program in 2013, and China National “Ten-Thousand-Talent Plan” in 2016.
Selected recent publications (*corresponding authors)
Yang L. L.; Wang H. R.; Zhang J. Y.; Wu B.; Li Q. Y.; Chen J. Y.; Tang A. L.; Lam J. W. Y.; Zhao Z.; Yang, S.*; Tang B. Z.* Understanding the AIE phenomenon of nonconjugated rhodamine derivatives via aggregation-induced molecular conformation change.Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 999.
Li, Z. Y.; Zhang, Y.; Li, H.*; Zhou, M.; Liang, J. Y.; Su, Y. Q.; Lu, X. Y.*; Yang, S.* In Situ Tailored Frustrated Lewis Pairs on Asymmetric Bi─Ov─In Motifs Domino-Direct High-Efficiency Urea Electrosynthesis.Adv Mater., 2025, 37, 202501851.
Zhou, M.; Zhang, Y.; Li, H. *; Li, Z.; Wang, S.; Lu, X.; Yang, S.*. Tailoring O‐Monodentate Adsorption of CO2 Initiates C− N Coupling for Efficient Urea Electrosynthesis with Ultrahigh Carbon Atom Economy. Angew Chem Int Edit, 2025, 64, e202414392.
Yan, Q.; Chen, Yang, Tang, B.; Wu, X.; Zhou, H.; Wang, H.; Li, H.; Lu, L. L.; Zhang, H. *; Yang. S. * Xu, C. B.; Ma. T. Y.* Angew Chem Int Edit, 2025, 64, e202505718.
Wang, K.; Huang, J.; Hu, J.; Wu, M.; Liao, Y.; Yang, S. *; Li, H. * Visible Light‐Switchable Lattice Oxygen Sites for Selective C− H and C (O)− C Bond Electrooxidation. Angew Chem Int Edit, 2024, 63, e202410555.
Yang, J.; Ye, H. J.; Xiang, H. M.; Zhou, X. *; Wang, P. Y.; Liu, S. S.; Yang, B. X.; Yang, H. B.; Liu, L. W.; Yang, S.* Photo-Stimuli Smart Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Azobenzene/beta-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex for Controlling Plant Bacterial Diseases. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 33, 2303206.
Qi, P. Y.; Shi, L. H.; Zheng, Z. C.; Feng, Y. M.; Zhang, T. H.; Luo, R. S.; Tan, S.; Huang, H. Y.; Zhou, X. *; Xiang, H. M.; Liu, L. W.; Yang, S.* Beyond convention: Construction of β-cyclodextrin-based shape-changing particles capable of light-responsive control and bioactivity application. Carbohyd. Polym., 2025, 363, 123733.
Huang, H. Y.; Tang, A. L.; Gao, F.; Tan, S.; Rao, Z. M.; Liu, L. W.; Liu, S. T.; Zhou, X.; Yang, L. L.; Yang, S.* An ultrafast dual-channel ratiometric fluorescence probe based on functionalized N-GQDs for dynamic monitoring of salicylic acid in plants. Chem. Eng. J., 2025, 513, 162925.
Gao, F.; Wang, G. Y.; Tang, A. L.; Huang, H. Y.; Ge, M. H.; Tan, S.; Liu, S. T.; Niu, W.; Lu, T.; Wu, Y. P.; Yang, L. L. *; Zhou, X. *; Yang, S.* Illuminating plant signaling networks drives modern agricultural development through integrating multimodal sensing technologies. Coordin. Chem. Rev., 2026, 547, 217092.
Tang A. L.; Zhang L. L.; Tan S.; Yang P.; Niu W.; Ge M. H.; Yang L. L.; Wang P. Y.; Liu L. W.; Zhou X. *; Yang S.* Host-guest synergistic hydrogen bond triggered signal amplification for visualizing the plant hormone salicylic acid. Chem. Eng. J., 2024, 485, 149652.
Meng, J.; Zhang, L.; Tuo, X. X.; Ding, Y.; Chen, K.; Li, M.; Chen B.; Long, Q. S.; Wang, Z. C. *; Ouyang G. P.*; Zhou, X. *; Yang, S.* Activity-based protein profiling guided new target identification of quinazoline derivatives for expediting bactericide discovery. J. Adv. Res., 2025, 74, 57-72.
Li, Z. X.; Ding, Y.; Tuo, X. X.; Hu, J. H.; Zhang, T. H.; Zhou X.*; Liu L. W.; Yang S.* Structure-based drug repurposing targeting pathogenic virus superfamily 1 helicase: An integrated multi-computational screening and bioactivity identification strategy. Chin. Chem. Lett., 2024, 110737.
Zhang, Y.; Hu, Z.; Zhang, H.; Li, H. *; Yang S.* Uncovering Original Z Scheme Heterojunctions of COF/MOx (M = Ti, Zn, Zr, Sn, Ce, and Nb) with Ascendant Photocatalytic Selectivity for Virtually 99.9% NO-to-NO3- Oxidation. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 10.1002/adfm.202303851.
Tan, X.; Wu, H.; Zhang, H.; Li, H. *; Yang S.* Relay catalysis of Pt single atoms and nanoclusters enables alkyl/aryl C-O bond scission for oriented lignin upgrading and N-functionalization. Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 462, 142225.
Xiang, H. M.; Meng, J.; Shao, W. B.; Zeng, D.; Ji, J.; Wang, P. Y.; Zhou, X.; Qi, P. Y.; Liu, L. W.; Yang S.* Plant protein-based self-assembling core-shell nanocarrier for effectively controlling plant viruses: Evidence for nanoparticle delivery behavior, plant growth promotion, and plant resistance induction. Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 464, 142432.
Shao, W. B.; Luo, R. S.; Huang, Y. W.; Cheng, L.; Zeng, D.; Zhou, X. *; Liu, L. W.; Yang, S.* Construction of phenothiazine-decorated ZnO quantum dots with intelligent response to bacterial pH/amidase microenvironment for inducing bacterial ferroptosis-like death. Chem. Eng. J., 2025, 509, 161352.
Chen A. Q.; Wu Y. Y.; Fu X. C.; Long Z. Q.; Li M.; Yang L. L.; Feng Y. M.; Shao L. H.; Zhou X.; Liu L. W.; Yang S.* Redevelopment of natural eugenol as potential pesticidal resource: New insights into synthesis and antifungal evaluation of eugenol-derived Schiff bases with reactive oxygen species behavior. Ind. Crops Prod., 2024, 222, 119956.
Jian W. J.; Chiou M. F.; Li Y. J.; Bao H. L. *; Yang S.* Cu-catalyzed regioselective diborylation of 1,3-enynes for the efficient synthesis of 1,4-diborylated allenes. Chin. Chem. Lett., 2024, 35, 108980.
Li T.; Zhou Y.; Fu X. C.; Yang L. L.; Liu H. W.; Zhou X. *; Liu L. W.; Wu Z. B.; Yang S.* Identification of novel 4-substituted 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives as new FtsZ inhibitors: Bioactivity evaluation and computational simulation. Bioorg. Chem., 2024, 150, 107534.
Liao Y. M.; Cheng L.; Luo R. S.; Guo Q.; Shao W. B.; Feng Y. M.; Zhou X.; Liu L. W.; Yang S.* Discovery of New 1,2,4-Triazole/1,3,4-Oxadiazole-Decorated Quinolinones as Agrochemical Alternatives for Controlling Viral Infection by Inhibiting the Viral Replication and Self-Assembly Process. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2024, 72, 27750-27761.