Dr. Dang received his B.S. in School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Nanjing University. He then went to the University of Chicago and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Department of Chemistry focusing on studying protein ion channel ligands, venom toxins, through chemical protein synthesis. Dr. Dang did his post-doctoral researches at Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF using computational protein design and biological display technologies to develop novel protein structures and technologies. Dr. Dang has published many papers in high-profile journals including Nature Methods, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Neuron, and PNAS. Outside of scientific research, Dr. Dang likes rock climbing, snowboarding and hiking.