Ming Xianming_ski

Dr. Ming Xian received his B.S. in chemistry from Nankai University, China. He then joined Professor Jin-Pei Cheng’s group at Nankai for his early graduate study. In 1999, he moved to the Wayne State University to continue his research under Professor Peng George Wang. After received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 2003, he did postdoctoral research with Professor Amos B. Smith, III as a DOD postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. In August 2006, he joined the faculty at the Washington State University in the Department of Chemistry. He and his lab moved to Brown University in July 2020.

Career Experience

  • 2022-    J. H. Metcalf Professor of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI
  • 2020-2022  Professor of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI; Adjunct Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • 2017–2020  Ralph G. Yount Distinguished Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • 2016-2020  Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Chemistry, WSU, Pullman, WA
  • 2015-2020 Professor of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • 2011 – 2014 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
  • 2006 – 2011 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Professional Service and Awards

  • Jesse Houghton Metcalf Endowed Professorship, Brown University, 2022-
  • “Molecule” Lectureship, Center for Chemical Imaging in Biomedicine, University of Cincinnati, 2022
  • Editor, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Chem. Pharm. Bull.)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021
  • Editorial Board member, Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 2021–
  • External Advisory Committee Member, the Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication (NCIBC) (2020-)
  • Guest Editor, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling (2020)
  • World Science Leaders’ Lectureship, Tsukuba University, Japan, (2016)
  • Tohoku Medical Society Lectureship, Tohoku University, Japan (2013, 2016)
  • Visiting Professor (Honorary), Shanxi University, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Visiting Professor (Honorary), Guangzhou Medical University, 2018
  • Mid-Career Achievement Award in Scholarship/Research/Creative Activities, College of Arts and Sciences, Washington State University (2013)
  • NIH/NSF Study Panels (SBCA, SBCB, EBIT-J, BCMB-D, F04-WL, MDCN-B, MSFA, NOMD, CSDM, etc)
  • Chair-Elect, American Chemical Society Washington-Idaho Border Section (2013)
  • Teva USA Scholar Award, American Chemical Society (2012)
  • Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (CAPA) Distinguished Faculty Award (2012)
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Collaborative Research Travel Award, 2012
  • Chair, Pacific Northwest Undergraduate Research Symposium on Organic Chemistry, 2010; Co-Chair, 2009&2011.
  • NSF CAREER Award (2009)
  • Young Faculty Achievement Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Washington State University (2009)
  • Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (Synthesis, Synlett, Synfacts) (2009)
  • U. S. Army Prostate Cancer Research Program Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005)