Profile

PhD (ANU), Associate Professor, Master degree supervisor. His research focus is on the total synthesis of bioactive natural products, as well as the assembly of functional structures. Currently, he is holding over 1 NSFC grant, 1 Overseas Famous Expert Project under the Ministry of Education, 3 Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, 1 Central University Scientific Research Cultivation and Innovation Foundation, and 7 Enterprise Projects.As of April 2024, he has published more than 93 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, of which 42 he serves as the corresponding/first authors, mainly in top journals such as Angewandte Chemie, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, Food Hydrocolloids, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Organic Letters, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, he has also applied for 20 invention patents, 6 of which have been licensed.In 2019, he won the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Award. In 2020, he was awarded the silver medal (for supervisor) of the 6^th China International Internet Plus College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for Division of Guangdong Province. In 2021, he was selected into the 3551 Optics Valley Talent Program of Wuhan East Lake New Technology Development Zone, and in 2023, he won the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security overseas talent support program.

Education& Professional Experience：

2019.09-present

Vice-director, Institute for Advanced and Applied Chemical Synthesis, Jinan University

2019.08-present

Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University

2016.12-2019.07

Associate Research Fellow, Department of Food Science and Engineering, Jinan University

2015.10-2016.12

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia

2015.02-2015.10

Post-doctoraResearch Fellow

Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Australia

2011.10-2015.01

PhD in Chemistry (Specialty: Synthetic Organic Chemistry)

Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Australia

2008.09-2011.06

Master of Medicine (Specialty: Medicinal Chemistry)

College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Representative Publications in Recent 5 Years：

1.     Chen, J. Q.; Hai, Y. W.; Qing, C.; Liang, M. Y.; Banwell, M. G.*; Lan, P.* The synthesis of certain fatty acid ester derivatives of trehalose and an investigation of their emulsifying properties and bioactivities. LWT-Food Sci. Technol. 2023, 187, 115369.

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2.     White, L. V.; Hu, N.; He, Y. T.; Banwell, M. G.*; Lan, P.* Expeditious access to morphinans by chemical synthesis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202203186.

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3.     Chen, Y.; Lan, P.*; Banwell, M. G.* Total synthesis of denigrin E and its oxidative conversion into co-occurring metabolite denigrin D. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 2931–2934.

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4.     Zhu, J. P.; Liang, M. Y.; Ma, Y. R.; White, L. V.; Banwell, M. G.; Teng. Y.*; Lan, P.* Enzymatic synthesis of an homologous series of long- and very-long-chain sucrose esters and evaluation of their emulsifying and biological properties. Food Hydrocolloids2022, 124, 107149.

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5.     Teng, Y.; Stewart, S. G.; Hai, Y. W.; Li, X.; Banwell, M. G.; Lan, P.* Sucrose fatty acid esters: synthesis, emulsifying potencies, biological activities and structure-property profiles. Crit. Rev. Food Sci.2021, 61, 3297–3317.

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6.     Zhu, J. P.; Ma, Y. R.; Teng, Y.; Chen, J.; Banwell, M. G.; Lan, P.* Emulsifying properties of an homologous series of medium- and long-chain D-maltotriose esters and their impacts on the viabilities of selected cell lines. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2020, 68, 9004–9013.

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7.     Li, X.; Hai, Y. W.; Ma, D.; Chen, J.; Banwell, M. G.; Lan, P.* Fatty acid ester surfactants derived from raffinose: synthesis, characterization and structure-property profiles. J. Colloid Interf. Sci.2019, 556, 616–627.

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8.     Liang, M. Y.; Banwell, M. G.; Wang, Y.*; Lan, P.* Effect of variations in the fatty acid residue of lactose monoesters on their emulsifying properties and biological activities. J. Agric. Food Chem.2018, 66, 12594–12603.

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9.     Ma, Y. R.; Banwell, M. G.; Yan, R.*; Lan, P.* Comparative study of the emulsifying properties of a homologous series of long-chain 6ʹ-O-acylmaltose esters. J. Agric. Food Chem.2018, 66, 8832–8840.

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10.  Liang, M. Y.; Chen, Y.; Banwell, M. G.; Wang, Y.*; Lan, P.* Enzymatic preparation of a homologous series of long-chain 6-O-acylglucose esters and their evaluation as emulsifiers. J. Agric. Food Chem.2018, 66, 3949–3956.

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Research Interests:

Ping Lan is mainly committed to the total synthesis of various natural products with important pharmacological activities as well as the development of green preparation of new functional materials. The representative work include the total concise synthesis of morphinan alkaloids; the efficient preparation of high-purity sucrose fatty acid esters, EPA Omega-3, and propoxyglyceride EPG.

Contact：

Room 619, the Second Science and Technology Building, Jinan University, Guangzhou

Email: ping.lan@jnu.edu.cn