Education:
2012.06-present Xiamen University School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, associate professor
2008.06-2010.03 University of Florida, Postdoctoral
2004.09-2008.06 Hunan University, Ph.D.
2001.09-2004.07 Shaanxi Normal University, Master
1997.09-2001.07 Shaanxi Institute of Technology, Bachelor

Principal Research Interests:
Design and Synthesis of Functional Nano - Carriers and Their Application in Chemical Biology

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Li,Z.;Wu,S.Q.;Han,J.H.;Yang,L.*;Han,S.F. * Resolution of lysosomes in living cells with a ratiometric molecular pH-meter. Talanta, 2013, DOI10.1016

2. Yang，L.；Zhang, X.B.; Ye, M.; Jiang, J.H.; Yang, R.H.; Fu, T.; Chen, Y.; Wang, K.M.; Liu, C.; Tan, W.H. Aptamer-Conjugated Nanomaterials and Their Applications. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 2011, 63, 1361-1370

3. Yang，L.；Meng, L.；Zhang, X.B.；Chen,Y.; Zhu, G.Z.; Liu, H.P.; Xiong, X.L.; Sefah, K.; Tan, W.H. Engineering Polymeric aptamers for selective cytotoxicity. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 13380–13386

4. Yang, L.; Li, H.M.; Wang, K.M.; Tan, W.H.; Yang, W.J.; Zheng, J. Atomic force microscopy study of the effect of pulsed electric field on Staphylococcus epidermidis. Analytical Chemistry, 2008, 80, 6222-6227

5. Yang, L.; Wang, K.M.; Tan, W.H.; Li, H.M.; Yang, X.H.; Ma, C.B.; Tang, H, X. Using force spectroscopy analysis to improve the properties of the hairpin probe. Nucleic Acids Res., 2007, 35, e145

6. Yang, L.; Wang, K. M.; Tan, W.H.; He, X.X.; Jin, R.; Li, J.; Li, H.M. Atomic Force Microsco4py study of different effects of natural and semisynthetic β-Lactam on the cell envelope of Escherichia coli. Analytical Chemistry, 2006, 78, 7341 -7345

7. Wang, H.; Yang, R.H.; Yang, L.; Tan，Ｗ．　Ｈ． Nucleic acid conjugated nanomaterials for enhanced molecular recognition. ACS nano, 2009, 3, 2451-2460

8. Kim, Y.M.; Dennis, D.M.; Morey, T.; Yang, L.; Tan, W.H. Engineering dendritic aptamer assemblies as superior inhibitors. Chemistry—An Asian journal , 2010, 5, 56-59