Song Yang PhD

Distinguished Professor of Pesticide Science

Doctoral Supervisor

State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides

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. He is a deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides of Ministry of Education, and the director of Centre for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University. 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 50 patents and more than 300 scientific papers in international journals (H-index: 58). 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.* (2024). Understanding the AIE phenomenon of nonconjugated rhodamine derivatives via aggregation-induced molecular conformation change. Nat Commun., 2024, 15(1), 999.

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, 149652.

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, 10.1002/adfm.202303206.

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.

Tan, J. Y.; Huang, J. S.; Yuan, J. F.; Chen, J. S.; Pei, Z. F.; Li, H.*; Yang, S.* Novel supramolecular deep eutectic solvent-enabled in-situ lignin protection for full valorization of all components of wheat straw. Bioresour. Technol., 2023, 388, 129722.

Xu, F.; Li Z.; Zhang, L. L.; Liu, S. Q.; Li, H.*; Liao, Y. H.; Yang, S.* Synthesis of renewable isoindolines from bio-based furfurals. Green Chem., 2023, 25, 3297-3305.

Liu, H. W.; Su, S. S.; Ma, S. Y.; Li, T.; Fang, W.; Ding, Y.; Liu, S. T.; Zhang, J. R.; Xiang, H. M.; Zhou, X.; Yang S.* Discovery and Structural Optimization of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-beta-carbolines as Novel Reactive Oxygen Species Inducers for Controlling Intractable Plant Bacterial Diseases. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2023, 71, 11035–11047.

Qi, P. Y.; Zhang, T. H.; Wang, N.; Feng, Y. M.; Zeng, D.; Shao, W. B.; Meng, J.; Liu, L. W.; Jin, L. H.; Zhang, H.; Zhou, X.; Yang, S.* Natural Products-Based Botanical Bactericides Discovery: Novel Abietic Acid Derivatives as Anti-Virulence Agents for Plant Disease Management. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2023, 71, 5463-5475.

Li, Z. X.; Yang, B. X.; Ding, Y.; Zhou, X.; Fang, Z. M.; Liu, S. S.; Yang, J.; Yang, S.* Discovery of phosphonate derivatives containing different substituted 1,2,3-triazole motif as promising tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) helicase inhibitors for controlling plant viral diseases. Pest Manage. Sci., 2023, 10.1002/ps.7592.

Shao, W. B.; Liao, Y. M.; Luo, R. S.; Ji, J.; Xiao, W. L.; Zhou, X.*; Liu, L. W.; Yang, S.* Discovery of novel phenothiazine derivatives as new agrochemical alternatives for treating plant viral diseases. Pest Manage. Sci., 2023, 10.1002/ps.7623.

Li, Z. X.; Yang, B. X.; Ding Y.; Meng, J.; Hu, J. H.; Zhou, X.*; Liu, L. W.; Wu, Z. B.; Yang, S.* Insights into a class of natural eugenol and its optimized derivatives as potential tobacco mosaic virus helicase inhibitors by structure-based virtual screening. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2023, 248, 125892.

Chen, J. Y.; Tang, A. L.; Yang, P.; Yang, L. L.; Tan, S.; Ma, W. J.; Liu, S. T.; Huang, H. Y.; Zhou, X.*; Liu, L. W.; Yang, S.* Highly Selective and Rapid “Turn-On” Fluorogenic Chemosensor for Detection of Salicylic Acid in Plants and Food Samples. ACS sensors, 2023, 8(11), 4020-4030.