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. As of November 2025, he has hold over 1 NSFC grant, 3 Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, and 7 Enterprise Projects. He has published more than 104 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, of which 47 he serves as the corresponding/first authors, mainly in top journals such as Angewandte Chemie and Food Chemistry, he has also licensed 6 patents, 3 of which have been transferred to industry.

Education& Professional Experience：

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-doctoral Research Fellow

Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Australia

2011.10-2015.01

PhD in Chemistry, Supervisor: Prof. Martin Banwell 

Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Australia

2008.09-2011.06

Master of Medicine, Supervisor: Prof. Wei-Min Chen

College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

Representative Publications：

(1) Xie, M.; Ye Y.; Wang, H.; Yi, J.; Chen, Y.; Yang, Z.; Banwell, M. G.; White, L. V.*; Lan, P.* The synthesis and functional properties of mono-, di-, tri- and tetra-saccharide oleates. Food Chem. 2025, 497, 147032.

(2) Xie, M.; Liang, M. Y.; Yi, J.; Chen, Y.; Yang, Z.; Banwell, M. G.; Teng. Y.*; Lan, P.* Exotic di- and tri-saccharide esters: A review. Food Chem. 2025, 487, 145519. 

(3) Xie, M.; Ye Y.; Wang, H.; White, L. V.; Yi, J.; Chen, Y.; Yang, Z.; Liang, M.*; Lan, P.* Tagatose esters for high internal phase emulsion stabilization: synthesis and structure-property relationships. Food Chem. 2025, 487, 144707.

(4) Xie, M.; Qing, C.; Yi, J.; Chen, Y.; Yang, Z.; Banwell, M. G.*; Lan, P.* Enzymatic synthesis of stachyose-derived fatty acid mono-esters, the evaluation of their surface and interfacial properties and the capacity of certain derived emulsions to deliver resveratrol. Food Chem. 2025, 472, 142948. 

(5) 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. 

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 sugar fatty acid esters and EPA Omega-3 products.

Contact：

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

Email: ping.lan@jnu.edu.cn