Prof. Xuefei Huang
Professor in Chemistry at Michigan State University
426 Chemistry building
East Lansing MI, 48824
Office: (517) 353-1076
Biography
I. Education History
B.S. 1994 (Chemistry) University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
M.A. 1996, M. Phil. 1998 Columbia University in the City of New York
Ph.D. 1999 (Chemistry) Columbia University in the City of New York
II. Professional Experience
1994 - 1999 Graduate Research Assistant, ColumbiaUniversity
1999 - 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute
2001 - 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, ColumbiaUniversity
2002 – 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo
2006 – 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo
2008 – 2012 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
2012 –present Professor, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
2013 – present Associate Chair for Research, Dept. of Chemistry, Michigan State Univ.
2016 – present Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State Univ.
2016 – present Member, Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
2017 – present Founder, Iaso Therapeutics, Inc.
2018 – present MSU Foundation Professor, Michigan State Univ.
2023 – present Chief, Chemical Biology Division, Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University.
III. Honors Received
1990-1991 People’s Fellowship, USTC
1992 Zhang Zhongzhi Award for Outstanding Undergraduates, USTC
1993 Yi Lida Award for Outstanding Laboratory Works, USTC
1994 – 1999 Faculty Fellowship, Columbia University
1999 Pegram Award for Excellent Graduate Studies, Columbia University
2006 – 2011 NSF CAREER award
2007 Dion D. Raftopoulos Outstanding Research Award, Sigma Xi, Univ. of Toledo
2008 Distinguished Faculty Award, Chinese-American Chemistry Prof. Association
2009 New Investigator Award, American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division
2011 Horace S. Isbell Award, American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division
2013 ACS Fellow
2017 Melville L. Wolfrom Award, American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division
2020 Fellow, the American Association for Advancement of Science
2020 William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award, Michigan State University
2024 MSU Technology Transfer Achievement Award, Michigan State University
IV. Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society
American Chinese Chemistry Professor Association
American Association for Advancement of Science
American Association for Cancer Research
V. Courses Taught
General Chemistry Laboratory
Organic Chemistry I & II
Advanced Organic Chemistry
Spectroscopic Methods & Analysis
Organic Synthesis
Intermediate Organic Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Special Topics in Chemical Biology
Chemistry and Biology of Pathogens
Molecular (Neuro) Imaging
Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering
VI.Fundings
VII. Service
A) Activities at the University of Toledo
Graduate recruiting committee, member 2002 - 2008
Colloquium committee, chair 2003 - 2004
Faculty search committee for chemistry department 2002 – 2005
Faculty search committee for medicinal chemistry dept. 2006
Departmental library liaison 2004 – 2008
Chair advisory committee 2004 – 2005, 2006 - 2008
Departmental personnel committee 2007 - 2008
Departmental merit committee 2007 - 2008
College of Arts & Sciences council, member 2004 – 2007
B) Activities at Michigan State University
Chair advisory committee 2008 – 2010
Graduate student examination committee 2008 – present
Awards committee 2009 – 2011
Departmental colloquium committee chair 2011
Graduate admission committee 2010 – present
Departmental colloquium committee chair 2012 - 2013
Associate chair for research 2013 – present
Reappointment, Tenure & promotion committee, chair 2013 – 2014
Chemistry awards committee, chair 2013 - present
BME awards committee, chair 2018 – present
IQ Leadership Committee 2018 - present
Chinese Faculty Club, chair 2019 – 2020
BME faculty advisory committee, 2020 – 2023, 2024-present
University committee on best practices for risk management, 2021
Chemistry faculty search committee, chair 2021 - 2022
Chemistry staff search committee, chair 2022 - 2023
Faculty advisor, Chemistry Graduate Student Organization 2022 - present
Faculty advisor, Chemistry Graduate Student Organization 2022 - present
BME faculty search committee, chair 2022 - 2023
William J Beal outstanding faculty award selection committee 2023 – present
IQ/NatSci faculty search committee, chair 2023 – 2024
Chief, Chemical Biology Division, IQ, 2023 - present
NatSci/IQ faculty search committee, chair 2023 - 2024
C) Other Professional Activities
Oct. 2007 Ad hoc member, NIH study sections HT
June 2008 Ad hoc member, NIH study section SBCA
Oct. 2008 NSF CAREER proposal review panelist
June 2009 Member, NIH study section ZRG1 BCMB-B
July 2009 Member, NIH study section ZRG1 BCMB-A
July 2009 Member, NIH study section “Expanding the Chemical Space for Carbohydrates"
Oct. 2009 Member, NIH study section ZRG1 BCMB
March. 2010 Member, NIH study section ZRG1 BCMB-B
May 2010 Member, NIH study section ZRG1 CB-B
Oct. 2011 Member, Mail Reviewer, NIH K99 review panel
Mar. 2012 Member, Mail Reviewer, NIH special emphasis panel ZCA1 SRLB-9
Feb 2013 Member, Member, NIH study section MSFE
Jan. 2014 Member, NIH study section ZAI1 SV-A (J3)
2014 – 2018 Member, NIH study section SBCA
Feb. 2019 Member, NIH special emphasis panel, U01 Technologies for Analysis of Glycans
March 2020 Member, NIH special emphasis panel, New Innovator DP2 Award
July 2020 Member, NIH special emphasis panel, MOSAIC K99/R00 Award
March 2021 Member, NIH special emphasis panel, New Innovator DP2 Award
April 2024, Member, NIH special emphasis panel
April 2024, Member, NIH special emphasis panel
2005
Organizer of the 1st Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, Toledo, OH
2006
Section chair, 2nd Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, Detroit, MI
2007
Discussion leader, Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrates
2007
Section chair, 3rd Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, Columbus, OH
2008 – present
Board member of the Chinese-American Chemistry Professor Association
2009
Section chair, 5th Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, Cincinnati, OH
2010 - 2011
Secretary of the American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division
2010
Organizer and Chair of "Petite and Sweet: Glyco-nanotechnology as a Bridge to New Medicines" symposium, ACS 240th National Meeting, Boston, MA
2010
Chair-elect, American Chemical Society MSU local section
2010
Section chair, 6th Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, Toledo, OH
2011
Chair, American Chemical Society MSU local section
2011
Organizer of the 7st Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, East Lansing, MI
2011
One of the two editors for ACS Symposium book, "Glyco-nanotechnology as a Bridge to New Medicines" (Dr. Joseph Barchi from NCI is the other editor)
2011 - present
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Carbohydrate Research
2012 - 2013
Program Chair of the American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division
2012 - present
Associate Editor, Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry
2014
Chair-elect, the American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division
2015
Chair, the American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division
2016
Past chair, the American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division
2018
Organizer of the 14th Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, East Lansing, MI
2019
Organizer of the Chemistry and Biology of Pathogens Symposium, East Lansing, MI
Co-Vice Chair, Carbohydrates Gordon Research Conferences, Hong Kong, China
2023, Co-Chair, Carbohydrates Gordon Research Conferences, Holderness, NH
Review proposals for:National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Petroleum Research Foundation of the American Chemical Society
Bicentennial Program in Science and Technology of Chile
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Chilean National Commission for Science and Technology Research
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Ohio Cancer Associate
Central Michigan University
Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology
Danish Council for Independent Research
Israel Science Foundation
Research Cooperation
CUNY
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
Czech Science Foundation
New Zealand Genesis Oncology Trust
University of North Carolina
Review manuscripts for:
(~550 manuscripts) for J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Org. Chem., Chem. Commun., Org. Lett., Angew. Chemie., Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Lett., Eur. J. Org. Chem., Synthesis, Adv. Synth. Catal., Cancer Immun. Immunother., Carbohydr. Res., Chirality, Bioorg. Med. Chem., Lett. Org. Chem., Curr. Med. Chem., J. Carbohydr. Chem., Org. Biomol. Chem., Biochemistry, Mol. Biosys., Med. Chem. Rev., J. Med. Chem., Molecular Diversity, Science China Chemistry, Anal. Chem., Analyst, Glycobiology, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, Nanoscale, Appl. Microbiol. Biotech., Adv. Func. Mater., Int. J. Mol. Sci. Beilstein J. Org. Chem.; ACS Chem. Biol. Etc.
Review various faculties for tenure and/or promotion
D) Service to the Community
Give chemistry demos during National Chemistry Day 2003 - 2008
Judge, Northwest District Science Day 2005
Speaker and organizer, Saturday Morning Sciences, a community outreach seminar program 2005 - 2008
Frontiers in Science program for secondary science teachers 2011
2017 – 2019 Executive committee member, Chinese Faculty Club, MSU
2018 Judge, University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum
2019 – 2020 President of Chinese Faculty Club, MSU
2021 – 2024 Member of the Board, Spartan Chinese Schoo
VIII. Publications
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