Wei Yao

Wei Yao was born and raised in Xi’an, China. He obtained his B.S. in Pharmacy and M.S. in Medicinal Chemistry from China Pharmaceutical University (Nanjing). He joined the Gibb group in Nov. 2014. His research interest is about the Hofmeister effect on the biophysics of proteins and reactions in water-soluble capsule systems.

Publications:

The Thermodynamics of Anion Complexation to Nonpolar Pockets., Sullivan, M. R.; Yao, W.; Tang, D.; Ashbaugh, H. S.; Gibb, B. C., J. Phys. Chem. B., 2018, 122, (5), 1702-1713. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b12259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b12259
 

The Thermodynamics of Guest Complexation to Octa-Acid and Tetra-endo-methyl Octa-Acid: Reference Data for the Sixth Statistical Assessment of Modeling of Proteins and Ligands (SAMPL6)., Sullivan, M. R.; Yao, W.; Gibb, B. C., Supramolecular Chemistry, 2018, 31, (3), 184-189. DOI: 10.1080/10610278.2018.1549327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2018.1549327
 

The Aqueous Supramolecular Chemistry of Cucrbit[n]urils, Pillar[n]arenes and Deep-Cavity Cavitands., Murraym J.; Kim, K.; Ogoshi, T.; Yao, W.; Gibb, B. C., Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, (9), 2479-2496. DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00095B
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CS00095B
 

Synthesis of 6-Substituted Phenanthridine Derivatives by Palladium-Catalysed Domino Suzuki-Miyaura/Aza-Michael Reactions., Bao, X; Yao, W.; Zhu, Q.; Xu, Y., Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2014, 2014, (33), 7443-7450. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201402913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201402913